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Old age gets to us all. Even the strongest and fittest person reaches an age when they need help with everyday activities. If your folks have reached that point, can you be there for them on a day to day, hour by hour, minute to minute basis? The answer for most people with families of their own and regular jobs is a reluctant “no” so the next best thing for senior citizens in need of regular help is a senior community. A retirement community for those who can generally care for themselves is a great idea as your folks could join an assisted living community which will give you peace of mind that they’re being looked after.

As with buying a new home, the location of the retirement community is the biggest thing. Remember that while your folks might be pretty active now over time they will become less willing and able to get themselves around by car or by public transport so a retirement community near your home is best. Your parents will want to be near you and any children you have so they’ll appreciate living close by too. However, if you’re folks aren’t used to the area, you might be causing them too much of a disturbance by moving them closer to you. In that case, some compromise is needed. Why not look at places within their area that are closer to you or easily accessible by major roads?

Types of Senior Living

Senior communities aren’t all alike. They can be broadly broken down into three. Continuing care retirement communities, which are complexes designed for those who can generally take care of themselves. These places offer companionship and a sense of community. The second option is congregate housing. In this arrangement, the residents live apart but have one shared meal a day so this is ideal for a senior citizen who lives alone. Assisted living communities are the third option. In these places, daily services are provided including dining, housekeeping, and nursing.

Recommendations

There’s no way of telling whether your folks will like the places you’re suggesting for them and you’ll have very little confidence that they’ll enjoy the places you’ve selected unless you get some first-person accounts of life in those residences. Do you know people living in senior communities who could give you the value of their experience? If not, do you know others in your situation that have older folks living in a retirement community? If so, ask their opinions.

Visit the Place

Even if you’ve taken advice from those who live in the community and you’ve researched online, there’s nothing quite like checking out the place yourself. Schedule your visit with the community’s staff, ask to experience a morning, afternoon or even a day with the community. Sample the lunches and dinners on offer. Meet some residents yourself. Then ask questions of the staff, even those that you think you have the answers to following your research. Be thorough throughout your visit but also take in a little of the atmosphere and get a sense for the place.

Talk to Your Family

This isn’t your decision to make. Remember that or you might end up arguing with the ones you love the most. All you’re doing is helping your parents to find somewhere that would benefit them as they reach old age. It might be that they have other ideas and that all your plans go to waste. If so, take what you’ve learned and apply it to the places they’re interested in living. It’s hard to see things from other people’s perspective so listen to their suggestions, queries, and complaints and you’ll help them to find and settle in a community that’s right for them.

Present Simple Affirmative Negative ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets

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Esl present simple game - vocabulary, grammar and speaking: matching, forming sentences, freer practice - group work - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

Fact or Fiction?

Esl present simple game - grammar and speaking: matching, forming and reading sentences, true or false, guessing - pair work - elementary (a1-a2) - 30 minutes.

Habits and Lifestyles

Esl present simple game - grammar and speaking: guessing, true or false, forming sentences, freer practice - elementary (a1-a2) - 30 minutes.

Isn't or Doesn't?

Esl present simple negative worksheet - grammar exercises: gap-fill, error correction, rewriting sentences, writing sentences from prompts - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

Monday to Friday

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: completing and forming sentences, controlled and freer practice - pair work - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

ESL Present Simple Worksheet - Grammar and Writing Activity: Drawing, Sentence Completion - Pair Work - Elementary (A1-A2) - 25 minutes

Pick Up Two

Esl present simple game - grammar: matching - pair work - elementary (a1-a2) - 20 minutes.

Positive or Negative?

Esl present simple board game - grammar: forming sentences from prompts - group work - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

Present Simple Dominoes

Esl present simple game - grammar: matching, forming sentences - group work - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

Present Simple Places

Esl present simple board game - grammar and speaking: forming sentences from prompts - group work - elementary (a1-a2) - 25 minutes.

Running Routines

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: running dictation, writing answers, asking and answering questions from prompts - pair work - elementary (a1-a2) - 30 minutes.

Present Simple Practice

Esl present simple worksheet - grammar exercises: reforming words, identifying, binary choice, writing and rewriting sentences, gap-fill - pre-intermediate (a2) - 45 minutes.

Simon the Sportsman

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: information gap, asking and answering questions, matching, writing sentences - pair work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 25 minutes.

Two Artists

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: forming sentences from prompts - pair work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 20 minutes.

What do you do at the weekend?

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions, writing sentences, guided discussion, describing, freer practice - pair work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 25 minutes<.

What do you usually do at...?

Esl present simple affirmative game - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions, forming sentences - group work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 25 minutes.

Your Neighbourhood

Esl present simple activity - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions, gap-fill, preparing and presenting a dialogue - pair work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 50 minutes.

The Name Game

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Present Simple Activities

Looking for engaging ways to teach the present simple tense? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve compiled a list of fun and effective activities that your students are sure to love.

Teaching Online

You can find online present simple exercises and activities at our online-focused site LearnHip.com .

This is a printable card game for practising the forms of present simple to be .

What do you never do? – practising adverbs of frequency

To help your students understand how often things happen, try drawing a diagram on the board using adverbs of frequency and situations. Then, use the table provided to ask students random questions and have them ask each other questions as well. Encourage your students to go off-script and have fun with it!

Find someone who

I alway use this classic ESL mingling activity to practise asking present simple questions. It can be a very engaging activity for students and often marks the stage where they have enough English to have short conversations with their classmates.

Students are given a list of criteria and must find a fellow classmate who meets each one. It’s a great way way to break the ice with a new class and get students interacting one on one.

See the find someone who post for printable sheets and further instructions and suggestions.

Ask students to think about a job they would love to do now or wanted to do when they were younger. Have them write down four or five present simple statements describing what they do in this job.

Either in pairs or as a class, get the other student(s) to ask closed questions in order to try and guess each other’s dream job. Model this activity using your own dream job as an example and write on the board examples of good and helpful questions.

Third-person interviews

This is a fun and effective present simple third person activity which I often use when introducing the third person form of the present simple. Students interview their partner and then rotate around the class asking for and giving information about their original partner – includes full details and printable interview sheets.

What’s the movie? – how to talk about a story

This enjoyable activity introduces movie and storytelling vocabulary while practising use of the present simple for talking about film and book plots.

Begin by taking a popular film and writing some present simple sentences describing the plot and setting.

It’s set on a big ship It stars Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett Kate Winslett plays a bored, rich American girl It takes place in the early 1900s It’s about a rich girl and a poor boy who fall in love Unfortunately, the ship sinks and the boy dies In the final scene, the girl, who is now an old lady, revisits the scene of the tragedy

Students try to guess the film and then in pairs or alone write similar sentences to describe their own choice of movie. The class then tries to guess each other’s choices. Alternatively, this makes a good writing activity for homework.

Present simple board game

Students can practise this tense in groups with this present simple board game . There are also ESL board games available for other grammar forms. You can also find an online present simple board game at our sister site LearnHip.com along with other online present simple activities and exercises .

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Present Simple Activities, Games, Worksheets & Lesson Plans

If you’re looking for some present simple (also known as simple present) activities, games, worksheets or lesson plans, then you’re in the right place! Have some fun teaching the simple present to ESL/EFL students with these engaging, interactive and student-centred activity ideas.

Present simple speaking activities

What is the Present Simple?

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You can use the the simple present to describe something that’s happening right now (I feel sad). It can also describe something that happens regularly (He plays soccer on Tuesday nights). It’s also useful for habits (He smokes), to give instructions (Go about 2 more minutes and then turn left), or to talk about a fixed arrangement (The exam begins at 9:30).

Depending on the person, an “s” or “es” can be added to the base form of the verb.

Simple Present Activities

Let’s get into the best present simple games and activities.

#1: Running Dictation

This is a classic, 4-skills ESL activity that students really enjoy and it’s one of the best present simple speaking activities. The best part is that it works for almost any grammar point or vocabulary set, including the simple present.

Find, or write a conversation between two people that uses the simple present. A nice topic is weekly routines (I play soccer on Tuesday night. My kids have tennis lessons on Mondays). Students have to work together to dictate the conversation and then put it into the correct order. Find out more about it:

ESL Running Dictation Activity.

#2: Is that Sentence Correct?

I love to use this activity for just about any grammar concept. Write some sentences that contain the target grammar. Some are correct, some are not. Students have to decide which ones are incorrect and make the required changes.

#3: Basketball Game Challenge for the Present Simple

Try out this fun, active game for all ages. It’s especially ideal for kids with a lot of energy to burn! The students have to answer simple present questions until they get close enough to the “basket” where they think they can score. It works especially well for the present simple affirmative and negative.

