Grammar point
Simple present
I work, she works
8 free materials for adult English beginners on simple present (I work, she works), from Patina's live ESOL classes: 3 sheets, 2 readings, 2 listening exercises, 1 game. Use them on a phone, in print, or on a screen.
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Sheet
I Work / I Am Working
Every day, or right now? The two present tenses side by side, with examples in your language and the am/is/are verb tree.
Class 3 · Job Applications
Sheet
Every Day
I work, she works. The small s for he, she and it, and do or does in a question.
Class 13 · Finding Time
Reading
Frank's Day
A bus driver's day in the simple present, with every time a clock time and the -s on every verb.
Class 13 · Finding Time
Listening
On the Bus
Gloria is on the bus. Frank is the driver. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.
Class 13 · Finding Time
Sheet
She Wears · She Is Wearing
Every day, or now? The time word chooses the form: she wears, she is wearing. Then the verbs that never take -ing: like, need, cost.
Class 3 · Fashion
Game
Wear Sprint
A clothes picture and a time word: type the verb. Every day, she wears; right now, she is wearing. Like, need and cost never take -ing.
Class 3 · Fashion
Reading
Order a Jacket
An online clothing store: a jacket on sale, the size chart, the cart with shipping and tax, the order and the return policy.
Class 3 · Fashion
Listening
A Size Too Small
Nkechi returns a jacket at a clothing store: too small, a medium, the receipt, a refund to her card.
Class 3 · Fashion
Related grammar:Present continuousDo / does questions