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WHAT DID THEY DO YESTERDAY?
THIS WS SS HAVE TO OBSERVE THE PICTURES AND READ THE SENTENCES THEN COMPLETE WITH THE VERBS IN THE BRACKETS IN THE PAST TENSE.I HOPE YOU ENJOY.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
SIMPLE PAST
This is a simple ws. with three activities to practise Simple Past (regular and irregular verbs).
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
The princess and the pea PART 1
This is ws about simple past and wh-question in the first part the student has to fill the blanks with verbs on the past in the second page the student has to finish the story and do questions about the reading with wh-question
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
past simple
2 exercises using Past Simple
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
SIMPLE PAST AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE, INTERROGATIVE!
In the first part you have ss complete the sentences either with affirmative or negative(simple past). They have to look at the pictures to know the answers. In the second part students have to answer the questions. Using simple past as well. And finally, using the same qquestions ss can interview one of their classmates. They have to write down th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
A Halloween Nightmare ( Reading )
It�s an excellent for a Halloween class. You can ask your students to read the text, scan the verbs, identify the scanned verbs as regular or irregular and translate it. You can also use it as a play. It will be fantastic!!!! (ELIN HA - BRAZIL)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
The Past Simple with Pirates
This is a worksheet for reading comprehension based on the Pirate�s of the Caribbean. It has exercises to fill in and questions to answer about the text.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
An approach to the Simple past of regular verbs with Nibble the mouse . minibook.
This is a global approach to the past simple of regular verbs.( some teacher�s notes on page 2) Speaking activity first: Answer anticipating questions from the picture. 2. Listen and read the story.3. react.4. "chained"Sentences in the simple past(to unchain)and to match up with the pictures on the next page ( trick: more sentences than pictures...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
Simple past practice
Short lesson + 7 graded activities to practise simple past. Regular and irregular verbs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Mini Readings
Mini RCs to practise the past simple. There�s a gap fill, correct the errors, unscramble the letters, answer the questions and tell a story from the pictures. Full key on page 2. Thanks to PhilipR for the timeless template.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past Tense - Verb to BE
Exercise - Past Tense (WAS /WERE / WASN�T / WEREN�T) and regular verbs
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
The Polar Bear�s Journey
This is a past simple drill worksheet. Students have to complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs and associate with the pictures. Also a revision of countries! Hope you enjoy it!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past Tense
Hello teachers, there are 14 questions with 14 pictures here about verbs of past tense.Let your students practice their regular verbs and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
simple past activities (2/2)
2 pages: the rest of the activities for the past simple including making questions/ completing a paragraph/ pronunciation/ functions...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST TENSE
This is series 3 of What Did You Do Yesterday. This activity contains, speaking, reading and grammar activities. In the activity one student asks the questions and one student answers the questions. On the other pages are gap filled exercises, choosing the correct verb and comprehension questions to be answered about two different stories. The answ...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card

 

 


an introduction to the civil rights movement

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past simple
it�s mainly a presentation of past simple form and use
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past simple question
This Power Point shows the way of forming Past Simple Tense
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


was/ were
was/ were
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Jobs
It�s a kind of guessing game. Students try to find the relevant job by looking at some of the clues in the slides not the whole picture.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-9
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 pronunciation
past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 12-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Making Questions in the Past Tense
Making Questions in the Past Tense
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Talking about the past ft. the verb to be
Ok. I have created this presentation to reactivate the use of the verb to be in the past. My Spanish speaker students often find it confusing because they use it interchangeably with the past of the verb to go, which in Spanish are, Yo fui (I was) Yo fui (I went), the same. So, lots of pictures and simple questions to make them use I was/ I wasn�t ...
Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past Part 3

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Yodelice Sunday with the flu
Fantastic way of revising the past simple with this song. All verbs are in the past simple. Also a way to show students some verbs are regular in American English and but not in British English (burn, Spill etc). Just fill the blanks. Answer key with the doc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past simple
there is an explanation about simple past, regular and irregular verbs, the auxiliary verb did and also some exercises that your students can solve in the whiteboard. My students have said that is really helpfull. it really works!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Tense PPT Elementary school 5th Grade lesson 16
This is a PPT presentation revising the simple past tense as covered in the Korean elementary school text book lesson 16.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Perfect and Simple Past
Combine the sentences using by the time, when and before. 11 slides, 33 sentences. It is good to show the use of time connectors combining these two tenses.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple - practical revision
This is a very simple ppt to revise the past simple tense. I used it with my kids and adults, and it was fun because we played it as games(each slide was one game) in 2 teams, and only made notes afterwards. I even used some exercises in a test later on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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