Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses british. Students are told to imagine that they must select someone such as a teacher, an employee, a politician, a housemate or a host mother host father. Present perfect board game language point present perfect tense aim to practise the present perfect tense and develop fluency. Tick the different tenses that you see and give one example of each. Pdf passive voice esl activities, worksheets, games and interactive worksheets to help teach the past, present and future passive to a2, b1, b2 levels. Activities to practise narrative tenses the following games are designed to help students practise narrative tenses and dont require teacher supervision. In this free present continuous worksheet activity, students use 20 verbs to. Also useful are past tense speaking and story exercises about vacations and other events that. Tenses pdf worksheets english vocabulary and grammar. The worksheets are in pdf form and are perfect both for teachers and independent learners. The present tense of a verb names an action that happens now. Talk about your activities, habits, hobbies, and what youre currently working on at your job or in other personal pursuits.
In this section, you can find worksheets that combine the past simple and present perfect tenses. Contains seven errors in the use of present tenses. Activity students ask and answer questions using the present perfect in order to move along the board and reach the end. In this useful present simple activity, students practice making questions and affirmative sentences in the thirdperson singular together with adverbs of frequency, adverbial time expressions and sports vocabulary. Obviously hes been drinking, because hes moving from side to. Matching and speaking activity beginner a1 20 minutes. Good for use with beginning level and intermediate level learners. To open a worksheet in a new window, just hold shift while clicking the link. May 18, 2017 a good speaking activity to practice past simple or just conversation using prompt questions. This is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. The target language is the present continuous tense present progressive tense.
Verb to be worksheets pdf, handouts to print, printable. Worksheet to practise the difference between the past simple and present perfect tenses past simple questions. English esl speaking present simple worksheets most. English grammar exercises online with answers pdf on this page you will find various free grammar worksheets of increasing difficulty that can be completed directly online, or at home. Present simple affirmative and negative pdf esl activities. The verb tense activity guaranteed to improve speaking. It is easy to set up and requires no preparation or materials, except a board and a board pen. Each card has an example of a sentence using narrative tenses.
Download and print handouts, exercises and quizzeseslk12 print more worksheets. Students start by writing thirdperson singular verb forms, adding s, es, or ies to the end of verbs. When we use the present perfect tense in speaking, we usually contract the subject and auxiliary verb. Its a game to practice the simple present using daily activities as vocabulary. Pdf created with pdffactory pro trial version english grammar, tenses page 2 of 38 simple present tense.
Picturebased present continuous tense worksheets eslflows. Simple present tense choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Well, its a lovely day and im just walking down the street when i see this funny guy walking towards me. These pdf activities and worksheets with accompanying teacher notes are free to download, print and use in the classroom. Focus on why we use present perfect rather than past tense with students. English grammar present perfect tense esl activities. This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. Answer key this is the answer key to unit 1 worksheets. It can be done in large groups and it works both as a leadin or a followup. Esl present continuous game matching and speaking activity. The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened. Activity students ask and answer questions using the present simple in order to move along the board and reach the end.
These discussion questions are great for practicing the present perfect or to just ask about experiences. It is aimed at revising present simple vs continuous progressive tense in english, and can be used for honing your students speaking and reading skills. Present simple tense activities with no or minimal resources. Week 1 of 1 unit overview this is a 1week unit in which learners will practice talking about frequent activities in both present tense things they do every day or usually do and present continuous what theyre doing right now. Present tense present tense 1 stemchanging verbs problem verbs 1 past tenses. Present continuous activities games esl worksheets teach this. Free resources to print and use in your classroom learn english online grammar, listening, reading, songs. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple 2 by meriteslresources dumb criminals a narrative tenses practice. This can be done as a speaking or writing activity. Verb tenses diagram a diagram of verb tenses and examples. Present perfect questionnaire speaking activity present perfect. Its a useful tool if you want to test how well the students have learned the tenses. Print one copy each of page two and three of the pdf template for this exercise.
You sleep 18 hours every day or you never brush your teeth. The next activity is done in pairs to test your understanding of narrative tenses. Preparation make a copy of the board game for each group of three or four. Are the speakers in activity 1 sure if when each of these events will happen. Present simple board game language point present simple tense aim to practise the present simple tense and develop fluency. This unit contains worksheets outlining common usages of the verb to be. The students are divided into pairs a and b and each student is. Theyll help you to put into practice all the key notions of the english grammar previously shown in the grammar lessons part of the website, and if you are a beginner.
Present perfect progressive present perfect continuous. Present tense simple or progressive t22 elementary. A collection of english esl present simple tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. Circle the keywords and fill in the blanks with the simple present in the affirmative. Back to school board games freebie is a collection of 3. Grammarbased worksheet aimed at practising the use present simple questions with dodoesareis, speaking, listening, asking for clarifi. Present simple and present continuous for habits, permanent, temporary and changing situations, state and action verbs. Present simple affirmative negative esl activities games. Includes present simple for habits and things that are generally true, and present continuous for temporary actions situations. To view and print this lesson, youll need to purchase a. The present downloadable handout is meant for high school, elementary school and adults at elementary a1 and preintermediate a2 level. Students learn and start to master the present simple tense and then suddenly they hit. The interviewers ask questions using the present simple tense, trying to find out what the problem is. This lesson will show if your students truly understand the difference between the simple present and the present progressive.
The games use 16 cards, which tell a short story when combined together. Simple present tense simple present tense in the negative. Present perfect tense simple or progressive t27 intermediate. Tutees simple present tense booklet tutors copy in tutor manual pages 103118 simple present exercises exercise 1. The following esl efl resources are available for present tenses grammar. The best way of teaching the present tenses is to compare and contrast them. The people who they are going to interview are given roleplay cards which explain a problem in the present simple tense, e. Lesson 1 mixed present tenses in todays lesson, were going to focus on the simple present and present continuous. English esl present simple worksheets most downloaded 2352. Pictures of general situations for present continuous what are they doing.
Have one student sit with her back to the video screen, and the other student across from her, facing it. Clicking on any of the links will open the pdf file in your browser. Below is a collection of printouts that are free for personal and educational use. Captivating pdf present continuous esl activities, games, and interactive and printable worksheets for teachers to use with a1, a2 and b1 level students. One final thing that i would like to add is that, at kmutt, i learned a great deal about studentcentered, selfaccess, taskbased learning, and curriculum development, working with richard watson todd of the faculty of applied linguistics, so it follows that much of what you see. Lesson share speaking talking about the future lesson share worksheet 2 2. Each card has one of the 16 sentences above, but the narrative tense is missing on the question side.
Where are they watching a movie making present continuous positive statements. These are simple present tense worksheets to practice this tense taken from around the web. Present tense refers to something you do over and over or a constant state of being. Conversation questions and activities to aid in the learning. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl present simple simple present tense listening exercise simple present tense listening exercise listening exercise for the simple present tense. After teaching your students present continuous, put them in pairs. English esl present simple tense worksheets most downloaded. Captivating pdf present continuous esl activities, games, and interactive and printable.