Present Simple - Test Worksheet for English & ESL Students

Present simple test for ESL and EAL/D learners, with six exercises on do and does, don't and doesn't, third-person verb endings and question forms.
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Years 3–5
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Updated Sep 26, 2026

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Grammar, English
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Present Simple, Test Worksheet
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The Present Simple - Test Worksheet for English & ESL Students

The Present Simple - Test Worksheet for English & ESL Students is a comprehensive resource that provides important support to English educators who desire to reinforce present simple grammar rules. Designed specifically with Year 3 to Year 5 students in mind, this downloadable resource comes loaded with six unique activities that caters well for beginner (A1/A2 level) ESL or ELL learners.

What The Worksheets Offer?

These worksheets make the learning of robust grammar skills enjoyable. They focus intently on various aspects of understanding the present simple construct in English through a range of tasks such as:

  • Distinguishing between 'do' and 'don't'
  • Correctly using 'does' and 'doesn't'
  • Rewriting sentences with novel subjects
  • Melding suitable endings like 's', 'es', or 'ies' onto verbs
  • Framing questions using do/does.

The Flexibility Factor

This teaching material is not just comprehensive but also quite flexible. It can be easily incorporated into different instructional settings: whole group sessions, small group work, individual homework assignments - the choice is yours! Back your instruction up with resources like these to give your students constant opportunities for practising their newly learned concepts.


Included within this PDF are answer sheets which makes marking easier and provides you with a reference guide when discussing solutions during lessons.


To sum it all up, if you need tools that enhance pronunciation differences while improving comprehension of basic sentence structures among young English learners – then this worksheet stands as a top-notch choice.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Choose do, does, don't or doesn't to match the subject

  • Add the correct -s, -es or -ies ending to third-person verbs

  • Write present simple questions with do or does that match a given answer

Teaching tips

  • The question-writing exercise works backward from given answers, so it may be worth modelling one item before students start that section.

Skills covered

  • Subject-verb agreement — students rewrite sentences with a new subject and adjust the verb

  • Spelling verb endings — students add -s, -es or -ies to base verbs

  • Question formation — students write do/does questions for supplied answers

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Core concepts

  • Present simple

  • Do and does

  • Subject-verb agreement

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