Common mistakes in present tenses in English

Present tenses common mistakes english

Present simple and present continuous are easy tenses to learn in English. However, as simple as they are, there are still many students who make mistakes in these English tenses. For this post I have collected the most common mistakes my students make. I believe it is much better to learn from the mistakes others make than to make them yourself and feel stupid.
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[showmyads] I have included the following activities in this post to help your students avoid mistakes in present tenses: a mind map, a worksheet, an online game on present tenses and an online quiz. I hope you and your students will find them useful.

Present tense – mind map

Ask your students to study the following mind map:
Present tenses common mistakes english
The sentence in the white fields are the mistakes, in the blue fields there are the corrected sentences and at the end, there are explanations.
You should emphasize the fact that students most frequently leave out the verb TO BE in the present continuous tense.

Present tense – online quiz

I have prepared two online quizzes this time. The first one is in Flash and it will play only on desktops. The aim of the game is to highlight the mistakes students make in English tenses. In the game students should choose the correct option and then shoot all the bad ducks. They can shoot a bottle on the side of the screen and get a bonus.

Present tenses – online game

The second is an online quiz in which the students should fill in the verbs in the correct form of the present tense. The passing grade is set to 75%. As this online quiz is in HTML5, they can do it on their mobile devices too.

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Present tense – worksheet

The following worksheet contains only two activities. The first one is called Hidden Picture. The students should colour the squares that contain a correct sentence. If they colour the squares correctly, a shape will emerge.
The second activity is a simple fill in the gap exercise. The students should complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
Present tenses worksheet

Present tenses – download

More often than not I teach in classrooms with no internet connection, so I realize that it is important to be able to use the activities offline too. You can download the online quiz, the game, and the picture and use them offline:
Common mistakes present_tenses
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7 Comments

  1. GREAT WEBSITE KEEP GOING ...... I LIKE YOUR *Mind map *........ Superb ♥♥ Piz post about Verb forms :)
    16/03/2015 at 6:09 am
  2. Great Works .......No words ..... Big Salute to Ur Mind MAp Works :) Piz post about Verb Forms ♥
    16/03/2015 at 6:12 am
  3. These types of activies are good for learner's. We will wait these types of quizzes in future. Thanks
    16/03/2015 at 12:51 pm
  4. mary
    wow, so wonderful. I'd like to see and hear much more from this. It's very meaningful and useful or these teachers such like us. Thanks so much.
    16/03/2015 at 4:04 pm
  5. DEEPANSHU
    Sir I am found of notes on grammar delivered by you sir i am facing problem in englsih tenses can you please provide me images to all tenses at one place because i am not getting its making confusing I will be thankful to you !
    16/03/2015 at 5:06 pm
  6. Zdenda
    Have a look around this site. Many tenses are explained here.
    17/03/2015 at 3:00 am
  7. Amazing Mind Map. It helps in fast revision in an interesting way.
    19/05/2018 at 3:45 pm

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