The present simple tense
Here you have a four-minute video that EXPLAINS how and when to use the present simple. You can pause the video, take notes in your notebook, go forward or backward at your convenience:
Present Simple Tense. Vídeo de Englishgrammarspot en YouTube. Licenza YouTube estándar
Now that you've watched the video, take a look at this presentation to review the form and use of the present simple.
Present simple review en Slideshare. Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA
Exercise 1
Write full sentences and questions with the present simple in your notebook or on an electronic document.
Example: He / usually / get up late (+): He usually gets up late
- Anna / like music (?)
- She / have a lot of hobbies (+)
- I / get on very well with my sister (-)
- My brother / know me very well (-)
- The film / finish late (?)
- Peter / be a good cook (-)
- You / have breakfast with your parents (?)
- What / your favourite food / be (?)
- She / love pizza (+)
- They / eat meat (-)
Exercise 2
Complete the gaps with the verbs in the box in the present simple tense.
Get on - not have - open - not talk - not work - listen |
Bonus task
Test your knowledge on the simple present. Here you have the links to three different online tests:
After submitting your answers, you will see how well you have done in the tests. Good luck!