The present simple

The present simple is used to make simple statements

of fact, to talk about things that happen repeatedly,
and to describe things that are always true.

FILL IN THE GAPS BY PUTTING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

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 FILL IN THE GAPS USING “AM,” FILL IN THE GAPS USING
“IS,” OR “ARE” “HAVE” OR “HAS”

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 MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE CORRECT SENTENCES

FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE PANEL

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 The present simple negative
To make negative sentences using “be” in the present
simple, “not” is added after the verb. For other verbs,
the auxiliary verb “do not” or “does not” is used.

REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “DO NOT” OR “DOES NOT”

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 REWRITE EACH SENTENCE IN THE NEGATIVE USING CONTRACTIONS

MARK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT

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REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE

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 Present simple questions
Questions in the present simple with “be” are formed by
swapping the verb and subject. For other verbs, the auxiliary
verb “do” or “does” must be added before the subject.

FILL IN THE GAPS USING “AM,” FILL IN THE GAPS USING “DO”
“IS,” OR “ARE” OR “DOES”

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MARK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE CORRECT

REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS QUESTIONS

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 Forming questions
If a statement uses “be” or an auxiliary verb, its question
form is made by inverting that verb and the subject.
Any other question is formed by adding “do” or “does.”

MATCH THE STATEMENTS MATCH THE STATEMENTS

TO THE CORRECT QUESTIONS TO THE CORRECT QUESTIONS

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 MARK THE SENTENCES THAT CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT
ARE CORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE

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 Question words
Open questions are questions that do not have
simple “yes” or “no” answers. In English, they
are formed by using question words.

CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT PUT THE WORDS IN THE

WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE CORRECT ORDER

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