Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Remember, we use the present simple for usual, repeated activities and routines and we use the present continuous for actions happening when we are speaking.
Now try this:

The Passive Voice (basic)

With this activity you can practise the passive voice in sentences which are all in the Present Simple. Look at the chart carefully first!

Passivepresent by M Paz Pérez García on Scribd from http://allthingsgrammar.com/

Now we are going to practise the passive voice in the Past Simple.

My wallet was stolen, una ficha interactiva de mada_1

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Subject Pronouns Wheel

Click on the wheel and say the correct form of a verb tense. For example, you can try to say the corresponding form of the present of the verb 'to be'.

Personal Information

Look at this fact file and read the email. The email contains all the personal information included in the fact file (pay attention to the words in colour). In a comment, write an email with all the personal information about yourself.

Image from Action!2 Workbook, Burlington Books.

What is your favourite animal?

Listen, repeat and learn the names of the animals:

What is your favourite animal?

Write a description:     

Is it big/small?     
...      
Write about its habits:     

 How does it live?     

Where does it live?     

What does it eat?     

...      

Write about it in the comments below.

What are your after-school activities?

In the picture below you can see a list of after-school activities. Write a comment (click on 'comments' and comment as 'anonymous') describing your activities after school.

Have got (present)

Look at this infographic and learn the verb 'to have' in present. As you can see, there are two columns: one is for the third person singular (he, she, it) and the other one for all the rest of the subjects.

Question words and present of to be.

Now you can practise and learn some question words in examples with the present of to be.
Remember, the question words mean:

Who - quién

What - qué, cuál, cuáles

When - cuándo

Where - dónde

Why - por qué

How - cómo

Click and play. Try the games on this site:

Question words with the verb to be - http://www.engames.eu/question-words-verb/

• First revise the examples in the mind map.

•  Then try the quiz.

If you pass the quiz, you can play Angry Finches,

Present of 'to be'

As you know 'to be' is a verb. It means 'ser' or 'estar' in Spanish. It has 3 forms in present ( am / is / are ). Look at the infografic and you'll see how to use them.

Everyday Activities

More practise of everyday activities with Present Simple and other useful grammar points like prepositions of time.

EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES

Present Simple (+s of no -s?)

Present Simple: complete the blanks with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets.

English for You 1. Unit 2. Test.

Present simple, the times, frequency adverbs... Our last unit in ESO1. Test yourself and check your progress!
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Daily Routines

With this presentation you can practise how to speak about your daily routines. Pay attention to the vocabulary (esp. the verbs) and how to tell the time.


 

Daily routine from Gisela Bastos