Check it out:

ESL Basketball Vocabulary Challenge .

#4: Simple Present Dictogloss

This is a challenging listening activity that works well for the present simple. Find, or write a passage with lots of uses of the target grammar. Some good topics would be habits or giving instructions for something.

Put students into pairs and read it out at a faster-than-normal pace. Students take notes and attempt to recreate what they heard. Read it out again and students do the same thing. After that, everyone can compare what they have with the teacher’s version. Learn more:

ESL Dictogloss Activity.

#5: Vocabulary Auction

This is one of my favourite activities! It requires a bit of effort to prep but it’s worth it. Make some sentences that contain the simple present. Make them general enough that students can mix and match them. Cut up each individual word.

Put students into teams and give them some money. They have to bid on words that they think will help them make a complete sentence. After that, there’s a trading time amongst teams. Finally, the team with the most grammatically correct sentences is the winner. Check it out:

ESL Vocabulary Auction .

#6: Dialogue Substitution

Have you ever noticed that if you assign a pair of students a dialogue to read, they often just blow through it and can’t answer any questions about what they’ve just read? Of course, it’s not their fault. It’s that I haven’t given them a reason to pay attention!

A nice way to combat this is to remove some of the key words. In this case, they could be the verbs in the simple present form. Turn this activity into a simple reading one into one that is focused on meaning as well:

Dialogue Substitution ESL .

#7: Try out the Test Teach Test Approach for the Simple Present

Unless students are absolute beginners, it’s likely that they already know a fair bit about the simple present, including verb endings. That’s why I like to use this approach. It can show you what students know and what they don’t, so you can target your lesson to the stuff that they don’t. Learn more:

#8: Daily Schedule Activity

The simple present is used to talk about daily or weekly schedules. For example:

My son plays baseball on Sundays.
I go to work at 8:30.
My family usually eats take-out pizza for dinner on Friday nights.

Here’s an activity to try out:

Daily Schedule ESL Activity .

#9: Got to Hand it to You

Try out this fun activity that makes something old (error correction) into something new again! Teams have to race against each other to correct all of the errors. Learn more:

Got to Hand It to You Error Correction Relay .

#10: Board Games

It’s easier than you might think to design your own board game for just about any grammar concept, including the simple present. It does take a bit of time but it’s totally worth it if you can use the games for more than one class. It’s ideal for the simple present affirmative and negative.

Have a look here for how to do that:

Make your Own ESL Board Game .

#11: Use Presentation Practice Production

This is a way to teach languages that you’ll find used in most ESL/EFL textbooks. It’s a nice option for the simple present. Have a look at this brief overview:

#12: SOS Review Game

This is a nice game to review just about anything, including the simple present! Have a look here for the details:

SOS Game ESL .

#13: Dictation

I know that dictation is a bit old-school but it’s quite effective for teaching something like the simple present. Say a question using the simple present (What time do you go to bed?) and students have to write it down in their notebooks. Then, they can answer the question (I go to bed at 8:30).

Also, do the opposite. Say a statement (I play soccer on Tuesday nights) and students have to write the question (What do you do on Tuesdays?/When do you play soccer?).

#14: Present Simple Speaking Activity Hot Potato

If you want to have some fun in class, try out hot potato! Students have to pass around an object and when the music stops (look on YouTube for hot potato music), they have to answer a question. In this case, it would be questions related to the simple present.

#15: Me Too!

This is a simple listening activity that works very well for the simple present. Students can make statements about habits or schedules. For example:

I like soccer.
I hate pizza.
I study English after school.
I go to bed at 9:00.

If someone else does the same, they can raise their hands and say, “Me too!”

#16: Word Challenge Whiteboard Race

#17: True or False?

Students have to make 5 statements about their daily routines or about themselves. For example,

I go to bed at 9:30.
My family goes out to eat on Friday night.
I play soccer well.
My mom cooks dinner most nights.
I take the bus to work.

The student can share their statements in a group and the other people can decide which ones they think are true and which ones they think are false.

To level up, you could even have students ask some questions using the affirmative and negative.

#18: How to Teach Grammar (Including the Present Simple)

Check out these tips, tricks, and a lesson plan template for teaching any grammar concept, including this one. It’s easier than you might think to plan your own lesson!

How to Teach ESL Grammar Lessons .

#19: Memory Circle

#20: introduce your partner.

This is a simple activity that’s ideal for small classes. Or, you can put students into pairs and they can join together with 1 or 2 other pairs to do the second part of the activity.

Students can interview each other about their lives (Do you like _____? What do you like to do in your spare time). Once they gather some information, they can introduce that person to the class or larger group (This is Bob. He likes to play soccer in his free time. He also goes out to eat with his friends.)

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Simple Present ESL Lesson Plans

Why reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to? Instead, consider one of these high-quality present simple lesson plans. Here are some of the best ones:

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Simple Present Games Online

If your students want some additional practice opportunities, here are a few online resources they can check out:

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Teaching the Present Simple FAQs

There are a number of questions that people have about teaching the simple present for ESL/EFL. Here are the answers to some of the most common ones.

What are the steps to introduce the present simple?

Here are the steps for introducing the present simple:

Set the context.
Introduce the simple present through a reading or listening passage.
Students answer simple questions.
Students read or listen again and answer more difficult comprehension questions.
Practice exercise.
Freer practice opportunity.

How do you explain the present simple?

To explain the present simple, tell students that it’s used to talk about actions that happen regularly, habits, what’s happening right now, or for fixed arrangements at any time.

How do you teach simple present questions?

To teach simple present questions, make a statement (John goes to school at 8:30). Then, help students make a question (What time does John go to school?). Help students until they have some confidence and then have them practice on their own.

How do you teach the simple present in a fun way?

To teach the simple present in a fun way, use some interactive games and activities such as a vocabulary auction, running dictation or board games.

