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Present Simple – חבילת עבודה

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

Present Simple

Work sheets · Board game · Cut-out cards

כיתה ח · שתי רמות + Present Progressive · 12 דפי A4

Level 1 · בסיסי

She plays. / She doesn't play. / Does she play?

מילים בצבע מנטה בדפים ובלוח.

Level 2 · מתקדם

She is working now. / She plays, doesn't she?

מילים בצבע סגול בדפים ובלוח.

What's inside? מה יש בחבילה?

2 · Level 1 – Explain A: when, positive, endings

3 · Level 1 – Explain B: negative, questions, adverbs, mistakes

4 · Level 1 – Practice

5 · Level 2 – Explain A: simple vs continuous, stative verbs, have / have to

6 · Level 2 – Explain B: tags, negative questions, zero conditional

7 · Level 2 – Practice

8 · Board game: Present Simple Race (36 squares)

9 · Cut-out cards (32)

10 · Present Progressive – Explain

11 · Present Progressive – Practice

12 · Answer key for the teacher

How to use · איך משתמשים

• שיעור 1: דפים 2–4 (Level 1) + לוח המשחק.

• שיעור 2: דפים 5–7 (Level 2) + כרטיסים.

• הדפסה: בחרו "Background graphics" בחלון ההדפסה כדי שהצבעים ייצאו.

• ללא מדפסת בצבע: הסימון L1 / L2 מופיע בכל כרטיס, אפשר לצבוע בעט.

Score · ניהלו נקודות

כל תשובה נכונה = 1 נקודה. 30 נקודות = Present Simple Champion 🏆

Explain A · When, positive, endings

LEVEL 1Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

1. When do we use the Present Simple?מתי משתמשים?

• Habits & routines – things we do again and again: I brush my teeth every morning. / She walks her dog. / We eat dinner at 7.

• Permanent facts – things that are always true: Water boils at 100°C. / The sun rises in the east. / Cats like fish.

• Timetables – fixed schedules: The train leaves at 9. / School starts at 8. / The film begins at 6.

• Likes & dislikes: I love music. / He plays football. / They hate homework.

✏️ Check: Why is 'The sun rises in the east' Present Simple?

💡 אם זה קורה תמיד / כל יום / בדרך כלל – זה Present Simple.

2. Positive sentences – the full tableטבלת נטייה

Iplay
Youplay
Weplay
Theyplay
Heplays
Sheplays
Itplays

⭐ The golden rule: with he / she / it (and one name or one thing) add -s: Dana reads. My dog runs. The phone rings.

✏️ Check: My brother ___ (eat) apples.

3. Verb endings: s / es / iesחוקי הסיומות

most verbs → + swork → works · read → reads · run → runs
end in ss, sh, ch, x, o → + eskiss → kisses · wash → washes · watch → watches · fix → fixes · go → goes · do → does
consonant + y → drop y, + iesstudy → studies · cry → cries · fly → flies
vowel + y → only + splay → plays · buy → buys · enjoy → enjoys
irregular: have → hasShe has a cat. (not "haves")

✏️ Check: carry → she ___ · mix → he ___ · say → it ___

💡 הסיומת היא של הפועל, לא של הגוף – לכן he הולך עם plays.

Explain B · Negative, questions, adverbs

LEVEL 1Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

4. Negative sentencesמשפט שלילי

Subject + don't / doesn't + base verb

I / You / We / They + don't + play  |  He / She / It + doesn't + play

Examples: I don't like coffee. / She doesn't eat meat. / They don't live here.

💡 Why no -s? The -s "moves" into does. So ✗ She doesn't plays ✓ She doesn't play

✏️ Check: He likes tennis. → He ___ tennis.

5. Yes / No questions + short answersשאלות כן/לא

Do / Does + subject + base verb + ?

Do you like pizza? – Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

Does she play piano? – Yes, she does. / No, she doesn't.

Do they live in Haifa? – Yes, they do. / No, they don't.

💡 בתשובה קצרה לא חוזרים על הפועל – רק do / does / don't / doesn't.

6. Wh- questionsשאלות עם מילות שאלה

Wh- word + do / does + subject + base verb?

What – What do you eat for breakfast?

Where – Where does your aunt live?

When – When do you do your homework?

Why – Why does he get up early?

How often – How often do you go to the gym?

✏️ Check: Where / Noa / study? → ___

7. Frequency adverbsמילות תדירות

always 100%usually 90%often 70%sometimes 50%rarely 10%never 0%

• before a normal verb: I always eat breakfast. / She never drinks soda.

• after am / is / are: He is often late. / We are usually happy.

✏️ Check: (sometimes) I walk to school. → ___

8. Time expressionsמילות זמן

every day / every week · on Mondays · in the morning · at night · once a week · twice a month

Examples: We visit Grandma on Saturdays. / He swims twice a week.

