English present simple story listening & speaking

If you want to use correct grammar when you speak English, you should practice grammar rules repeatedly. For example, after you learned the English present simple story, you should read and listen to a lot of sentences in this particular tense. Now you can use short stories to use that grammar automatically when you speak.

Short stories are perfect to practise English listening and speaking. You can use English grammar correctly and automatically by listening to the English present simple story. You can download our short stories from our home page English Easy Practice.

In order to speak English fluently, you must practice grammar and vocabulary repeatedly so that you can use them automatically. That is where the short stories come in. Just listen to our English stories and answer the easy questions out loud.

In this story, we used a lot of simple present tense sentences. So you will hear many present simple examples to exercise. There are positive sentences, negative sentences, questions, and answers. Our English Easy Practice course is very powerful to improve English listening skills and speaking skills.

These are very useful short stories for kids as well. Repetition is very important to speak English. So repeat that story with simple present tense exercises and you will become fluent eventually.

English present simple story video for listening and speaking

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Hello. Welcome to the Relax English practicing story #3. Now you are going to listen to the story. Then I will ask many questions about it. You must answer every question. Use your pause button and answer the question. Then play again. You can answer with just one word or two words. It’s okay. Short answers are okay. Let’s get started:

I am a student. I get up early every morning. I go to school every weekday. I have lots of books. I love reading so much. My father is a constructor. He builds houses. He usually goes to work by car but he sometimes walks. My mother is a teacher. She teaches mathematics in the school. She likes music and she very often plays piano.

My sister Julia works very hard. She starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o’clock in the evening. She is very clever. She speaks four languages. She speaks English, German, Spanish and Chinese. The weather here is always cold. It sometimes rains. But it often snows. We live in a small town. We go to skiing every weekend. We like it so much.

Okay, back to the beginning with questions:

I am a student. I get up early every morning.
Am I a teacher?
No, I am not. I am not a teacher. I am a student.
Do I get up late?
No, I don’t. I don’t get up late. I get up early.
How often do I get up early?
Every morning. I get up early every morning.
Do I get up late every morning?
No, I don’t. I don’t get up late every morning. I get up early every morning.
Do I get up early sometimes?
No, I don’t. I don’t get up early sometimes. I always get up early in the morning.
I go to school every weekday.

Do I go to school every weekend?
No, I don’t. I don’t go to school at weekend. I go to school every weekday.
Do I go to the cinema every weekday?
No, I don’t. I don’t go to the cinema every weekday. I go to school every weekday.
What do I do every weekday?
Go to school. I go to school every weekday.
How often do I go to school?
Every weekday. I go to school every weekday.
I have lots of books. I love reading so much.
Do I love to read books?
Yes, I do. I love to read books. I love reading.
Do I hate reading?
No, I don’t. I don’t hate reading. I love it so much.
My father is a constructor. He builds houses.
Is my father a musician?
No, he isn’t. He is not a musician. He is a constructor.
What does he do?
He builds houses. He is a constructor.
Does he destroy houses?
No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t destroy houses. He builds houses.
Does he build cats?
No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t build cats. He builds houses.
How does he go to work?
He usually goes to work by car but he sometimes walks.
Does he go to work by vessel?
No, he doesn’t. He doesn’t go to work by vessel. He goes to work by car.

As you can see, there are lots of simple present tense sentences in this story. So you can practice English grammar by listening to the short story and answering the easy questions out loud.