Present Simple

The Present Simple Tense

INTRODUCTION

GAME

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Simple present tense with 'be'

Positive	Positive Short Form
I am	I'm
you are	you're
he is	he's
she is	she's
it is	it's
we are	we're
they are	they're

Click here to practise making the positive with 'be'.

Negative	Negative short form
I am not	I'm not
you are not	you aren't
he is not	he isn't
she is not	she isn't
it is not	it isn't
we are not	we aren't
they are not	they aren't

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Yes / No Questions

am I ?

are you ?

is he ?

is she ?

is it ?

are we ?

are they ?

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Wh Questions
where	am I ?
what	are you ?
why	is he ?
who	is she ?
when	are we ?
how	are they ?

Click here to practise making 'wh' questions with 'be' .
Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 1)
Click here to practise making positive, negative and question forms with 'be' (exercise 2)

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Present simple tense with other verbs

Positive (of 'play')

I play

you play

he plays

she plays

it plays

we play

they play

• For a few verbs, there is a spelling change before the 's'. For example, 'study' becomes 'studies'. Click here for a list of these verbs
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• There are also few verbs which are irregular in the present simple:
  
  
  1. 'have' becomes 'has'
  2. 'do' becomes 'does'
  3. 'go' becomes 'goes'

Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 1)
Click here to practise making the positive form for other verbs (exercise 2)

Negative (of 'play')
I do not play	I don't play
you do not play	you don't play
he does not play	he doesn't play
she does not play	she doesn't play
it does not play	it doesn't play
we do not play	we don't play
they do not play	they don't play

Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 1)
Click here to practise making the negative (exercise 2)

Fem servir el "Present Simple" per descriure coses que passen habitualment (o no):

usually, on Mondays, sometimes, in the morning, after school....

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

More exercises!

Yes / No questions

do I play ?

do you play ?

does he play ?

does she play ?

does it play ?

do we play ?

do they play ?

Click here to practise making yes / no questions.

Wh Questions
where	do I play ?
what	do you play ?
why	does he play ?
who	does she play ?
when	do we play ?
how	do they play ?

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What?..Where?...

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PRACTICE

Present Simple Tenses Interactive Games

• Auxiliary Verb 'to be' Present Tense
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• Present Simple Tense Monkey Game
• Present Continuous Action Verbs Car Game

• Present Tenses Billionaire game
• Present Tense Catapult Game

• All Verb Tenses Interactive Jeopardy Game

Question Words Interactive Games

• Question Words – What, where, Who, why, when, which, how, Grammar Activity

Mixed exercise 1
Mixed exercise 2
Mixed exercise 3
Mixed exercise 4 using both 'be' and other verbs

he/she	one
feelings (be)	one
be verbs (negative formation)	one
be verbs (question formation)	one
be + adjective (for description)	one
have + noun (for description)	one	two (has got)
There is.../There are...	one
have to	one	two
not yet, just, already	one
plural nouns (s, es, ies ...)	one
singular nouns (an ...)	one

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• 1A Verb be (singular); I and you (1)
• 1A Verb be (singular); I and you (2)
• 1B verb be (singular): he, she, it (1)
• 1B verb be (singular): he, she, it (2)
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  • 2A verb be: we, you, they (1)
  • 2A verb be: we, you, they (2)
  • 2B Wh- and How questions with be (1)
  • 2B Wh- and How questions with be (2)

• 5A present simple + - : I, you, we, they (1)
• 5A present simple + - : I, you, we, they (2)
• 5B present simple ? : I, you, we, they (1)
• 5B present simple ? : I, you, we, they (2)

• 6A present simple: he, she, it (1)
• 6A present simple: he, she, it (2)

• 7A word order in questions: be and present simple (1)
• 7A word order in questions: be and present simple (2)

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Next, I explain how to USE the Present Simple.