Mastering the Present Simple: Test Your Grammar Skills!

Mastering the Present Simple: Test Your Grammar Skills!

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to confidently use the present simple tense in affirmative, negative sentences, questions, and short answers.

What do you already know about the present simple tense?

Question 1

Choose the correct form of the present simple tense: John ________ (go/goes) to school every day.

Question 2

Choose the correct form of the present simple tense: They ________ (watch/watches) movies on weekends.

Question 3

Choose the correct form of the present simple tense: ________ (Does/Do) she like ice cream?

Question 4

Choose the correct form of the present simple tense: We ________ (doesn't/don't) have any pets.

Question 5

Choose the correct form of the present simple tense: ________ (Do/Does) they play basketball on Saturdays?

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.