Simple present games

Simple Present Activities: Join the Conversation

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Advice about visiting your country modals
Cultural rules modals pairwork
Jobs vocabulary and speaking
Modals personalised sentence completion games (guessing or bluff)
New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate Modules 9 to 11 Revision Rotating Board Game
Present Continuous and special occasions phrases
Should and shouldn’t jobs discussion and grammar
Time zones Present Simple and Continuous Version 2
Comparative adjectives to explain your culture
Comparatives and superlatives personalised speaking games
Comparatives and superlatives recommendations challenge
Comparing places and things for tourists
Concession and addition
Do collocations discussion questions
Good rules and bad rules
Needs analysis and language learning rules
Reported Speech functional language guessing game
Rules and regulations bluff game
School and university rules have to had to didn’t have to
School and university rules modals (academic vocabulary)
Sue or something else?
A childhood memory extended speaking
Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 2 Vocabulary and Listening
Module 1 and 2 memory test
Modules 1 and 2 vocabulary Past Continuous accusations game
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 and 2 Past Continuous mimes
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 and 2 vocab definitions game
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 and 2 Vocabulary classroom questions
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 and 2 Vocabulary for storytelling
Past continuous and remembering/ forgetting
Remembering and forgetting discussion questions
Comparative and Superlative Weekends
Comparatives and superlatives plus adverb Speaking
Comparing countries
Comparing language Discuss and agree
Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 to 3 giving advice vocabulary review
Describing places vocabulary and speaking
Describing your city Similarities and differences
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 to 3 Revision Rotating Board game
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 to 3 vocab quiz
Present Simple/ Continuous 100 Places to See Before You Die
Recommending countries to visit
Recommending countries to visit Version 2
Weekends in this city Discussion questions Version 2
Your city Comparatives and superlatives recommendations and quiz
Your City Discussion Questions
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Consolidation Units Answer Key
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Mini Check Answer keys
Classroom questions auxiliary verbs
Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 1 Vocabulary classroom questions
Module 1 Error Correction
People around you vocabulary
Questions in different situations
Talking about photos Extended speaking
Time zones Present Simple and Continuous
Weekend questions auxiliary verbs
Crime and tense review
The Perfect Crime Vocabulary guess the story
Weekend vocabulary Storytelling
Intermediate end of level error correction
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 11 and 12 Rotating Revision Board Game
New Cutting Edge Intermediate modules 11 and 12 vocabulary definitions game
Third conditional and past modals advice
Third conditional things in common personalisation game
Third conditional vocabulary revision random pelmanism game
A person I admire presentations
Korean festivals, ceremonies and life events speaking
Language Learning Problems Advice Version 2
Modules 1 to 4 classroom questions vocab quiz
Modules 1 to 4 vocab review Present Continuous mimes
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 1 to 4 vocabulary revision
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 1 to 4 Revision Rotating Board game
The story of your life Mini presentations
Twins separated at birth Alibi game
Arrangements, plans and predictions
First conditional sentence completion guessing game
Future and tense review job interview form
Future Clauses chain story
Future tenses job interview roleplays
Future tenses things in common
Guess the job 20 questions and personalisation
Jobs mini-presentations
Plans arrangements and predictions
Active Passive True/ False quiz Version 2
Adjective plus preposition sentence completion guessing game 2
Adjectives to describe last week
Exile on Main Street reviews guess the stars
Giving opinions about media and arts
Media vocabulary list dictation
Modules 5 and 6 rotating revision presentations board game
Talking about a movie (extended speaking)
Talking about a news story extended speaking
Talking about a newspaper or magazine extended speaking
Talking about a TV programme or series extended speaking
Weekends and the news bluff Extended speaking
Adjectives and media vocabulary personalisation game
Cultural generalisations
Nights out and in requests and offers
Social customs in your country
Talking about a night out Extended speaking
The Great International Night Out guess the country
Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 5 to 8 Revision Board Game
Describing objects 20 questions and extended speaking
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Mod 5 to 8 Mini-presentations Rotating Revision Board Game
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 5 to 8 revision
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Modules 5 to 8 Vocabulary revision
Objects that you used last weekend
Technology and quantifiers Things in common
Technology Relative Clauses definitions game
Technology vocabulary guessing and discussion
Your city and life Add quantifiers discussion
Trends and conditionals discussion and grammar presentation
Self study grammar exercises for New Cutting Edge Intermediate
Self- study Vocabulary exercises for New Cutting Edge Intermediate
Self-study listening tasks for New Cutting Edge Intermediate
Self-study reading tasks for New Cutting Edge Intermediate
Writing tasks for New Cutting Edge Intermediate
Conversational reactions Answer me
Extreme functions game
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate Modules 1 to 3 Revision Rotating Board game
Ranking things that make people feel good and bad Word formation
Respond to the expressions with the word “life”
Situational functions game
Social phrases auxiliary verbs conversations
Word formation and responding sympathetically
Word formation Compare your weeks
Word formation discussion questions
Word formation extended speaking
Aptis preparation games, worksheets and tips
BULATS first lesson games/ worksheets
BULATS Speaking games/ worksheets
BULATS Writing games/ worksheets
Nature and the environment Countable and uncountable nouns
Places discussion questions and vocabulary brainstorming
FCE sharing experiences practice needs analysis
Correct the typical FCE Listening Part Two sentence completion mistakes
FCE Listening Part Two correction task
Guess and correct what goes in the FCE Listening Part Two gaps
Positive and negative expressions in First Certificate Listening Part One
Set FCE Listening Part One questions for each other
Synonyms, antonyms and examples in FCE Listening Part One
Things which make FCE Listening Part One questions difficult and easier to answer
FCE sentence transformation reversi game
FCE sentence transformations key word sentence writing game
FCE Use of English Part 1 question writing game
FCE Use of English Part One question writing Version 2
FCE word formation challenge game (Use of English Part Three)
FCE Use of English Part 2 question writing game
FCE Use of English Part Two find and fill the gaps
FCE Use of English Part Two memory game
Use of English Part Two Take Out Single Choice Words game
Wrong answers in FCE Use of English Part Two error correction
Brainstorming FCE Speaking Part One questions
Cambridge First Certificate Speaking Part One functional language board game
FCE Speaking Part One functional language card games
FCE Speaking Part One on family
FCE Speaking Part One on Festivals and Celebrations
FCE Speaking Part One on hobbies/ leisure/ free time
FCE Speaking Part One on the Media
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of holidays
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of sport and exercise
FCE Speaking Part Four on arts and media
FCE Speaking Part Four on sport and exercise
FCE Speaking Part Three controlling the conversation games
FCE Speaking Part Three language learning tasks and useful phrases
FCE Speaking Part Three on FCE Writing Part Two tasks Updated 2015
Compare your FCE Speaking Part Two descriptions
Comparing animals random pelmanism
FCE Speaking Part Two disappearing text game
Rank and use comparing contrasting phrases FCE Speaking Part Two
Rank and use the FCE Speaking Part Two speculating phrases
Speculating in FCE Speaking Part Two Use of English Part Two open cloze
Use of English Part One for comparing contrasting
Use of English Part Three for comparing contrasting
Use of English Part Two for comparing contrasting
Comparing and contrasting Getting to Know You games
Speculating Getting to Know You games
FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on language learning
Compare and contrast the emails
FCE emails and letters prepositions pairwork
FCE Use of English Part Two open cloze for emailing phrases
FCE Writing Part One for first classes
Compare and contrast your FCE reviews
FCE reviews open cloze and brainstorming
FCE Writing Part Two restaurant review task
FCE Writing Part Two tasks on the topic of language learning Updated 2015
Comparing and contrasting reviews vocabulary
Describing photos about work and study open cloze
Education vocabulary word formation
FCE Speaking Part Four and Writing Part One on education
FCE Speaking Part Four on animals
FCE Speaking Part Four on family
FCE Speaking Part Four on the topic of health
FCE Speaking Part One on education and studying
FCE Speaking Part Three on animals
FCE Speaking Part Two on education
FCE Writing Part One essay questions on health
FCE Writing Part One essay task on the topic of festivals and celebrations
FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on animals
FCE Writing Part One essay tasks on arts and the media
FCE Writing Part Two application letter task on the topic of sport
FCE Writing Part Two email task on work
Health vocabulary brainstorming
Language learning problems so, such, too and enough
Planning FCE Writing Part One essay tasks
Recommending arts and media
Sharing experiences of arts and media
Brainstorm vocabulary on the topic of mind
Brainstorming useful language for describing places FCE version
British food speculating game
Compare and contrast the places
Compare your FCE Writing Part Two articles
Continuous aspect and vocabulary for reviews
Describing people vocabulary, speaking and writing
FCE Result Unit 4 Inspired Lesson 1
FCE Result Unit 7 Lesson 1 – Needs Analysis and communications vocabulary
FCE Speaking Part Four on food
FCE Speaking Part Four on the topic of making a difference
FCE Speaking Part Four on the topic of minds
FCE Speaking Part Four questions on communication and language learning
FCE Speaking Part One on food
FCE Speaking Part One on the arts
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of making a difference
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of mind
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of technology
FCE Speaking Part One questions on communication and language learning
FCE Speaking Part Three on emergency communication
FCE Speaking Part Two on communication
FCE Speaking Part Two on food
FCE Speaking Parts 1 and 4 speculating practice
FCE Speaking Parts One and Four questions on places
FCE Use of English Part One multiple choice cloze practice of passives
FCE Use of English Part One speculating practice
FCE Use of English Part Three speculating practice
FCE Use of English Part Two open cloze for relative clauses
FCE Use of English Part Two speculating practice
