Let’s learn about how to use the present simple to talk about people, things and feeling in the present.
We are all great today!
Instructions
- Watch the video.
- Choose the correct phrase to complete the conversation.
- Rearrange the words or phrases to make the sentence.
- Complete the word search.
- Look at our examples.
A1 Present Simple
Simple Present
Using the verb be
She is young.
The car is big.
They are hot.
The verb be
I am tired.
You are happy.
He/She/It is old.
We are young.
They are hungry.
Using adjectives
You use adjectives for
- describing people: slim, fat, short, young beautiful
- describing things: green, red, big, small, heavy
- describing feelings: angry, sad, happy, hungry, thirsty, cold, excited
There are materials specifically concerned with a particular grammar structure at this elementary level of English. The main structures at this level are the Past Simple, Present Continuous and structures for the future tense.
- A1 Adverbs
- A1 Articles
- A1 Can and Can’t
- A1 Dates, days and numbers
- A1 Greetings and Introductions
- A1 Have
- A1 Indefinite article
- A1 It Sentences
- A1 Linking Words
- A1 Much and Many
- A1 Offers, suggestions, orders and instructions
- A1 Possessive ‘s and s’
- A1 Prepositions of Place
- A1 Present Simple
- A1 Pronouns
- A1 Regular Adjectives
- A1 Singular and Plural Nouns
- A1 There and Their
- A1 Wh questions
At this elementary level, there are materials concerned with basic English communication to provide confidence to understand at this basic level of English.
Here are resources at this elementary level that will give students practice in reading and writing. The reading materials are reading comprehensions but can be easily adapted for other reading practice. At this low level, the writing materials are generally guided writings.
t this elementary level, there are materials concerned with basic English vocabulary to provide confidence to speak at this basic level of English.
- A1 Animals Word Puzzle
- A1 Body and Face Word Puzzle
- A1 Clothes Word Puzzle
- A1 Colours Word Puzzle
- A1 English for Art Word Puzzle
- A1 Family and Friends Word Puzzle
- A1 Food and Drink Word Puzzle
- A1 Names Word Puzzle
- A1 Numbers Word Puzzle
- A1 Prepositions Word Search
- A1 School Word Puzzle
- A1 The Home Word Puzzle
- A1 Transport Word Puzzle
- A1 Weather Word Puzzle