Grammar: present simple

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about your school.

• Tell us all about your school!
• What are the best and the worst things about your school? 

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about sleep.

• What time do you go to bed?
• What time do you wake up?
• How many hours do you usually sleep at night?
• Do you ever feel tired and sleepy at school?
• Do you like sleeping? 

Spycat travels round the world looking for the evil Ratty. Will he catch him? Watch and find out!

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about summer holidays.

• Is it summer where you live?
• Are you on holiday from school?
• Tell us what you do in the summer holidays.

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about swimming.

• Can you swim?
• How old were you when you learned to swim?
• Do you swim in a pool or in the sea?
• Do you like swimming?
• How often do you go swimming?

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about teeth.

Remember, we say one tooth and two teeth!

• How many teeth have you lost?
• In some countries the tooth fairy takes your tooth away and leaves a coin. Is there a tooth fairy in your country?

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about television.

• Do you like watching television?
• What are your favourite TV programmes?
• How much TV do you watch each week?
• Do you have a TV in your bedroom?

Listen and sing along to a song about the alphabet.

A hungry dragon is looking for breakfast. What does Sia do? Watch and find out!

It's spring in the forest and the animals are waking up. But where is Bruno the bear? Watch and find out!

Listen to a song about animals living by the river. Sing along and do the actions too!

Listen to a traditional song about a very busy bus.

What's Kitty doing now? What does she do every day? Do you know how to use the present simple and present continuous? Watch the video and find out!

Listen to a traditional song about the things that we do in the morning.

Practise the seasons and months of the year with this song about New Year.

Listen to a traditional children's nursery rhyme about a star.

Kim and Ken are twins who live at the zoo. What do they do each day of the week? Watch and find out!

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us about typical dishes.

One of the typical dishes in the UK is roast beef. The beef is cooked in the oven with roast potatoes and served with vegetables and a tasty sauce called 'gravy'.

• Can you tell us about one of the typical dishes from your country?
• What are the ingredients? 

This boy's family all work with animals. Does he want to work with animals too when he grows up? Watch and find out!

Practise your writing by answering the questions and telling us what you think about World Book Day.

In many countries, 23 April is World Book Day.

• Do you celebrate World Book Day where you live?
• Do you like reading? 
• What's your favourite book?