FCE Writing Part Two articles tips and multiple choice cloze
FCE Writing story tasks on fakes
Food vocabulary word formation game
Needs analysis, vocabulary and FCE Speaking Part Three on communication
Positive and negative words connected to food and dining
Similarities and differences between words for describing places
Switch Off your Mind and Become a Genius text Discussion questions
Technology and complaints discussion questions
Brainstorming travel vocabulary
Cambridge FCE Writing Part Two review task on computer games
Cambridge First Certificate email and letter tasks on the topic of clothes
Comparing clothes and accessories random pelmanism
Convert the sentences transformations back
FCE email and letter tasks on the topic of technology
FCE essay task on the topic of travel
FCE Speaking Part Four on the topic of travel
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of clothes and fashion
FCE Speaking Part One on the topic of travel
FCE Speaking Part Three questions on the topic of travel
Find similarities and differences with your partner FCE Speaking Part One and Two
Adverbs in CAE and CPE Use of English Part One
Adverbs in CPE Use of English Part Three game
CPE sentence transformations reversi game
CPE Use of English collocations dominoes
CPE word formation brainstorming games
Making CPE Use of English activities on phrasal verbs games
Making Proficiency Use of English Part Two questions challenge
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on transport, travel and tourism
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three video worksheet – Ollin and Rodrigo
CPE Use of English Part One practice of Speaking Part One
CPE Writing games/ worksheets
Hints in CPE Listening
Brainstorming music vocabulary
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on art
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on families and relationships
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on relationships
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on science
Clothes and appearance gerunds speaking
CPE reported speech key word sentence transformations
CPE Speaking Part Three on music
CPE Speaking Part Two on architecture
CPE Speaking Part Two on the environment
Environmental generalisations and recommendations
Giving opinions on music
Health and exercise generalisations and recommendations
Opinions on architecture
Opinions on art
Speaking about Cambridge Proficiency Writing Part One essays
Writing reviews task on clothes and fashion
Synonyms and antonyms in Cambridge Proficiency Listening
Typical errors in Cambridge CPE Listening Part Two
Education vocabulary and trends for IELTS
Brainpower trends
Communication trends
IELTS Food trends and speaking
IELTS Speaking on shopping and materialism
Nature discussion questions and vocabulary brainstorming
IELTS first lesson games/ worksheets
Different ways of saying travel vocabulary
Food and health discussion questions
IELTS Graduation U 4- 6 Mini-presentations Rotating Revision Board Game
IELTS Problems and solutions
Medical vocabulary Relative clauses definitions game
Medicine discussion questions
Natural disasters
Nature discussion questions
Passives for IELTS
Transport and travel Avoiding absolute statements
Transport around the world discussion, listening and generalising
Travel and tourism IELTS questions
Travel, transport and holidays vocabulary and IELTS Speaking
IELTS grammar games/ worksheets
IELTS listening answers Find the error
Singular, plural and uncountable in IELTS Listening
Academic vocabulary expressing purpose, cause and effect
Describing objects
IELTS Masterclass history vocabulary
IELTS Masterclass Unit 11 Discussion questions
IELTS Masterclass Unit 14 vocabulary and speaking- Hyperpolyglots
IELTS nature vocabulary trends
IELTS predictions language
IELTS social studies vocabulary and discussion
IELTS Speaking about leisure, sports and health
IELTS Speaking Part Two about Things
Learning languages discussion questions
Volunteer interview speaking
IELTS pronunciation games/ worksheets
IELTS Reading Comparing your tactics and results
Checking/ Clarifying for IELTS (English names)
IELTS Needs Analysis Level Check Interview Form
IELTS Speaking Add Errors Game Version 1
IELTS Speaking Add Errors Game Version 2
IELTS Speaking Parts One and Two on Sports (play/ do/ go/ go to)
IELTS Speaking Comparing and contrasting questions
The Natural World IELTS Speaking Parts One and Three questions
135 typical IELTS Speaking Part One questions
IELTS Speaking Part One First Lesson game
IELTS Speaking Part One Homework
IELTS Speaking Part One Lesson 2 (short and long answers etc)
IELTS Speaking Part One Question review card games
IELTS Speaking Part One questions tense review
IELTS Speaking Part One typical vocabulary and questions tenses and topics
IELTS Speaking Part One Vocabulary
Short and Long Answers (IELTS Speaking Lesson 1)
Speaking Part One on transport, travel and tourism
IELTS Speaking Parts Two and Three on animals
IELTS Speaking Parts Two and Three on friends
IELTS Speaking Parts Two and Three on Hospitality
IELTS Speaking Parts Two and Three on Important Days
IELTS Speaking Part Two about Nature
IELTS Speaking Part Two Describing People
IELTS Speaking Part Two dice game
IELTS Speaking Part Two tasks about technology
IELTS-style presentations on cultural differences
IELTS Speaking Part Three functions card game
IELTS Speaking Part Three question stems
Opinions about the IELTS speaking test
Full IELTS Speaking test about weekends
IELTS Speaking on festivals and celebrations
IELTS Speaking on the past and history
IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three on food
IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three on media
Pausing/ Filling silence for IELTS
Personality vocabulary IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three
Two full IELTS Speaking tests on the topic of IELTS
IELTS Speaking Prepositions and articles pairwork guessing game
Translatable and Untranslatable vocabulary in IELTS Speaking
IELTS map task error correction task
IELTS Writing Part One line graph task games/ worksheets
IELTS process tasks error correction and analysis
Planning an IELTS Academic Writing Part Two task
Education vocabulary and trends for IELTS Version 2
IELTS Speaking Part One about Accommodation
IELTS Speaking Part One about hometown
IELTS Speaking Part One on the topic of music
IELTS Speaking Part Three on minds
IELTS Speaking Part Three on risk
IELTS Speaking Part Three on the topic of music
IELTS Speaking Part Two on education
IELTS Speaking Part Two presentations on food
IELTS Speaking Part Two presentations on music
IELTS Writing Part Two on the topic of risk
IELTS Writing Part Two tasks on education
Making food IELTS process tasks practice
Objective IELTS Advanced needs analysis
Saying numbers and letters in different ways
Sports trends Version 2
Colours and conditionals guessing game
Colours vocabulary and trends practice
Typical IELTS errors for Koreans Pairwork
TOEIC games/ worksheets
English File 1 Revision Rotating Board game
English File 1 Units 6 to 9 Ask and answer game
Much/ many and restaurant roleplays
Much/ many and restaurant roleplays- Version 2
There is are was were household vocabulary roleplays
There is/ are/ was/ were and household vocab writing tasks
Units 6 to 8 vocab revision comparatives game
Adjectives to describe architecture
Advanced architecture vocabulary
Architecture rotating revision board game
Architecture vocabulary by category
Architecture vocabulary list dictation
Defining architecture vocabulary
Describing architecture drawing games
Explaining Japanese architecture
Homes and architecture vocabulary Pictionary
Innovations that most changed architecture
Janglish for architects
Japanese architectural terms
Positive and negative words to describe architecture
Where you live vocabulary and speaking
Art discussion questions
Art vocabulary definitions game
Defining art
Describing art drawing games
Describing art extended speaking
Make the Art Discussion Questions
Reactions to art adjectives discussion
Upper Intermediate art vocabulary definitions game
Design vocabulary list dictation
Opinions about design
Presentations on the topic of design
English for landscape architects and gardeners games/ worksheets
English for specific purposes games/ worksheets
First lesson games, worksheets and teaching tips
Formal and informal language games/ worksheets
Turn taking and active listening game
Advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of holiday
Looking at both sides longer phrases card games
Looking at both sides phrases The same or different
Language Learning Problems Advice
Travel advice – South Korea
Apologies and giving bad news key words speaking game
Brainstorming in groups longer phrases card games
Checking and clarifying politeness competition game
Checking your understanding or their understanding guessing game
Checking/ clarifying language error correction
Checking/ clarifying phrases key words brainstorming
Checking/ clarifying roleplays and card game
Dictating longer and longer checking/ clarifying games
Needs analysis and clarifying language
Ranking current affairs topics pairwork (checking/ clarifying)
As… as games/ worksheets
Brainstorm and rank comparing and contrasting phrases
Compare and contrast your writing
Comparing and contrasting questions and answers
Comparing and contrasting synonyms
Comparing and contrasting The same or different
Your weekend conversational reaction Answer Me game
Advanced Functions review games
Common functional language universal gestures
Discussion skills phrases miming game
Functional language reported speech storytelling game
Intermediate Functions review games
Post-discussion discussion and brainstorming
Real or pretend functions bluffing game
Giving directions on how to get somewhere dice game
Giving examples of Australian things
Good and bad news games/ worksheets
Academic hedging practice
Agree using the hedging language
Change the statements about media (Hedging language practice)
Generalising about Xmas and New Year
Generalising/ hedging key words and collocations games
Hedging brainstorm into the gaps
Covid-compliant invitations lesson
Do you like categories personalised pelmanism
Do you like…? ladder game
Does he she like pick and draw drawing game
Festivals and celebrations like and would like practice
Likes and dislikes guessing game
Likes and dislikes survey game
26 making arrangements roleplays
Making arrangements Okay or one error
Making arrangements roleplays dice game
First contact and further contact dice game
Meeting people and meeting people again
Meeting people match the conversation pairwork game
Meeting people pelmanism
Meeting people politeness game
Meeting people problems roleplays
Meeting people roleplays
Offers games/ worksheets for EFL learners
Opinions language- University entrance exams
Strong and weak opinions coin game
Purpose, cause and effect games/ worksheets
Forgetting Board Game
Remembering and forgetting game
Requests and offers functional language review
If You Ask Nicely – a story teaching polite requests
Longer requests phrases card game
Restaurant language games/ worksheets
Brainstorming phrases for sharing personal experiences
Correct, simplify and brainstorm sharing experiences phrases
Economics vocabulary sharing personal experiences bluffing game
Headlines vocabulary Sharing personal experiences bluffing game
Sharing experiences key words brainstorming and speaking
Sharing experiences of using and learning English
Sharing personal experiences functions card game
Sharing personal experiences longer phrases card games
Social science sharing personal experiences practice Longer version
Social Science vocabulary Sharing personal experiences bluff game
Types of news Needs analysis and sharing personal experiences bluffing game
Shopping language games/ worksheets
Speculating language games/ worksheets
Starting and Ending Conversations Lesson
Supporting your arguments brainstorming and key words game
