About 74 mixed present tenses PDFs
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Teaching Present Simple and Continuous articles
with present tenses games ideas
36 fun classroom activities for Present Simple and Continuous
15 Present Simple and Continuous practice activities
How to teach present time expressions (with how to link them to the relevant tenses)
Video tasks for present tenses
Photocopiable Present Simple and Continuous classroom activities
and see pages below for photocopiables for Present Simple on its own and Present Continuous on its own
Talking about clothes and appearance with Present Simple and Continuous
Xmas Present Simple and Continuous mimes
Present Simple and Continuous in business communications
Present Simple and Continuous telephoning phrases practice (in this great value e-book)
Present Simple and Continuous trends business meetings practice
TV ads Present Simple and Continuous presentation and speaking
Present Simple and Continuous needs analysis and presentation (with key words for each tense – good for first lessons)
Present Simple and Continuous for describing companies
Present Simple and Continuous guess the person – (with names of jobs and relationships)
Present Simple and Continuous discuss and agree (with verbs which are often used with one tense or the other)
Present Simple and Continuous discussion questions on brands (with key words for both tenses)
Small talk with present tenses to start meetings (with phrases to end small talk and get down to business)
Present Simple and Continuous meetings on the topic of brands
Present Simple and Continuous for describing your company and job
Present Simple and Continuous things in common
Present Continuous and Present Simple job mimes
Postcards chain writing (consequences) game
Gestures cultural differences game (miming and then talking about use and not of those gestures)
Time zones Present Simple and Continuous
Food cultural differences mimes
Present Simple and Continuous guess the person
Table manners Present Simple and Continuous mimes
Present Simple and Continuous taboo topics game
Present Simple or Continuous create a town
Business English Present Simple or Continuous discussion questions
Business English Present Simple and Continuous taboo topics game
Business Present Simple/ Continuous verb guessing
Present Simple and Continuous Business English roleplays
100 places to see before you die
English for architects Present Simple and Continuous
Present Simple and Continuous story
My Dad (on LearnEnglishKids)
Present Simple and Continuous songs
and see pages below for songs with just one of the present tenses
Lemon Tree by Fool’s Garden (although most verbs could just as easily be in the other tense – link to lyrics and video with lyrics on YouTube)
All of Me by John Legend (good mix of tenses, but not all logical choices so I wouldn’t get students to try and guess… – link to lyrics and official video)
Thing’s I’ll Never Say by Avril Lavigne (probably quite difficult for students to understand – link to lyrics)
Related pages
Business Present Simple and Continuous page
Updated 15 October 2025
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well, i’m a tutor of speaking class. i teach EFL. even the purpose or the main goal of my class is making the students able to speak english but i think that i’ve to take grammar as the consideration since it will be shame for my trainee if they speak gramatically iincorret. in the other hand. i wary if i’ll teach or evaluate their grammar that they will be doubt to speake english. do u have any suggestion on my problem?
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