Present Simple Exercise 2 Here's another exercise where you need to make the present simple positive. Click here to review how to make this tense.Click here to download this exercise in PDF (with answers)Click here for another present simple positive exercise. Don't forget the 's'! Learning English as a foreign language: Tip #2 Watch films and TV in English. Try another exercise about the simple present here Return to the grammar exercises page
Present Simple Exercise 4 Here's another negative present simple exercise - type the whole sentence into the box and click 'check'. Click here to review how to make the present simpleClick here for another exercise about making the present simple negativeClick here to download this exercise in PDF (with answers) Learning English as a foreign language: Tip #4 Do grammar exercises about the English verb tenses until you feel really confident about how to make the tense. Many students say 'the past simple - that's easy', but then they still say 'Did you went', which is not correct of course. Or they forget the 's' in the 3rd person singular present simple. Click here for more present simple exercises Negations in the Simple Present - English To keep this offer free of charge, we and our partners (233) need your consent. This includes the use of a so-called "TC String" – a digital identifier that stores your advertising preferences and enables the compliance with your data protection preferences. This allows the use of cookies and similar technologies, thus enabling us to display advertising tailored to your interests based on your user behavior. Here, you can also revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Note on data transfer to the USA: Data transfer to the USA is only carried out within the framework of legal possibilities.
Present Simple Exercise 1 Here's an exercise where you need to make the present simple positive. Click here to review how to make the present simple tense.Click here to download this exercise in PDF (with answers)Click here for more present simple exercises Don't forget the 's'! Learning English as a foreign language: Tip #1 Read often in English. Click here for more present simple exercises
Form (Download this explanation in PDF) We need to use the Present Simple a lot in English, so it's really important to understand it well. Many students have problems with the form (or how to make it). If you'd prefer to learn about how to USE the Present Simple jump to this page.Or, click here for all the practice exercises about this tense. Simple present tense with 'be' The verb 'be' is different from the other verbs in this tense. Here's the positive form (positive means a normal sentence, not a negative or a question. Click here to practise making the positive with 'be'. Next, here's the negative. Click here to practise making the negative with 'be'. And finally let's talk about the question form of the present simple with 'be'. Firstly, here's the 'yes / no' question form: Click here to practise making yes / no questions with 'be'. If you'd like to make a 'wh' question, you just put the question word at the front: Click here to practise making 'wh' questions with 'be' . Don't forget the 's'!
Negations in the Simple Present, don't or doesn't - English To keep this offer free of charge, we and our partners (233) need your consent. This includes the use of a so-called "TC String" – a digital identifier that stores your advertising preferences and enables the compliance with your data protection preferences. This allows the use of cookies and similar technologies, thus enabling us to display advertising tailored to your interests based on your user behavior. Your data will only be processed for the purposes described in detail here. Detailed information about all our partners and data processing can be found in the settings. Here, you can also revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Note on data transfer to the USA: Data transfer to the USA is only carried out within the framework of legal possibilities.
Present Simple Use Okay, now you know how to make the present simple. But how do we use it? In fact, we use this tense in several different situations: (More about the difference between the present simple and the present continuous here.) My Present Simple Video 1: First, we use the Present Simple when something is generally true: The sun rises in the east.People need food.It snows in winter.The sky isn't green.Plants die without water.Two and two make four. 2: We also need to use this tense for a situation that we think is more or less permanent (see the present continuous for a temporary situation - one which we think won't last long): Where do you live? 3: The next use is for habits or things that we do regularly. Do you smoke? 4: Four, we use the simple present to talk about what happens in books, plays, or films: 5: We use it in the first and the zero conditionals: If it rains, I won't come.If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils. 6: Strangely, we can use this tense to talk about the future.
Simple Present - Negations - Long forms - English To keep this offer free of charge, we and our partners (233) need your consent. This includes the use of a so-called "TC String" – a digital identifier that stores your advertising preferences and enables the compliance with your data protection preferences. This allows the use of cookies and similar technologies, thus enabling us to display advertising tailored to your interests based on your user behavior. Here, you can also revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Note on data transfer to the USA: Data transfer to the USA is only carried out within the framework of legal possibilities.