9. Common mistakesטעויות נפוצות

✗ She play tennis. → ✓ She plays tennis.

✗ Does he likes it? → ✓ Does he like it?

✗ I doesn't know. → ✓ I don't know.

✗ He studys. → ✓ He studies.

✗ Do she work? → ✓ Does she work?

✗ I eat always. → ✓ I always eat.

Practice · Level 1

LEVEL 1Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

A. Complete: Do / Does / don't / doesn't

1. ______ you like ice cream?

2. She ______ eat meat. (not)

3. ______ your brother play football?

4. We ______ go to school on Saturday. (not)

5. ______ the shop open at 9?

6. My parents ______ watch TV. (not)

7. ______ they live near you?

8. It ______ rain in July. (not)

B. Write the verb for he / she / it

play →

watch →

study →

go →

have →

fix →

buy →

cry →

kiss →

do →

C. Put the words in order

1. school / she / to / walks / every day

2. like / you / do / chocolate / ?

3. coffee / doesn't / dad / my / drink

4. often / how / you / swim / do / ?

5. does / what / time / she / up / get / ?

D. Find the mistake, circle it and fix it

1. He play tennis on Mondays.   ✏️

2. Does she likes music?   ✏️

3. I doesn't watch TV.   ✏️

4. My mom cook dinner every evening.   ✏️

5. She study English every day.   ✏️

E. Write 3 true sentences about your day

Explain A · Simple vs continuous

LEVEL 2Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

1. Present Simple or Present Continuous?שגרה מול עכשיו

Routine / always trueShe works at a bank. / I drink coffee every day.
Now / temporaryShe is working at home today. / I am drinking tea now.
Keywordsevery day, usually, always ↔ now, look!, this week, at the moment

⚠️ always can go with both: He always loses his keys (fact) but He is always talking! (it annoys me).

✏️ Check: She ___ (read) a book at the moment.

2. Stative verbs – no -ingפועלי מצב

Verbs of the head, the heart and the senses are not used in the continuous:

know · believe · understand · remember · want · need · like · love · hate · prefer · seem · belong

✗ I am knowing the answer. ✓ I know the answer.

✗ She is wanting a new phone. ✓ She wants a new phone.

💡 אם זה משה שקורה בראש או בלב – בלי -ing.

✏️ Check: I ___ (need) your help now.

3. have / has · have to / has toבעלות מול חובה

• have / has = possession: She has two brothers. / They have a big house.

• have to / has to = obligation (a rule): I have to wear a uniform. / He has to do his homework.

• Negative: don't have to = לא חובה · doesn't have to

⚠️ have for possession is stative: ✗ She is having two cats.

✏️ Check: My sister ___ (have to) study every evening.

Explain B · Tags, negative questions, zero conditional

LEVEL 2Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

4. Wh- questions with a prepositionשאלות עם מילת יחס

The preposition stays at the end of the question:

Who do you talk to? · What does she look like? · Where do you come from? · Which bus do you get on?

✏️ Check: your brother / work with / Who → ___

5. Negative questionsשאלות שליליות

Used to check or to show surprise: Don't you like pizza? · Doesn't she work here?

Answer with the fact, not with yes/no feeling: Yes, I do. (= I like it) · No, she doesn't.

✏️ Check: ___ your mum know about it? (negative question)

6. Question tagsתגיות שאלה

positive → negative tag · negative → positive tag. The tag uses the same auxiliary (do/does/is/can…).

She plays piano, doesn't she? · You don't eat meat, do you?

They live in the city, don't they? · He can't swim, can he?

We are on time, aren't we? · I'm right, aren't I?

💡 אחרי let's – shall we? (let's go, shall we?)

✏️ Check: Your dad drives a bus, ___?

7. Zero conditional – always trueתנאי אפס

If / When + Present Simple, … Present Simple

If you heat water to 100°C, it boils. · When it rains, the ground gets wet.

Also with unless (= if not): Plants die unless you water them.

✏️ Check: If you freeze water, it ___ (turn) to ice.

8. Advanced mistakesטעויות נפוצות ברמה גבוהה

✗ I am knowing him. → ✓ I know him.

✗ She is wanting tea. → ✓ She wants tea.

✗ He have to go. → ✓ He has to go.

✗ Where does you live? → ✓ Where do you live?

✗ She doesn't likes it. → ✓ She doesn't like it.

✗ If it rain, we stay. → ✓ If it rains, we stay.

