Teaching The Past Simple Tense To ESL Students

This engaging lesson plan focuses on the simple past tense verbs that end with -ed. It is a comprehensive, simple and engaging lesson—just stick to the materials provided. You can introduce it to beginner students or use it as a review with intermediate students. Throughout the lesson students will then have the opportunity to use this newly learned knowledge to describe images. They will also complete gap-fill exercises and read full sentences in English. Finally, they will make their own sentences using the past simple tense. As the lesson progresses, be sure to encourage students to speak in full sentences but also applaud them for their great efforts.

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1. VS4.1 – Past simple Off2Class Lesson Plan Lesson 1/5 Lesson Plan © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
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3. Describe the picture… © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
4. What did they do yesterday? this is a picture from yesterday what could you say today? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
5. They watched TV They watched TV: = in the past ≠ now Past Present They watched TV © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
6. Describe the picture © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
7. What did he do? When Jeremy left the house, what did he do? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
8. He locked the door He locked the door. or He closed the door. = in the past ≠ now He locked the door Past Present © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
9. Describe the picture © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
10. What did the boys do? this is a picture from yesterday /last night / last week © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
11. They played football. They played football: = Yesterday they played football. = Last night they played football. = Last week they played football. ≠ They played football now. ≠ They played football tomorrow. Past: Yesterday Last night Last week Present: Now They played football Future: Tomorrow © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
12. For regular past simple verbs add -ed Present Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past Simple work clean dance rain worked cleaned danced rained need want snow play needed wanted snowed played © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
13. Regular verbs stay the same For regular past simple verbs, the past simple is the same for all subjects subject past simple I you he she it we they played played played played played played played © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
14. A C B What did these people do last night? © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
15. 1. Janet __________ her birthday present. open 2. Jessica and Andrew ___________ on the phone last night. talk 3. My mother __________ to the store to buy milk. walk They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish Practice the past simple © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
16. 4. Andrea __________ the house after the party. clean 5. She ___________ during the scary movie. scream 6. It __________ during the football game. rain They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish Practice the past simple © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
17. 7. She is tired because she __________ every night last week. work 8. The family ___________ the movie on TV. enjoy 9. They __________ their cousins at the airport. greet They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish Practice the past simple © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
18. 10.The children __________ the day at the beach. 11. They __________ a movie on TV before going to bed. 12.Andrew and Kevin __________ tennis every day last summer. watch play enjoy Practice the past simple © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
19. 13.She _______ her kids to be careful of traffic in the street. 14.He _______ his mother to wish her a happy birthday. 15.He _______ to classical music before going to bed. 16.They _______ the car because it was dirty. call clean ask listen Practice the past simple © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
20. A Form your own past simple sentences B © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
21. A B Form your own past simple sentences © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
22. 17.They __________ to the store to buy milk. 18.It __________ all day. It was the biggest snowfall in five winters. 19. My jacket was wet because it __________ all day. 20. The store __________ at 8pm last night. Practice the past simple snow walk rain close © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
23. 21.When he was a child, he _______ football after school every day. 22. The taxi driver _______ our home phone when he arrived 23. They _______ their food from the waiter. Find a suitable verb to complete the sentence © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc. at our house.
24. 24.She _______ the door after hearing the doorbell. 25.He _______ across the street to go to the bank. 26. They _______ the windows because the house was cold. Find a suitable verb to complete the sentence © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
25. Using time and past simple + A + B © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
26. Using day of the week and past simple + A + B © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
27. 27.Last night she __________. 28.Yesterday morning I __________. 29. On New Years Eve 2009 they __________. 30. She __________ last Tuesday. 31. We __________ two weeks ago. 32. You __________ last summer. Make your own sentences © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.
28. 33. Before leaving the house, she __________. 34. After finishing his homework, George __________. 35. Before going to bed, the children __________. 36. She __________ after eating breakfast. 37. We __________ before going on holiday. 38. You __________ after finishing dessert. Make your own sentences © 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.