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Past Simple
Past Simple affirmetive, negative, question forms
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
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Simple past
a worksheet on the simple past
Level: elementary
Age: 10-11
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Past tense exercise

Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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Morning Coffee
This is a short reading comprehension which will be good practice for the present simple tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Simple Past
Test on Simple Past, Complete a table of irregular and regular verbs, Rewrite sentences in negative. Write numbers.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
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Simple Past
Classify verbs, rewrite sentences in past negative and interrogative forms
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
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I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR
LISTEN TO THE SONG. FILL-IN THE EMPTY SPACES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE TENSES GIVEN.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
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Past simple and past continuous charades
Use these to play charades as a practice.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
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Japan

Level: elementary
Age: 9-10
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Write Mother Theresa�s Biography
Use the ideas provided to write her biography.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
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Verb flashcards in past-present

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
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100 years ago and now - there was there is
This is an elementary worksheet on Present Simple and Past Simple practicing there is/there are and there was/there were in context.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Friends Short Film and passt simple Dill in

Level: elementary
Age: 10-11
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past simple lyrics

Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
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Past simple
Contextualized with the movie "UP"
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
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Where were you...?
A powerpoint to practice questions using was/ were, did. For example: -Where were you yesterday afternoon? I was at the mall -Did you go shopping yesterday afternoon? Yes, I did
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past jazz chant (prompts for writing activity)
Students use the pictures to write the jazz chant.I organize it as a group competition:the winners are the ones whose text is closer to the original jazz chant(included).I do this activity after working on another quite similar jazz chant(https://www.yo utube.com/watch?v=ys zhb3Qo3F8&feature=pl ayer_embedded).Then they use the same pattern to write...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The music we love
Here is a presentation using music legends to introduce the past form of the verbs. Hope you like it.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past tense - was were
Learn past tense verb to be in a fun way! 1. quiz 2. grammar rule 3. exercise
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Speaking Questions with Was/Were
It is just a simple powerpoint, with picture prompts to help the student remember the vocabulary items while concentrating on the past tense of �to be�. It is the same PPT I uploaded the other day, except I have deleted the four words of Japanese (translations of time expressions) that annoyed someone so much they reported it. I had left it the...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past Tense
use, structure and exercises related to the simple past tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Royal Wedding 2018 n�2
Students use the picture to ask questions about the Royal wedding.They have to use the simple past.(I had to split the powerpoint into 2 parts because it was too big)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Royal Wedding 2018 n�1
Students use the pictures to ask questions about the Royal wedding.They use the simple past.They also have to tell the time.Fully editable.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Introduction Simple Past with Regular Verbs
Presentation for introducing simple past. 1. Have ss observe pic in slide one. 2. Have ss sit or stand up depending on the "age" of the object shown. 3. Have ss discover how the verbs change in past. 4. SS form oral sentences using the prompts given. 5. Ss write their own sentences following the example of slide 4.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


simple past present perfect
explain the difference between simple past and present perfect
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


What happened�
Let students guess the correct verb form for the events that happened. Then, let them fill on the chart on their notebooks!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


simple past
powerpoint referring to simple past: explanation and examples.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


St Patrick�s Day Problem PART 2 (Introduction to Past Simple Tense)
This is part 2 of a simple introduction to the past tense. It concludes the story and explains regular verbs in the simplest way possible. It originally had a video embedded in it (second-to-last slide) but since leaving it there would make the file too large, I have just put the link to the youtube video on the slide instead.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


St Patrick�s Day Problem PART 1 (Introduction to Past Simple Tense)
I had to split the file into two parts, sorry! It�s a basic introduction to regular past simple verbs, continuing with the theme of St Patrick�s Day that my student and I had worked on the week before. It�s the real story of what happened to me this St Patrick�s day. :(
Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


World of jobs
This presentations can be used to revise jobs while using Was and Were
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


SIMPLE PAST
cHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE SIMPLE PAST
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100

 


Past Simple Activities
Activities related to past simple. Also a wordsearch of days of the week
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100

 


Photograph - Nickelback
Good song to recycle the past tense and talking about past memories.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


Past Simple - WAS/ WERE
Gap filling exercise. Past Simple form of verb "to be".
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100

 


Accidents Happen
Let�s learn about our body and accidents that may hurt it!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
Questions in the past simple - regular verbs only.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12

 


PAST SIMPLE - regular verbs
Regular verbs of past simple - positive, negative, questions
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14

 


10 verbs in Past Simple
3 exercises to teach Past Simple (beginners)
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100

 


Past Simple (regular/irregular)
A text about a three-day-holiday in Past Simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100

 


Past Simple (regular/irregular)
an exercise to practice Past Simple
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


Simple Past Stories
just a simple exercise to fill in the blanks with simple past form, two stories (one realistic fiction and the other is fantasy) Really hope you like it
Level: elementary
Age: 5-10

 


What did you do yesterday? Watch the video and choose "True" or "False"
Students watch a Real English video and decide of the sentences based on it are true or false
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


Past Simple (regular + irregular)
4 exercises ( a table of the forms of the irregular verbs required in the exercises inter alia)
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


Past Simple irregular verbs
3 exercises to practice basic verbs in Past Simple with a table.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100

 


Fill in the blanks.
Complete the story with the correct vers.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14

 

 

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