Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans,  activities, etc.
Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions.




 

Simple Past printable worksheets, powerpoints and online exercises
order results: most downloaded first - newest first



Worksheets

Powerpoints

Online exercises


 
Past Simple - Regular verbs list
A list of regular verbs including base form, simple past and past participle. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: grammar-guide

 


 
Mr Bean On a Park Bench worksheet
Worksheet guiding students to interpret the short sketch Mr Bean on a Park Bench, while practising the use of the past simple, both regular and irregular verbs. Answering and forming questions too. All while developing positive class dynamics when watching a sketch which can be appreciated by a wide age-group.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type:

 


 
Mind Map_Past Simple
Mind Map about Past Simple
Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Type:

 


 
past simple
students must turn the verbs to the ppast and complete the sentences
Level: elementary
Age: 11-15
Type:

 


 
mr bean restaurant

Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type:

 


 
Past simple of verbs
Students decide if given verb is in present or past tense a write it in the correct column of the table. Then they complete the missing part (past or present). Worksheet includes both regular and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type:

 


 
DON�T BE SCARED
worksheet on practicing the past simple with a halloween theme
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type:

 


 
Past Form
Reading Comprehension and a video to watch and next it writing about your house memories, using there is or there was, there are or there were and verbs in the past.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type:

 


 
Practice of past simple

Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type:

 


 
Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran
It�s a song based on the real love story of Ed Sheeran�s grandparents. One of them was from England and the other was from the Republic of Ireland, so their love story is like Romeo and Juliet�s. You can start by summarizing the historical background.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type:

 


 
short test Past simple

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type:

 


 
Robinson Crusoe

Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
Type:

 


 
There was/There were

Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
Type:

 


 
Past simple
There are two tasks. First students put given words into correct order to create sentences (affirmative and negative). Next they write about themselves - what they did at the weekend.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type:

 


 
past simple

Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type:

 

 


Past Simple
Grammar for Simple past and Qs.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Daredevils
This powerpoint can be used to teach students about people who dared to do amazing and crazy things and win world records.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past simple tense
Rules of simple past tense and some examples. Regular and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Questions about vacation - past simple
A nice presentation to teach or revise Wh questions in the past when it comes to talking about vacation.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


PRESENT SIMPLE

Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Guilty pets
I wanted my students to use the simple past in a fun ans easy way. So I showed them these pictures of guilty pets. I wanted them to guess what they did. Then they had to take pictures of their own pets with a sign saying what they did too... we had a lot of fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple speaking activity
This is a fun activity in which students can practice the use of past simple by choosing a number and answering the question, trying to give as much information as possible.
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple 2
This ppt is an exercise for my students related to Past Simple and some words from Get to the top 2, Chapter 2. You should put some kind of map onto the board and divide it into districts, which students can have after getting the answers right (the first group to give the right answer first, gets two districts, the second one gets only one. In the...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple
This ppt is an exercise for my students related to Past Simple and some words from Get to the top 2, Chapter 2. You should put some kind of map onto the board and divide it into districts, which students can have after getting the answers right (the first group to give the right answer first, gets two districts, the second one gets only one. In the...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past Regular Verbs Pronunciation
It�s a lesson about how the "ed" is pronounced plus practice. I hope it�s useful. Thank you!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Are you my mom? _ Storytelling
preterite and imperfect forms. Have students read the book and then use the ppt for storytelling.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past regular and iregular verbs with video on youtube

Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


My routine in the past
Oral and written practice contrasting simple present and simple past.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


School life
You can teach your student about the school in the past and the same time compare with the present time
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Speaking activity for past tense
SS talk about their vacations using the past tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Boston Tea Party by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Part A
In this part, sts use pictures to predict the song lyrics and then listen to the song to make changes.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


What we did yesterday
Some different exercises dealing with the Past Simple affirmative of the regular verbs.Funny pictures and interactive activities are fine for revise and practice The Simple Past Tense.Brief explanation and a song in Past Simple.Thank you.Elvira
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14

 


The Boston Tea Party Facts
Learning about the facts by putting events in order.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


Past Simple Tense
Please choose the correct past simple verb to complete the sentence. Thank you
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10

 


Past Simple - Negative and Questions
To write complete negative sentences and questions using the past simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Past Simple- Affirmative - Regular and Irregular Verbs
To practice the affirmative past simple of some regular and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Because You Loved Me
Practice the simple past with this beautiful song!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Past Simple or Past Perfect
Students have to decide when to use the Past Simple and Past Perfect in the same sentence.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


King Midas
King Midas
Level: elementary
Age: 5-12

 


Simple past - part 1
This is the first part of 2 exercises concerning the simple past of both regular and irregular verbs. A nice way of working with grammar, thanks to The Simpson characters. Pls complete the text with a positive or negative form of the verbs. In the second part they rewrite sentences by making them negative.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Simple Past - part 2
Part 2 of exercises concerning the simple past. A short warm-up exercise (asking inversion questions) is followed by an exercise in which pls have to ask QWQ about the underlined parts. All sentences are based on Garfield and his friends. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


past simple
1.they write the past simple regular-2.they choose the correct irregular-3.they do the crossword irregular. Enjoy!!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100

 


Reading comprehension about past tense
Practice past tense in the genre of diary.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14

 


Simple Past
Use this exercise to practice making questions, affirmative and negative sentences.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Past Simple (was, were inter alia)
2 exercises. Was or Were. Put the verbs into Past Simple
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100

 

 

Page: [<< previous ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 [ Next >>]

 

Live Worksheets
Worksheets that listen. Worksheets that speak. Worksheets that motivate students. Worksheets that save paper, ink and time.


Advertise here