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EFL and ESL GRAMMAR WORKSHEET KIDS Simple Present Affirmative and negative

1 Help Jerry escape the maze. Read.

Jerry is locked in this awful maze --

He’s trapped and can’t escape.

A wizard tells him, “You’re here to stay!”

“Why?” Jerry says. “I’m a good kid. Let me explain!

I get up at 6 am and have breakfast every day.

I do my homework with some help and also make my bed.

When my mom goes to work, I fix lunch for Brunnete,

-Yeah, it’s my dog’s name!-

I go to classes on time, and before I have a bath!

- I’m a clean guy-

I don’t make trouble, I don’t fight, I play sports and I have fun!

I watch TV, I play games, I have dinner and go to bed.

My friends like me, and they don’t lie!

-Well, they do sometimes-

Brunnete doesn’t bark at night,

she plays, she jumps and takes care of the house.

Wizard Lenny, do you understand? Everything’s perfect in my life.”

“Yes, you’re right. Find your way and you are out!”

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1b Solve the puzzle. Then say and mimic the rhyme.

2 Change the rhyme. Write about your every day life.

I am locked in this awful maze!

I’m trapped and can’t escape.

A wizard tells me “You’re here to stay!”

“Why?” I say, “I’m a good kid. Let me explain!

I get up at ____ and _________every day.

I do my homework with some help and also _________.

When my mom goes to work, I_____________,

I _________, and before I have a bath!

-I’m a clean guy!-

I don’t make trouble, I don’t ______, I play _______and I have fun

I watch _____, I play _____, I have dinner and go to bed.

My friends like me, and they don’t lie!

-Well, they do sometimes-

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My pet plays, _____ and ______

Wizard Lenny, do you understand? Everything’s perfect in my life.”

“Yes, you’re right. Find your way and you are out!”

Draw a maze for your partner.

3 Pattern detective. Circle with different colors the same patterns.

plays don’t shout cries sleeps takes

helps watch don’t like has does doesn’t want comes goes do

practices doesn’t like loves catch carries gets teaches practices doesn’t like

Which word doesn’t follow a pattern?

______________________________________

4 Now write 6 true sentences with the words above.

1 I watch cartoons after school.

2 ________________________

3 ________________________

4 _________________________

5 ___________________________

6 ____________________________

5 Solve the riddles

1 I swim but I don’t have arms.

I eat with my sharp teeth.

When I’m hungry,

people get scared of me!

_________________________

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2 I don’t have a mouth, I don’t talk,

but people talk to me.

_______________________

3 I have a web but I’m not a spider

and we do a similar work

we connect places and get to them

My name starts with three Ms upside down.

___________________________

6 Write one riddle for your class about one animal and one object. See some ideas below.

turtle dolphin spider bicycle cellphone PS game

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Answer key -EFL and ESL GRAMMAR WORKSHEET KIDS Simple Present Affirmative and negative

4 Riddles

1 shark

2 telephone

3 WWW (World Wide Web)