Tag

Simple Present

I study English.

Japanese name: 一般動詞 (ippan doushi)

I play tennis every week.
I don’t have a pen.
Do you like giraffes?

This is the most simple and basic kind of English sentence. It establishes that English primarily uses Subject-Verb-Object word order. In the context of this site, it applies to sentences that don’t have any of the grammar that students learn later like the plural form of the verb (plays, doesn’t like) or auxiliary verbs like “can.”

The verb “be” has its own tag since it’s often one of the first sentence patterns taught in English classes.

  • SLIDES and LADDERS

    This is a modified Snakes and Ladders game to review grammar points for JHS first grade (in this version, VERB TENSES). Can be played with individual players or in groups.

  • Breakfast Bingo Balls

    This is a bingo activity where the students themselves choose which words to read out and in pairs ask each other the questions.

  • My Sign Book

    Students introduce themselves and collect signs from other members of the class

  • Paper Airplane Introductions

    Students read a self-introduction from one of their classmates, then the class guesses which student it's from.

  • Bananaman

    Students go round asking their friends "Do you like bananas?" in order to find 8 hidden bananamen.

  • Fruity Collection

    Students walk around and exchange their picture cards with other students, with the goal of collecting many fruits that they like and giving away fruits that they don't like.

  • GO FISH

    Great flexible card game

  • Got It

    Students aim to collect as many points as they can by asking questions to discover the object the teacher secretly chose.

  • Uso

    Uso means lie. Students choose objects they don't like and try to make their partner believe they do like it.

  • Find The Wrong - Is/Are

    This is a game in which the students race to be the first to find all the grammar mistakes.

  • Crazy Months

    This is a cool Crazy 8's game that practices the months of the year.

  • Sazae-san's Family

    This is a simple game in which the students become a member of the Sazae-san family.

  • CHARACTER RACE

    The horse race activity played on the board. I often do it as a review before tests.

  • SOCCER GAME

    A 'janken based' pair game useful for practicing many patterns. It is most useful for 'Yes' and 'No' question patterns.

  • Are You Anpanman?

    Students practice the grammar "Are you... / Yes, I am / No, I'm not" whilst trying to find who their colleagues are.

  • Are You Bingo

    This is an interview game, with a Bingo twist. This is super easy to edit to fit your style.

  • Am Signature Bingo

    Students ask each other "Are you...?" questions and collect signatures.

  • I + plural verb/be verb

    This is a listening and writing activity intended for a JHS first grade lesson focusing on the use of the subject "I" + plural verbs / be verb.

  • Hi Friends 2! Lesson 6 What Time Do You Get Up

    A board game to practice telling the time and saying parts of their daily routine.

  • Hot Potato

    Students pass an object around while listening to music. When the music stops, the student holding the object says a target vocabulary.

  • He is a... / She is a... matching game.

    A quick and fun matching game designed to practice "He is a..." "She is a..."

  • He is teacher. She is is a doctor.

    Practice He is a ... She is a... based on New Horizons 1, page 34.

  • Do you like cake?

    Students can practice "Do you like" sentences with their partners.

  • Class Paparazzi

    A very basic interviewing game in which students chase each other and ask basic "Are you~?" questions with "I am" answers while sporting tiny printed cameras.

  • Collaborative review of New Crown 1

    This is a review of the first 40 pages of NC1. A collaborative lesson where all members of each group have a role. Students need to work together to complete the task.

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