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The Intruder
This is a reading comprehension worksheet with activities related to Jorge Luis Borges�s The Intruder. First students work with vocabualry from the story, then they have to identify true and false sentences. Finally they have to put the sentences into the correct order according to the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
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ed at the end of a word
To teach the correct pronunciation of the ed sounds for regular verbs in the past simple tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
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summer holidays questions

Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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EXAM PRACTICE PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS
This is a test for teenagers.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-15
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EXAM PRACTICE PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS
This is a test for teenagers.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-15
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EXAM PRACTICE PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

Level: elementary
Age: 13-15
Type:

 


 
marriage
thanks
Level: elementary
Age: 11-12
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Winter Holidays

Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
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Quiz Past Simple
Complete the sentences with the correct past simple tense
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
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Quiz Past Simple
Complete the sentences with the correct past simple tense
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type:

 


 
party recount
Party recount
Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
Type:

 


 
party recount
Party recount
Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
Type:

 


 
party recount

Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
Type:

 


 
Regular & Irregular
Write the past tense for each verb
Level: elementary
Age: 12-15
Type:

 


 
Regular & Irregular
Write the past tense for each verb
Level: elementary
Age: 12-15
Type:

 

 


Past Simple Mystery Box
Team game to consolidate Past Simple. Divide the class into any number of groups you want. Students of a team answer one question. If the answer is correct, they get 20 points. Then they must decide whether to open the mystery box (then they are not getting the 20 points), stay with the points they initially get OR give the box to another team they...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past

Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple: Regular verbs practise.
Hi everyone! This ppt might be useful for practising the regular verbs and its pronounciation. Hope you like it!
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


was/were
the usage of thepast form of verb to be
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Was or were

Level: elementary
Age: 9-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Technology past tense
It�s good to teach the past tense with technology!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


was were wasn�t weren�t
This slide includes 6 example sentence about the using of was/were. The affirmative form of the sentence is changed into the negative and question forms. And it also contains the short answers to the questions. All the sentences comes to the screen one by one. Hope enjoy it!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


To be - Simple Present / Simple Past
This is a Power Point I did to teach the verb to be in the Simple Past. I didn�t enclose them here, but I also used photos of me when I was a little child. I�ve used this Power Point with 10 and 13-year-old- students. It�s always a success because they get to see photos of me in my childhood! The rules are in Portuguese but you can easily turn the...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple
In this ppt you will find a lead-in about the simple past, the grammar of the past simple, regular and irregular verbs and two activities using pictures and actions.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past

Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past simple
This presentation has grammar explanation about past simple in affirmative, negative, questions and wh questions form. It has some examples and some actitivities to practice.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Jazz Chant

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past simple to be
it starts with a story about my brother growing up, there are gaps students must fill in as the teacher reads or plays a record of themselves reading; It is all focused on past simple of �to be�, there are some grammar activities as well.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


MARY SEACOLE
This is a ppt presentation about Mary Seacole. The source is the BBC historical site for schools. The content has been adapted in a ppt presentation for kids.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


simple past

Level: elementary
Age: 13-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple Affirmative
A worksheet to review the past simple affirmative.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100

 


Past tense
past tense
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11

 


past simple (elementary)
a simple past choose exercise
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10

 


Best holiday
Complete the text with the past simple form of the given verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12

 


past simple/ past continuous
to check your competency on determining where to use past simple or continuous
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


Past & Present Simple
a 10-question-quiz to check past simple and present simple together
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14

 


the bremen town musicians
bremen town musicicians
Level: elementary
Age: 4-14

 


PAST SIMPLE TENSE
several easy exercises to practise the use of Past simple tense of both regular and irregular verbs
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12

 


practising simple past tense
use the simple past tense
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100

 


Past Simple Tense
Easy exercises to reinforce talking about past activities.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14

 


Verb list
A short verb list to complete
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


PAST SIMPLE TENSE
three easy exercises for practising the simple past tense of both regular and irregular verbs
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12

 


Simple Past Tense 1/2 - exercises for beginners WAS/WERE
Here you can find 4 different tasks which help your ss practise the past form of to be in a bit more difficult way than in Simple Past Tense 1/1 - exercises for beginners WAS/WERE. Hope you find them useful and properly assorted.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


Simple Past Tense 1/1 - exercises for beginners WAS/WERE
These easy tasks help your ss to practise was/were. Hope you find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


past simple
easy
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14

 

 

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