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Present simple

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USE 1 Repeated Actions
      
  

Use the Present Simple  to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.
The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens.
It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.


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 USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

 

The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now,  and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used  to make generalizations about people or things.

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 USE 3 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)

  

Sometimes speakers use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.

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                    Present Simple Exercises

                           1. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Forms
                    2. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Forms 2
                    3. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present Tense Quiz
                    4. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Simple 1
                    5. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Simple 2
                    6. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Simple 3
                    7. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Simple 4
                    8. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 1
fill-in exercise
                    9. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 2
multiple choice exercise
                  10. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 3
multiple choice exercise
                  11. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 4
matching exercise
                  12. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 5
fill-in exercise
                  13. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 6
short answer quiz
                  14. Verb Tense Exercise :  present 7
correct or incorrect
                 
15. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on Form with 'have got'
                  16. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on simple present with 'have' + 'do'
                  17. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on simple present with the auxiliary verb 'do'
                  18. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on affirmative sentences
                  19. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on negative sentences
                  20. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on questions
                  21. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on questions with interrogatives
                  22. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise 1: affirmative
                  23. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise 2: affirmative
                  24. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise 3: negative
                  25. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Exercise 4: negative
                  26. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Exercise 5: interrogative
                  27. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise 6: interrogative
                  28. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present (1)
                  29. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present (2)
                  30. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present (3)
                  31. Verb Tense Exercise :  Present Simple (4)
                  32. Verb Tense Exercise :  Questions in the Simple Present - Exercise 1
                  33. Verb Tense Exercise :  Questions in the Simple Present - Exercise 2

                  34. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present - 3rd person singular
                  35. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present - 3rd person singular
                  36. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present - signal words
                  37. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present - Exercise 1
                  38. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present - Exercise 2
                  39. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present (do not/does not - long forms)

                  40. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present (do not/does not - long forms)

                  41. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present (don't/doesn't - short forms)
                  42. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present (don't/doesn't - short forms)
                  43. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present (don't doesn't - long or short forms)
                  44. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present and Present Continuous
                  45. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present and Present Continuous  
                  46. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Present and Past Tenses with Non-Continuous Verbs
                  47. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Present and Past Tense Review  
                  48. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present and Simple Future
                  49. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present and Simple Future
                  50. Verb Tense Exercise :  
Simple Present, Simple Future, Present Continuous+Future  
                  51.
Verb Tense Practice Test :  Cumulative Verb Tense Review
                  52.
Verb Tense Final Test : Cumulative Verb Tense Review

 

 

 

 

 


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