Supporting your opinions dice games
Thanking games/ worksheets for EFL learners
Interrupting key words card game
Make turn taking phrases from key words
Turn taking functions card game
Turn taking politeness competition game
Turn taking roleplays
Basic adjectives and nouns drawing games
Basic adjectives and nouns pick and draw drawing game
ed and ing adjectives games, worksheets, stories, songs and poem
Gradable and extreme adjectives guessing game
Hand in my Pocket by Alanis Morissette adjectives practice
Adverbs of frequency Answer Me!
Adverbs of frequency Ladder game
Frequency expressions answer me game
Adverbs of manner games/ worksheets
Adverbs of manner sentence completion game
Short answers Answer me game
Short answers coin and cards games
Short answers coin games
Short answers noughts and crosses game
Changes to culture be used to get used to discussion
Talking about life changes with be used to get used to
Comparative adjectives How questions personality quizzes
Comparatives Table Version 2
Which is plus comparative drawing game
Which is plus comparative races
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Table
Comparatives and superlatives Last weekend
Food Vocabulary Comparatives and Superlatives
Like would like comparatives superlatives discussion questions
Superlatives numbers trivia
Xmas and New Year recommendations superlatives discussion
Designing a café first conditional discussion
First conditional consequences
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie First Conditional stories
Second, third and mixed conditionals discussion questions
2nd conditional chain writing (consequences) game
2nd conditional sentence completion guessing game
Being Around by the Lemonheads second conditional song worksheet
Third conditional sentence completion guessing game
Modern parenting discussion and Zero Conditional presentation
Continuous aspect games/ worksheets
Countable and uncountable foods presentation and speaking
Countable uncountable going to travel mimes
Household countable and uncountable nouns
Likes and dislikes and countable/ uncountable practice
News and media countable and uncountable
Xmas and New Year countable and uncountable nouns negotiation
A and an games, worksheets and songs
A an the SNAP
Articles explain the difference
Clothes shopping articles roleplays
Correct the articles in film and song titles errors
I Can See Clearly Now determiners practice
Logic Puzzles Articles Practice
Men and shopping articles and discussion
Next weekend Articles practice
Reported speech and determiners in names of places speaking activities
Some/ any/ something etc bananas code game
Future continuous games/ worksheets/ teaching ideas
Future desires games/ worksheets
Future Perfect games/ worksheets
Going to miming game
Superstitions Going to for predictions
Going to for plans/ will for spontaneous decisions helping game
Next weekend and future tenses
Present Continuous for future arrangements games, worksheets and songs
National theme parties Will for offers game
Predict the year game (will for future predictions)
Have something done games/ worksheets
Have/ Have got games, worksheets and songs
Imperative games, worksheets, stories and songs
Infinitive of purpose games/ worksheets
Inversion games/ worksheets
Concession and addition coin game
Contrasting phrases The same or different
Can Can’t match the person to the sport
Can can’t miming coin game
Can can’t sports mimes
Can can’t sports mimes lower level version
Past and present obligation and permission sentence completion games
Telephoning situations modals of deduction
Should and should have things in common
Do you want options game
Feelings and Do you want reverse pelmanism
Participle clauses games, worksheets, videos and songs
Christmas vocabulary passive voice guessing game
Describing architecture Passive voice practice and presentation
Make true and correct active and passive trivia sentences
Passive Apples Grammar Code Game
Passive voice rhyming past participles poems activities
Passives Guess the Country Game
Passives Guess Who
Passives tense review
“Punishment” Passive Voice and Tense Review
Daily routines Narrative tenses game
Hole in the Bucket by Spearhead Narrative tenses
Narrative tenses storytelling game
Creativity at Work Past Continuous Accusations Game
EAP and Study Abroad Past Continuous Accusations Game
Past continuous and Used to bluff
Past continuous memory game
Travel English mimes (Past continuous)
Past Perfect Prepositions etc
Past prepositions of time Snap card game
Irregular Past Simple dice games
Simple Past Liar! game
Past simple/ continuous/ perfect logic puzzles
Remembering and forgetting- Childhood memories
Used To games, worksheets, stories and songs
Was were time guessing warmer cooler game
Weekends Past Perfect and Past Continuous
Perfect aspect games/ worksheets
Plural nouns games, worksheets and songs
Possessive adjectives and spelling practice
Possessives and adjectives pick and draw drawing game
Animals and body possessive s pictionary advanced version
Clothes, body and animals possessive s pictionary
Family, favourites and possessive S guessing games
Possessive S Xmas vocabulary drawing games
Common People by Pulp prepositions practice
Adjective plus preposition sentence completion guessing game
Dependent prepositions pelmanism and snap
Word plus preposition SNAP
I Will Survive prepositions
In/ at/ on/ no preposition SNAP
Like as a preposition games/ worksheets
Prepositions of movement games, worksheets, stories, videos, flashcards and songs
Adjectives and prepositions pick and draw drawing game
Picking cards ball game
Prepositions and directions treasure hunt
Prepositions and pronouns drawing game
Xmas vocabulary prepositions of position games
Prepositions of time games, worksheets and songs
Your week Prepositions
I Brushed My Teeth in January past time expressions poem
Your weekend Present Perfect and Simple Past
Present Continuous /Present Perfect Continuous guessing game
Present Perfect Continuous complaining competition
Present Perfect Continuous guessing game
Present Perfect Continuous How questions
Present Perfect Continuous Say Yes Bluff
Present Perfect rhyming past participles poems activities
Present Perfect sentence completion guessing game Extended version
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous discussion dice game
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous job interview roleplay cards
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous numbers guessing
Present Perfect Simple and Continuous personality quizzes
Present Perfect Simple Continuous mimes
Present Perfect Simple sentence completion guessing game
Noises mimes
Present Continuous miming games/ worksheets
Present Continuous plasticine shapes games
Present Continuous songs
Present Continuous video activities/ worksheets
Food and drink mimes
Food cultural differences mimes
Present Simple and Continuous guess the person
Table manners Present Simple and Continuous mimes and discussion
Are they… or…? drawing games
Are they… or…? TPR games
It is/ They are and colours pick and draw game
Present Simple cultural customs bluffing game
Present Simple Guess the country
Present Simple questions with be speaking
Present Simple reading, speaking and drawing game
Third person S games/ worksheets
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley quantifiers practice
Asking for details and drawing game
Basic question formation dice game
How questions and advice dice game
How questions answer me
Meeting people and indirect checking/ clarifying questions
Recommendations and embedded questions
Famous Australian People and Things Subject Questions Jeopardy Game
Songs, movies and books with subject questions in the title
Subject questions grammar and speaking
Phonics Yes/ No questions card games
Yes no questions dice game
Explaining food vocabulary defining relative clauses practice
Korean cultural code words relative clauses
Plot summaries add the relative clauses
Relative clauses Slang Call My Bluff
People who speak to you Reported speech game
Reported speech chain stories (consequences)
Reported speech consequences Pre-Intermediate
Reported speech key word sentence transformations
Reporting verbs games/ worksheets
Special occasions Reported Speech cultural differences
I Will Survive Past present and future tenses
So and neither Answer me
Tense review Yes game
Things in common Past, present and future
Things in common tense review
Weekends discussion questions tense review
Weekends Past Present or Future
Yesterday by the Beatles Past and present tense review
How many are there pick and draw drawing game
There is are and like don’t like games
There is/ There are + Xmas vocab drawing games
There is/ There are stacking games
This that these those pick and draw drawing game
This that these those toys flashcard games
Too and enough games, worksheets and songs
Unreal Past games/ worksheets
Gerund and infinitive games/ worksheets
Rules for teenagers sentence completion
Verb pattern personalisation guessing game Intermediate
Verb pattern personalisation guessing game Pre Intermediate
Verb patterns discussion questions
Verb patterns Snap (Face2Face Pre-Int U8)
Active/ Passive True/ False quiz
Passives Disasters storytelling/ dominoes/ pelmanism
Rules and regulations Pictionary
Everyday English Social Expressions mimes
Functional language elicitation text
Ghost stories phrasal verbs
Ghosts storytelling vocabulary game
If I were you Phrasal verbs Advice Game
New Hway Pre U11/ 12 Chewing gum roleplays
Phrasal verb mimes
Phrasal verbs and second conditional
Second conditional and phrasal verbs Version 2
Second conditional ghosts discussion questions
Second conditional supernatural error correction and discussion
Social English and Phrasal verbs
Social Expressions Answer Me
Starting conversations
Supernatural modals of probability discussion
How was your weekend? Roleplays
Present Perfect Continuous and jobs Guess the changes
Telephone Email or Face to Face boardgame
Tense Review Guess the Job
Whose weekend? warmer
New Headway Pre- Intermediate vocabulary revision Ask or Tell game
New Headway Pre- Intermediate vocabulary revision storytelling game
New Headway Pre-Int Unit 11 to 14 Revision Presentations Rotating Board game
New Headway Pre-Intermediate Revision Rotating Board game
New Headway Pre-Intermediate Vocab Revision Definitions game
Famous people presentations and discussion questions
Inside Out Unit 1 Madonna text vocabulary
Needs Analysis Auxiliaries Tense Review
Inside Out Upper Intermediate Pictionary
Inventions guessing game (Modals of deduction)
Advertising slogans modals of probability
Marketing vocabulary discussion questions
Movie vocabulary and discussion questions
Going to for plans and future continuous for predictions
Inside Out Upper Intermediate Units 10 to 12 Rotating Board Games
Inside Out Upper Intermediate Units 11 and 12 vocabulary Relative Clauses speaking
Which prediction? Whose prediction?
Your teacher- Presentations and discussion
Renovating a hotel
Dependent prepositions Jigsaw text
Dependent prepositions Things in common
Inside Out Upper Intermediate Units 1 and 2 vocab and classroom language quiz
Inside Out Upper U 1 and 2 difficult and useful vocab One
Inside Out Upper Units 1 and 2 revision
Next weekend bluff
Rules for host families verb patterns sentence completion
Verb patterns and prepositions sentence completion
Big money and little money idioms
Conditionals review sentence completion
Fame and fortune top tips Articles practice
Inside Out Upper Unit 3 Reading articles practice
Money and weekends discussion questions
Money discussion questions articles practice
Money idioms Call my bluff
Money idioms discussion questions
Money proverbs Articles practice
Possessions discussion questions
Top language learning tips Articles practice
Your most treasured possession presentations
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Present Simple games, worksheets, stories and songs