Practice · Level 2

LEVEL 2Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

F. Present Simple or Present Continuous?

1. She ______ (drink) tea every morning.

2. Look! She ______ (drink) tea right now.

3. My bus usually ______ (leave) at 7:15.

4. This week we ______ (learn) about rivers.

5. I ______ (want) a new phone.

6. He always ______ (lose) his keys!

7. Water ______ (boil) at 100°C.

8. Quiet please, I ______ (listen) to the teacher.

G. Add the question tag

1. She plays piano, ______?

2. You don't eat meat, ______?

3. They live in the city, ______?

4. He can't swim, ______?

5. Your mum works at school, ______?

6. We are on time, ______?

H. Put the adverb in the right place

1. 1. She is late. (always)

2. 2. I eat breakfast. (usually)

3. 3. He drinks soda. (never)

4. 4. We are happy. (often)

I. Finish the zero conditional

1. If you heat water to 100°C, ______

2. When it rains, ______

3. If you mix red and blue, ______

4. People ______ when they are tired.

5. Ice ______ if you leave it in the sun.

J. Write 6 sentences about your best friend's dayשימו לב ל-s בגוף שלישי

Board game · Present Simple Race 🎲

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

How to play: 2–4 players, one dice and one token each. Throw, move and do the task in the square. Correct = stay. Wrong = go back one square. First to FINISH wins!מנטה = Level 1 סגול = Level 2 צהוב = קפיצה

1START
2She ___ (go) to school.
3Do / Does: ___ he swim?
4FORWARD 2 ⏩
5Negative: I like tea.
6watch → he ___
7Ask a question with Does
8They ___ (not) eat meat.
9study → she ___
10BACK 1 ⏪
11What do you do on Fridays?
12Fix: He play guitar.
13My dad ___ (fix) cars.
14Tag: She sings, ___?
15Does it rain in summer?
16FORWARD 2 ⏩
17fly → it ___
18Fix: Does she likes cats?
19Why is 'I am knowing' wrong?
20Tell 2 things you do every day
21We ___ (not) watch TV.
22BACK 2 ⏪
23Where do you live?
24have → she ___
25Look! He ___ (run).
26Ask: How often…?
27The bus ___ (leave) at 8.
28Fix: I doesn't know.
29FORWARD 1 ⏩
30If you mix red and blue, …
31have to → she ___
32Describe your friend's routine
33Do / Does: ___ they dance?
34Tag: You don't eat meat, ___?
35Negative question: ___ you like pizza?
36FINISH 🏆

The path moves like a snake: row right →, row left ← ⇄

Cut-out cards ✂️ (32)

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

Cut along the dashed line. Take a card, answer correctly = 1 point (or one extra dice throw).

⭐___ your sister like music?L1
🎈He ___ (wash) the dishes.L1
🌈Fix: She don't play.L1
🎵Make negative: It snows here.L1
🍭___ you speak French?L1
🦄Fix: Do he work?L1
⭐My cat ___ (sleep) a lot.L1
🎈Ask: Where / your mom / work?L1
🌈Make negative: They live here.L1
🎵Fix: He studys hard.L1
🍭Answer: Do you like pizza?L1
🦄She ___ (catch) the bus.L1
⭐Tag: She sings, ___?L2
🎈Fix: I am wanting a dog.L2
🌈Zero conditional: If you heat ice, …L2
🎵Negative question: ___ she work here?L2
🍭Fix: He have to go now.L2
🦄Ask: Who / you / talk to?L2
⭐Right now, they ___ (play).L2
🎈Fix: She doesn't likes it.L2
🌈Why is 'She is knowing' wrong?L2
🎵have to → she ___L2
🍭Fix: Where does you live?L2
🦄Ask: What time / your dad / get up?L2
⭐Look! She ___ (dance).L2
🎈Fix: They is playing.L2
🌈run → ___ing (spell it!)L2
🎵Make negative: He is sleeping.L2
🍭Ask: What / you / do / now?L2
🦄Fix: I am watch TV every day.L2
⭐make → ___ing (spell it!)L2
🎈Right now, we ___ (not / study).L2

Present Progressive · Explain 🏃‍♀️

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

1. When do we use it?מתי משתמשים?

• Right now – happening at this moment: I am doing my homework now. / She is talking on the phone.

• Temporary – around these days, not forever: We are learning about space this week. / He is staying with Grandma today.

• Keywords: now · right now · at the moment · Look! · Listen! · today · this week

✏️ Check: Why is 'Listen! The baby is crying' Progressive?

💡 אם זה קורה עכשיו / ברגע זה – זה Present Progressive.

2. The form: am / is / are + verb-ingהמבנה

Iam playing'm not playingAm I playing?
He / She / Itis playingisn't playingIs she playing?
You / We / Theyare playingaren't playingAre they playing?

⭐ Questions = am/is/are first: Are you listening? · What are you doing? · Where is she going?

✏️ Check: ___ your brother sleeping? (question)

3. Spelling of -ingחוקי איות

most verbs → + ingplay → playing · read → reading · eat → eating
ends in e → drop e, + ingmake → making · write → writing · dance → dancing
short verb, vowel + consonant → double the last letterrun → running · swim → swimming · sit → sitting
ends in ie → ie becomes ylie → lying · die → dying

✏️ Check: stop → ___ · take → ___ · study → ___

4. Simple or Progressive?שגרה מול עכשיו

Simple = always / every day: She walks to school every day.

