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What did you do yesterday? – Past Simple
PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO PAST SIMPLE. MATCH SENTENCES TO THE PICTURES.WRITE PAST FORMS OF THESE VERBS. thanks for your comments! Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
past simple(reading comprehension-it�s fun)
Ss read the story in the past simple,answer the questions and put the pictures related to the story in the correct order to make a summary.My students liked it very much .I hope you and your students will like it too.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past Tense Board Game
Great Board Game for conversations in groups or even in pairs. It�s a nice opportunity to put the past tense into practice. Thanks to the owner of this great template. I hope you guys enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past Simple Regular Verbs Table with Examples of Usage and Spellings
Another verb table to help my students with the grammar that is new to them. Color coded as usual, and with an explanation of the spelling rules and an example of the simple past related to Pooh�s birthday. Hope it�s useful for some of you too, and have a wonderful week all. Hugs.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past simple
A worksheet on the past simple in which students have to choose the correct verb for the right box and put them in the past simple. There are regular and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PAST SIMPLE VERB TO BE
Two pages to practise simple past tense of verb to be. Hugs, Ana :-))
Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Type: worksheet

 


 
REVIEW OF TENSES
This worksheet is on a REVIEW OF THE ENGLISH TENSES. It has 4 exercises: 1) Answer the following questions. 2)Put the verb in brackets into a suitable tense form. 3) Complete the sentences with So could/does/was etc 4) Use the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets.Hope you find it useful with your elementary and pre-in...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past simple of the verb "to be"
Here is the worksheet for my elemantary students. It�s time to find out about Past Simple. I decided to start with the verb to be. All the vocabulary is familiar.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Past simple regular and irregular
Now just a basic practice of past simple regular and irregular which will be part of a test for me. Hope you will find it useful, Enjoy your holidays and see you next year........Sylvie!: )
Level: elementary
Age: 11-15
Type: worksheet

 


 
speaking cards the past simle
cut and laminate the cards.Distribute them to a group of 12 pupils. Each pupil makes 3 sentences using the past simple and asks a question starting with (who......?).The next pupil has to look at his/her card to find the answer to that question and so makes his 3 sentences and asks the question starting with (who...?).You can shuffle the cards and...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
What did they do last weekend?
Worksheet to practice Simple Past. Fill in the given verbs in the correct form. Hope it will be useful for some of you. Enjoy your day! ;)
Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Type: worksheet

 


 
Famous people biographies
Students ask and answer questions in order to complete a person�s biography. Pair work. Good to practice simple past tense. Follow-up activity: writing a biography
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Type: activity-card

 


 
Past simple question cards 3
Third part of past simple question cards, they work the same way - Ss first choose the correct interrogative and then in pairs or groups ask and answer the question.Most of the verbs used on the cards are irregular.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
Food & Past Simple
Food and past simple review. Created to be used by Trinity students (Level 4) but it can be used by everybody.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
When I was...
Have fun and practise irregular and regular past forms with this Ws.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet

 

 


Let�s review simple past
This presentation works perfectly when you work with teenagers. It has a few verbs in the past tense, but you can clarify the difference of verb to be with all the other verbs in simple past tense. Hope you like it!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Ask questions about past event
Use �Did� to ask about past events e.g. Did you fly a kite? Yes, I did. No, I didn�t. I rode a bike in the park.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past simple ; past present ; past continous

Level: elementary
Age: 9-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Tense of �be� Verb
PPT on how to form/use past tense of �be� verb (was/were) in sentences and questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The giant and the castle
Activities related to the story �The giant and the castle�. Your students may enjoy them.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


past simple exercise

Level: elementary
Age: 8-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Did he call her again?
it�s a presentation about past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


ADULTS DIDN�T LIKE ROCK AND ROLL
this PPT was made to introduce the simple past of the verb TO BE. plus, musical instruments vocabulary was added. it�s easy to follow. students will get it easily. enjoy it!!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


PAST EXPRESSIONS
YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR STUDENTS SAY THE PHRASES IN ENGLISH. THAT�S ALL.THEY CAN PRACTICE PRONUCIATION.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past Explanation

Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past
This PPT contains very helpful tips on learning past simple plus an exercise.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple Negative
A PPT with Harry Potter movies scenes, using regular and irregular verbs. Sts have to correct the wrong sentences, using the negative form of the Simple Past.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
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

 

 

 

 

 


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

 

 

 

 

 


Christmas Past Tense
This is the simplified version, so it could be uploaded on here. For more animation, pictures, etc, you can contact me for the full presentation. There are answers to go along with this. Will post it soon. Have students write down on paper or just do as a whole class activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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