Over 100 Present Simple for routines PDFs and teaching ideas (including the related index pages). If you like anything here and would like more, please support TEFLtastic .

Present Simple index pages (for more specific points)

It is/ They are games and other worksheets (for Present Simple of “to be”)

Third person S games/ worksheets (for “She has”, “He goes”, “It works”, etc)

Daily routines games, worksheets, stories and songs

Articles with Present Simple games

56 classroom activities for the Present Simple tense

Video tasks for present tenses

Photocopiable Present Simple classroom activities

Good and taboo Present Simple questions with do and be

How often trivia quiz (Present Simple and frequency expressions)

Xmas mix and match (third person S, Present Simple and Xmas vocabulary)

Are you…? hangman

Mr Men daily routines activities

Is it a/ an…? with adjectives pick and draw

Small talk with how often

Time expressions with Present Simple (frequency expressions and prepositions of time practised with Make Me Say Yes, Things in Common, and Answer Me games)

Small talk questions with be and do (and polished-up version in this very cheap e-book )

Personal questions with be speaking

Days of the week make me say yes

Is and are drawing game

Months hangman guessing game (with suggested things to say about each month)

Days of the week pick and draw

Johnny Slowly, Jeremy Normal and Jimmy Quickly times story

Time expressions with Present Simple speaking and presentation (adverbs of frequency and prepositions of time)

Present Simple chain stories

Present Simple taboo questions game

Present Simple matchmakers game

Present Simple job interview roleplays

Present Simple personalised board game

Present Simple sentence completion bluffing game

Present Simple Ask and Tell game

Present Simple needs analysis, presentation and practice (good for a first lesson)

Present Simple/ Adverbs of frequency sentence completion guessing game

Timetables battleships

Present Simple cultural customs bluffing game

Present Simple work and leisure discussion questions

Present Simple guess the country

Common business verbs Present Simple (guess the verb, discuss things they do in their jobs as needs analysis, brainstorm language to do those things in English)

Present Simple reading, speaking and drawing game

Present Simple Men and Women guessing

In/ On/ At/ No preposition pelmanism/ snap

Be and have for describing appearance games –

Third person S statements bluffing coin game

Personal pronouns and possessive adjectives disappearing text memory game (with Present Simple verbs and times)

Third person S questions alphabet game (with optional drawing element)

Present Simple third person S routines information gap

Third person S guess the person game

Present Simple Guess Who game

Describing international companies (mainly Present Simple, plus nationality adjectives and a smattering of other tenses)

Present Simple songs

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (link to song on YouTube and my article on using this song in class )

Tubthumper by Chumbawamba (quite a limited number of verbs and a rude chorus that you’ll need to ignore, but a mix of first person and third person – link is to lyrics)

Present Simple for routines stories and picture books

The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton (all Present Simple and good for evening routines vocabulary)

Baby’s Day by Karen Katz (babyish enough to usually just be considered cute instead of patronising by kids, but need to rephrase it to add more Present Simple)

I Live In Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi (maybe getting students to say in English what they do that is the same as the photos, then checking if anything is the same when the teacher reads the text – I guess similar is available for other nationalities/ cities too)

Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace

Holiday! Celebration Days Around the World by Deborah Chancellor

Astronaut Living in Space by Kate Hayden (maybe skipping the first bit in past tenses with her training and getting straight to the routines of a space mission)

Chicken Bedtime is Really Early (the text is probably too difficult, but it has a nice rhythm and the pictures have times with o’clock, take a bath, comb hair, go to sleep, go home, eat dinner, put on your pyjamas, read a bedtime story, drink water, wake up, get up, play, and do exercise) – LINK UPDATED

Gran and Grandpa by Helen Oxenbury

Just Another Ordinary Day by Rod Clement (written in Past Simple, but makes sense as Present Simple and has lots of daily routines vocabulary, with an amusing twist because of the pictures) – LINK FIXED

Adverbs of frequency page

Time expressions page (for links to days of the week, telling the time, dates, etc)

Present Simple and Continuous page (frankly much more useful than teaching Present Simple on its own for long)

Business present tenses page

Likes and dislikes page

Have/ Have got page

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8 Classroom Activities for Teaching the Simple Present

Key Takeaway:

Classroom activities that teach the simple present can help students develop communication skills and express themselves using basic grammatical structures.
Activities such as daily routines, cultural norms, and classmate interviews can help students practice using simple present in real-life situations and build their confidence in speaking English.
Other activities like ESP, Where am I, and BINGO can make learning fun and exciting, and can be effective in encouraging students to participate actively in class.

Daily Routine

When it comes to teaching the simple present tense, daily routines are an excellent way to introduce this grammatical concept. Sharing daily routines among students promotes communication, increases student engagement, and helps students to understand the structure of sentences in the present tense.

In this segment, we focus on sharing our daily routines in class and creating a daily schedule as a group . Through this activity, students can practice using present tense verbs and gain a deeper understanding of how daily routines are formed.

Students share their daily routines and create a schedule for the day

To create a daily schedule, students must share their usual routines. They can discuss their rituals in the present tense using adverbs such as ‘usually’, ‘sometimes’, and ‘always’ to put emphasis on the frequency. This activity encourages students to express themselves, learn about their classmates, and practice using the simple present tense in English.

Have students start by sharing their daily routines with one another.
Encourage them to ask questions to gather more information about each other’s daily habits.
Next, have students create a schedule for their day based on what they have learned from one another.
They can use a planner or worksheet to organize and prioritize activities within specific time slots.
Last but not least, ask students to present and explain their schedules in front of the class for group feedback and discussion.

Cultural Norms

As an educator, one of the most intriguing aspects of teaching is learning about the cultural practices of my students. That’s why I’m excited to share how cultural norms can be integrated into language instruction through classroom activities using the present simple tense. These activities offer a valuable opportunity for students to explore the common practices of their cultures while developing language proficiency.

In this section, we’ll explore two sub-sections:

How to encourage students to share cultural practices using simple present and adverbs, and
How to practice negative sentences and adverbs like “ never ” and “ rarely “.

Students share cultural practices using simple present and adverbs

Students can demonstrate their simple present and adverb skills by sharing cultural practices. This activity helps in building social skills and fostering a culture of mutual respect. Using the negative form of sentences and adverbs like “ never ” or “ rarely ,” students can share their cultural norms more effectively.