Progressive = now: Look! She is walking to school.

⚠️ Stative verbs (know, want, like) never take -ing: ✗ I am knowing. ✓ I know.

✏️ Check: He ___ (play) football now. / He ___ (play) football every Friday.

Present Progressive · Practice

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

K. Complete: am / is / are

1. I ______ reading.

2. She ______ dancing.

3. They ______ playing.

4. We ______ watching TV.

5. He ______ cooking.

6. You ______ sitting here.

7. The cat ______ sleeping.

8. My friends ______ waiting.

L. Write the -ing form

run →

make →

swim →

write →

sit →

dance →

play →

lie →

M. Simple or Progressive?

1. Listen! The baby ______ (cry).

2. She ______ (read) every evening.

3. Right now I ______ (do) my homework.

4. He usually ______ (walk) to school.

5. Look! It ______ (snow)!

6. We ______ (not / watch) TV at the moment.

7. Water ______ (boil) at 100°C.

8. Shhh! The teacher ______ (talk).

N. Find the mistake, circle it and fix it

1. She is play now.   ✏️

2. They is running.   ✏️

3. I am watching TV every day.   ✏️

4. He are sleeping.   ✏️

5. We are makeing a cake.   ✏️

6. Is she swiming?   ✏️

O. Write 4 sentences: what is your family doing right now?

Answer key · מפתח תשובות למורה

Present Simple ✨

שם: ____________________   כיתה: ______   תאריך: __________

LEVEL 1

A. 1 Do · 2 doesn't · 3 Does · 4 don't · 5 Does · 6 don't · 7 Do · 8 doesn't

B. plays · watches · studies · goes · has · fixes · buys · cries · kisses · does

C. 1 She walks to school every day. 2 Do you like chocolate? 3 My dad doesn't drink coffee. 4 How often do you swim? 5 What time does she get up?

D. 1 play→plays · 2 likes→like · 3 doesn't→don't · 4 cook→cooks · 5 study→studies

E. Open answers – check the -s with he/she/it.

Self-checks (pages 2–3): it is a permanent fact · eats · carries / mixes / says · doesn't like · Does, does · Where does Noa study? · I sometimes walk to school.

LEVEL 2

F. 1 drinks · 2 is drinking · 3 leaves · 4 are learning · 5 want · 6 loses · 7 boils · 8 am listening

G. 1 doesn't she · 2 do you · 3 don't they · 4 can he · 5 doesn't she · 6 aren't we

H. 1 She is always late. 2 I usually eat breakfast. 3 He never drinks soda. 4 We are often happy.

I. 1 it boils · 2 the ground gets wet · 3 you get purple · 4 sleep more · 5 melts

J. Open answers – check third-person -s and adverb position.

Self-checks (pages 5–6): is reading · need · has to · Who does your brother work with? · Doesn't your mum know · Does your dad drive a bus, doesn't he? · turns

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

K. 1 am · 2 is · 3 are · 4 are · 5 is · 6 are · 7 is · 8 are

L. running · making · swimming · writing · sitting · dancing · playing · lying

M. 1 is crying · 2 reads · 3 am doing · 4 walks · 5 is snowing · 6 aren't watching · 7 boils · 8 is talking

N. 1 play→playing · 2 is→are · 3 am watching→watch · 4 are→is · 5 makeing→making · 6 swiming→swimming

O. Open answers – check am/is/are + -ing.

Self-checks (page 10): it is happening now · Is your brother sleeping? · stopping / taking / studying · is playing / plays

BOARD GAME

2 goes · 3 Does · 5 I don't like tea · 6 watches · 7 (any: Does she like…?) · 8 don't eat · 9 studies · 11 (own answer) · 12 He plays guitar · 13 fixes · 14 doesn't she · 15 (any short answer) · 17 flies · 18 Does she like cats? · 19 know is stative · 20 (own answer) · 21 don't watch · 23 (own answer) · 24 has · 25 is running · 26 (any: How often do you…?) · 27 leaves · 28 I don't know · 30 you get purple · 31 has to · 32 (own answer) · 33 Do · 34 do you · 35 Don't

CARDS

Does · washes · She doesn't play · It doesn't snow here · Do · Does he work? · sleeps · Where does your mom work? · They don't live here · He studies hard · Yes, I do / No, I don't · catches · doesn't she · I want a dog · it melts · Doesn't she work here? · He has to go now · Who do you talk to? · are playing · She doesn't like it · know is stative · has to · Where do you live? · What time does your dad get up? · is dancing · They are playing · running · He isn't sleeping · What are you doing now? · I watch TV every day · making · aren't studying