A selection of English ESL present simple 3rd person printables

Students have to read the description of each person and then write down sentences about their profession, their workplace and the means of transport they use. Students will mainly use the Present Simple Tense. A good exercise  for 3rd and 4th grade students.

Jobs + Workplaces + Means of Transport

Write a meaningful sentence in the third person singular of the present simple tense by using the provided cues. The verbs chosen for this exercises require the higher level of applying the rules regarding the spelling of the verbs in the 3rd person singular. 

Garfield's day

Name 2 things a person or a thing does. Students are to respond using the 3rd person affirmative of the present simple. For example: A cow gives us milk. It eats grass. etc. Lots of possible answers for every square. Thanks to PhilipR for the template. 

Present Simple Boardgame

Students read about a person: where she lives, languages she speaks, etc. Then they write the simple present verbs (all in 3rd person)  in a chart next to its infinitive and translation. Then they complete another character's description with similar verbs. Finally, they write about a friend.

My best friend

After having taught your students some basic verbs and the Present Simple Tense, you can help them revise and  check what they have learned using this worksheet. The funny pictures (my favourite...) make them feel relaxed and have fun. Emphasis is placed on the 3rd person singular.

Vocabulary and Grammar Practice (Verbs - Present Simple)

A speaking activity which helps students practise Present Simple 3rd person, questions and positive sentences and the ordinal numbers. It's pairwork. The students have to order the names as they want and then to understand how their partner has ordered them by asking the question in the model.

ORDINAL NUMBERS

Fun Listening Activity for people new to English who are learning verbs and improving their vocabulary with the help of Moana. I teach Elementary so I focused on Present Simple for the 3rd person for the students to practice spelling correctly. The doc contains other activities for listening such as fill in the gaps with the correct words.

How Far I'll Go (Moana) 

Created to save valuable space on your board, pals ! Here are the grammar points to convert the verbs into 3rd person and some examples. To have a better practice, follow up or just to check ss understanding you can have some verbs and ask them which rule they belong to. Enjoy ! Don't forget to say 'Thank you' if you like my work.

3RD person grammar rules/ Simple Present He, She, It/ S form

With this worksheet, students will be able to practise the present simple with all the persons, including 3rd singular and this will help them recognizing the changes this person suffers. Moreover, they will learn some vocabulary of routines and phrasal verbs and also they will learn where the adverbs of frequency and expressions of time have to be placed in a sentence .

Present simple Daily routines adverbs of frequency

hello! I'd like to invite you to download my self made short test on present tenses, with two tasks for two groups A and B-excellent for your schools.

Task 1 is to provide the suitable endings for 3rd person sing in present simple and ing ending for continous and task 2 is to complete the sentences with suitasble verb forms



Enjoy!

present simple vs present continuous short test

An activity to practice the simple present tense and have some fun using the song "Don´t Give Up" by Bruno Mars and Sesame Street. Students should choose the correct alternatives before listening to the song to check. Enjoy!



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Simple Present song activity - Don't Give Up

This is a worksheet to practise writing the present simple with routines and to also practise days of the week and times. The students can either write the whole sentence, e.g. ´At 6pm on Tuesdays I watch television´ or the worksheet can be changed to state that the students only have to write what they do: e.g. ´I watch television´ The worksheet is in Word so easily changed. This helps students use the present simple, they can also use it with any other subject, eg, 3rd person singular if you change the subject on the sheet. 

Present simple routines and days of the week

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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100 Present Simple 3rd person English ESL worksheets pdf & doc