By pairing up students to ask questions about hobbies and interests, they can practice introducing partners to class using present tense questions. To add extra sensory experience, students can observe surroundings using all five senses in the present tense.

To test classmates’ understanding, students can create sensory statements about a place they want to visit that others need to guess the location of. As an excellent way of getting to know one another, BINGO involves brainstorming questions into random grids for mingling fun with asking questions and recording yes/no answers by name in squares.

Using these activities, teachers can inspire students’ interest in discovering different cultures globally. Negativity never looked so good – learn how to use “ never ” and “ rarely ” like a pro!

Practice negative sentences and adverbs like “never” and “rarely”

Employing negative sentences and adverbs such as “never” and “rarely” aids in strengthening the simple present knowledge.

Utilize a worksheet with exercises where students practice identifying negative statements in the present tense and distinguish them from affirmative counterparts
Pose conversation starters, which render themselves to exercise utilizing negative phrases in chat to heighten communication skills, vocabulary, and grammar.

Delineating negative phrases is imperative when developing elementary communication skills. Therefore, it is critical to determine precise methods of teaching similar sentence construction.

Suggested tactics include implementing an array of dynamic exercises, including brainstorming sessions where students are encouraged to write down different negative verbalizations they use in ordinary dialogues regularly. Regular drills will help cement significant tenses’ rudiments, enabling one to expand their abilities while still practicing syntax and vocabulary building blocks beneficial in overall language progress.

Get to know your classmates and their interests with present tense questions that will make you feel like a talk show host.

Classmate Interviews

As a language teacher, I’m always on the lookout for engaging and effective classroom activities for teaching the simple present tense . One of my favorites is the classmate interview , which helps students practice asking and answering questions in the present tense while getting to know their peers. I like to pair up my students and have them ask each other about their hobbies and interests , providing a fun way for them to learn about their classmates and practice using the simple present. Additionally, I use questions in the present tense for them to introduce their partners to the class. This activity not only helps students improve their grammar skills, but also fosters a sense of community and collaboration in the classroom.

Pair up students to ask questions about hobbies and interests

Students can be paired up to ask questions about hobbies and interests as a way of getting to know each other better. Here is a 5-step guide :

Pair students up in the classroom.
Give them a list of questions to ask each other.
Allow students to share their answers with the rest of the class.
Encourage follow-up questions for clarification purposes.
End the activity by reflecting on what was learned.

Unique details could include customizing the questions based on the student’s levels or interests, allowing for free questioning, recording responses, or using technology .

Some additional suggestions include varying approaches such as group discussions or peer review journals , forming multi-language groups , considering perspective-taking and empathy exercises , and making sure that all students are included regardless of their English proficiency level . Such activities will promote engagement, assess cultural competency among classmates and encourage cooperation while enabling pair work during class time.

Let’s get present-tense-tial and introduce ourselves through some thought-provoking questions!

Introduce partners to class using questions in the present tense

To acquaint each other with the present tense, there is an exercise that involves introducing your partner to the class using questions.

Pair students up and give each pair a set of prompt cards containing the questions they will have to ask.
Each student in the pair has to introduce their partner to the class, asking them one question at a time in the present tense.
The aim of this exercise is for students to practice how to use the present tense accurately and fluidly when conversing about individuals’ current actions.

It is worth noting that this particular exercise can help facilitate better understanding between students. By encouraging them to talk about themselves and their interests, they can find common ground which can in turn create stronger connections conducive for learning collaboratively. According to ‘8 Classroom Activities for Teaching the Simple Present,’ asking get-to-know-you style questions while practicing grammar concepts helps promote communication skill development.

Get ready to experience reality like never before with ESP activities that engage all five senses.

As an English teacher, I am constantly on the lookout for innovative classroom activities that engage my students. One of my favorite topics to teach is the Simple Present tense , and I have found that incorporating ESP (Extraordinary Sensory Perceptions) activities is an excellent way to make it come alive for my students. In this particular section, we’ll explore how to use simple present tense in sensory observations. Using their five senses , students will become immersed in the present moment and learn to describe their surroundings in vivid detail .

Students observe surroundings using all five senses in the simple present

In this activity, students engage in an exercise where they observe their surroundings using all five senses in the present tense . By doing so, they improve their sensory perception and ability to articulate experiences in writing or speech. This activity is designed to help students develop effective communication skills, especially when it comes to sensory description.

To begin with, teachers may ask students to describe a place around them while focusing on what they can see, hear, smell, taste and touch. For instance, a student describing a classroom may say “I see tables and chairs. I hear the sound of pens scribbling on paper. I smell chalk dust. I taste my lip balm unintentionally while biting my lips out of boredom. I feel the hardness of the chair underneath me.” This way, students can develop a detailed picture of any given environment while capturing the essence of its sensory elements.

To make this exercise more exciting and engaging for students, various props such as fruits, flowers or objects can be provided for use during this activity so that the observation process becomes more lively and interesting. Also, asking questions related to how certain things look like or taste like encourages active participation by all members of the class.

One such incident involving Geraldine Brooks demonstrates how important it is for aspiring writers to embrace sensory perception when observing surroundings. While working on one of her books, she heard a sound outside her window late at night that compelled her to open up her window to investigate whether it was raining only to find some bats chirping above her head, further revealing just how crucial awareness of our surrounding us using all five senses can be while writing about what we have observed without bias or any pre-researched facts and information.

Let’s get sensory and guess the place because, in this activity, you’ll feel like you’re there without ever leaving the classroom.

Where Am I?

When it comes to learning the simple present tense, there’s no need to rely solely on textbooks and lectures. As an educator, I have found that hands-on activities can be instrumental in helping students understand the language in context. In this segment, we’ll explore activities geared towards understanding location and prepositions .

First, students will create sensory statements about a place they would like to visit. Next, classmates will practice asking questions about the location using the present tense. Finally, we’ll review the prepositions at/on/in used to describe different locations. These activities will ignite your students’ curiosity about the world around them, while reinforcing language skills.

Students create sensory statements about a place they would like to visit

In this classroom activity, learners are encouraged to stimulate their senses and describe a place that they would like to visit by creating sensory statements. By using the simple present tense , students learn how to express their thoughts clearly while also practicing prepositions at/on/in used to describe locations. Through this exercise, students develop their creative thinking skills while learning vocabulary related to the five senses . The activity also provides an opportunity for learners to interact with each other through guessing games and partner discussions.

Furthermore, this exercise encourages cultural awareness as students create sensory statements that reflect their cultural backgrounds and practices. They practice negative sentences and adverbs like “never” and “rarely” which help expand their understanding of language structure.

The learning activity promotes individuality as students share information about themselves, their interests, hobbies and ideal weekends in a fun and engaging way. This exercise helps establish community within the class by giving space for all students to participate and connect with one another.

Lastly, this exercise aligns with the goal of helping students develop language fluency through immersive activities that promote communication skills and conversation in the present tense. Put your detective hats on, classmates, and use present tense questions to guess the sensory statements about the mysterious place your fellow student wants to visit .

Classmates guess the place using questions in the present tense

Students practice describing a place they would like to visit using the present tense and prepositions to classmates who have to guess where it is. In this activity, unique sensory statements are created by students about the place.

Students create sensory statements about a place they would like to visit.
Classmates ask questions in the present tense to guess the location.
Prepositions at/on/in used to describe locations are reviewed.

This exercise helps students improve their oral communication skills and vocabulary in describing places and making guesses . Students also learn about different parts of the world through their classmates’ presentations.

To maximize learning from this activity and minimize testing anxiety, teachers could provide a warm-up round before starting the guessing game. During warm-up rounds, students can practice sharing sentences or phrases that describe what they see, feel, hear, or smell around them at any given moment. These short sound bites can increase their comfort level with making sensory statements when guessing the location during the actual game.

Get ready to play hide and seek with prepositions as we review the use of at, on, and in when describing locations.

Review prepositions at/on/in used to describe locations

Describing locations using prepositions is an essential element of writing and speaking . Understanding the right usage of ‘at’, ‘on’ and ‘in’ can make communication more effective, conveying specific information about where exactly an object or a person is placed.

In this activity, students will revisit prepositions of place and elevate their usage by reviewing how to use them accurately. Students will learn to differentiate between when to use:

‘at’ , which describes a specific point in space, such as “I am at the park”
‘on’ , which is used for describing objects that sit on top of something such as “the book is on the table”
‘in’ , which describes objects surrounded by space like “I love sitting in cafes with friends.”

By practicing sentences with these prepositions, students will develop accurate vocabulary usage, improve clarity and develop sentence structures that increase coherence.

It should be noted that while these three prepositions are used for directions in spatial relationships, some additional words like beside, behind, underneath may also be needed in order to emphasize particular physical positionings better. Understanding these finer details will help students accurately communicate directions.

Pro Tip: Encourage students to practice often so that they develop muscle memory for these preposition rules when writing or speaking.

Let’s play a game of BINGO and get to know each other better, because awkward silences are never a good party starter.

Incorporating games into classroom activities can often yield better outcomes, and BINGO is no different. This game is not only exciting, but it encourages students to communicate and interact with one another, making it an excellent choice for any language classroom.

The game is played in four sections. First, the teacher prepares a list of get-to-know-you questions and writes them on the board. Second, students fill out a 5×5 grid with the questions in a random order. Next, students mingle and ask each other questions, checking off the appropriate squares if their partner answers “yes.” The first person to get five squares in a row is declared the winner.

Brainstorm get to know you questions and write on board

To facilitate socialization among students and promote learning about each other, a session can be dedicated to brainstorm get to know you questions and write them on the board.

Teachers can encourage the students to come up with open-ended, non-intrusive questions that allow for personal expression like “ What is your favorite hobby? ” or “ What is your favorite type of music? “
Students can work in pairs or small groups and share their answers.
The teacher may prompt follow-up questions and encourage further discussion based on shared interests while also eliciting critical thinking skills
This activity provides an opportunity to develop confidence in communication through speaking and listening.
It also promotes a friendly atmosphere between students.
In addition, it works towards enhancing language skills by encouraging active dialogue.

Furthermore, sharing brief personal stories based on the questions asked can offer a unique insight into individual student’s personalities and perspectives.

Suggestions:

Provide enough time for brainstorming
Encourage active listening by having one person as a speaker at a time
Incorporate some questions that allow for easy elaboration
Allow some voluntary sharing without pressure

Get ready to mix and mingle as students fill out their Bingo grids with quirky questions and compete to win!

Students randomly fill out a five by five grid with questions

For this activity, students are required to fill out a 5×5 grid with get-to-know-you questions. This is an interactive way for students to get to know each other while also practicing sentence structures in the present tense. The questions may pertain to hobbies, interests, favorite foods, etc.

To create the table for this activity, start by opening an HTML document and using the , tags accordingly. Each student will be assigned a row and column number, and they will fill out their corresponding cell with a question. It is crucial to ensure that there are no duplicate questions in the grid.

A unique detail about this activity is that it allows students to interact with one another while presenting an opportunity for practicing language skills. Moreover, it encourages students to think creatively when creating their questions as well as pay close attention when listening to others’ responses.

History shows that Bingo originated as a lottery game in Italy in the sixteenth century before spreading throughout Europe and later arriving in North America. Today, it remains a popular game played worldwide in various forms by people of all ages. This variation of Bingo fits perfectly into language classrooms as it provides an enjoyable activity that aids language acquisition through social interaction while still adhering to structured learning principles.

Get ready for some socializing: because it’s time for students to mix, mingle, and make new connections through question-filled bingo grids!

Students mingle, asking each other questions and writing names in squares if they answer “yes”

Students interact with one another by engaging in a simple game called Bingo where they ask questions to find out information about their classmates. If the answer to the question is “yes,” then the student writes their classmate’s name in the corresponding square on their bingo board.

Give each student a bingo board which consists of at least five rows and five columns.
Ask students to randomly fill out each square in the grid with get-to-know-you questions that require yes or no answers.
The students then walk around asking other classmates the questions on their boards while also answering questions for others.
If a student responds positively, those with the corresponding question write down that classmate’s name in the square on their bingo board.
The first person to make a straight line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) of names wins Bingo and receives a prize determined by the teacher.
As an added challenge, students can have time limits for finding answers to encourage quicker interaction within the classroom.

This activity creates an inclusive atmosphere as everyone is involved and gets to know each other quickly. It allows shy students who may not usually speak up during class discussions an opportunity to express themselves and build community in small groups.

Don’t miss out on this fun way to build community in your classroom! Incorporate this activity into your lesson plan today.

Get ready to compete, because the race to five squares in a row is on!

First person with five squares in a row wins

For classroom engagement, students can bond and have fun playing a game. The activity involves using a grid that consists of five columns and five rows. Each student randomly fills out the squares with get-to-know-you questions and mingles to ask classmates questions. If a classmate answers “Yes,” the student writes their name in that square. The first person to connect five squares in a straight line wins.

Students create grids consisting of five columns and five rows on a piece of paper or board.

Students complete the grid by writing get-to-know-you questions like hobbies, interests, weekend activities, among others randomly.

Students mingle around asking each other’s questions written in their grid.

The first person to connect five squares in a straight line wins.

Create a Five by Five Square Grid
Randomly fill out question Squares
Mingle to Ask Questions
Connect Squares in straight lines

This game is an activity that creates an opportunity for students to interact while getting to know each other better. By connecting with classmates who share similar interests, it enhances bonding beyond the classroom environment.

In one school’s experience, during the “First person with five squares in a row wins” session, one student discovered they shared an interest in hiking with another student – something they had never thought they could find within their classmate cohort. This newfound connection stimulated discussions between them regarding some popular local trails near their neighborhood.

Get ready to party like it’s the weekend, as students share their favorite activities and dream up their perfect weekends.

Weekend Party

When it comes to teaching the simple present tense, finding ways to make the learning process engaging and interactive is essential. One way to accomplish this is through classroom activities centered around real-life scenarios. Take the Weekend Party activity, for example. This activity encourages students to share their favorite weekend activities and prompts them to write paragraphs about their ideal weekends. By incorporating personal experiences and interests into the lesson, students are more likely to be invested in the learning process and develop a deeper understanding of the simple present tense.

Students share favorite weekend activities and write paragraphs about ideal weekends.

Students will have the opportunity to express their preferred weekend activities by crafting paragraphs that depict their ideal weekends. The objective of this exercise is to encourage students to demonstrate their English writing skills while expressing themselves creatively. This activity can be incorporated into a variety of settings and levels of fluency, allowing students to practice using present tense verbs and adverbs and increasing oral communication confidence.

In addition, this activity can promote a sense of community and cooperation within the classroom as students share similar interests and learn about diverse cultural activities. By sharing individual stories, students can refine their vocabulary usage, learn from each other’s experiences, and refine their understanding of the simple present tense.

It is important that instructors modify this activity to fit their specific class needs’ level. Furthermore, teachers can use different mediums like pictures or videos as motivation tools in teaching fresh phrases representing the theme “students share favorite weekend activities”.

Five Facts About 8 Classroom Activities for Teaching the Simple Present:

✅ These activities help students practice using the simple present tense in a variety of contexts. (Source: Team Research)
✅ Daily routines and cultural norms are two topics covered in these activities. (Source: Team Research)
✅ Classmate interviews and sensory observations are interactive ways to practice the simple present. (Source: Team Research)
✅ Bingo and the weekend party activity promote a fun and engaging way to practice the simple present. (Source: Team Research)
✅ Using these activities can help students feel more confident in their ability to use the simple present tense. (Source: Team Research)

FAQs about 8 Classroom Activities For Teaching The Simple Present

What are some fun classroom activities for teaching the simple present.

There are many simple activities you can do with your students to teach the present simple tense. These include daily routines, cultural norms, classmate interviews, ESP (Extraordinary Sensory Perceptions), Where Am I?, BINGO, and weekend party.

How can I incorporate worksheets into teaching the simple present?

Worksheets can be a great tool for reinforcing grammar concepts. You can create worksheets with fill-in-the-blank exercises, matching games, or sentence correction activities to help students practice using the present simple tense correctly.

What are some online games and activities for teaching the present simple tense?

There are many ESL games and activities available online that are specifically designed to help students learn the present simple tense. Some popular options include Kahoot, Quizlet, and grammar games on websites like ESLgamesplus.com.

How can I make teaching the present simple tense more engaging for my students?

One way to make learning more engaging is by incorporating a variety of different activities and games into your lesson plans . You can also try using props, music, or multimedia resources to make the material come alive.

What are some common mistakes students make when using the present simple tense?

Common mistakes include mixing up verb tenses, forgetting to add -s to third-person singular verbs, or using the wrong form of the verb (e.g. using ‘have’ instead of ‘has’). It’s important to review these errors regularly to help students improve their accuracy.

How can I ensure that my students are mastering the present simple tense?

Assessment is key when it comes to determining whether your students are mastering the present simple tense. You can use quizzes, tests, or writing assignments to evaluate their understanding and provide feedback to help them improve.

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