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Lesson Goals: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to form and use Simple Past, be familiar with the formation, and word order in negative sentences and questions.
Target Grammar: Past Simple
Target Vocabulary: Action Verbs
EFL Lesson Plan For Teachers – Past Simple Tense and Action Verbs
Presentation
1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks.
Last ____________ I did a lot of things. On Saturday, I went to see a friend. We went to the park and played chess there. I went back ____________ in the late afternoon and played ____________ music on my computer.
Later that evening, I watched my favorite ____________ on TV and went to bed very late.
2. Match the verbs with their Past Tense.
play | watched |
do | played |
watch | did |
dance | drank |
drink | danced |
Grammar Box
Encourage your learners to watch the videos below, and do the interactive activities as they learn. Remind them that this is not a test, it is just for fun, so there is no problem if they don’t get it right. 🙂
Verb+ed want+ed → wanted work+ed → worked | Verb, ending in – e+d dance+d → danced live+d→ lived |
Verbs, ending in –y: y → i + ed (* There are exceptions! For example, played.) cry→ cried try→ tried | One vowel verb: double the consonant stop → stopped blog → blogged |
Irregular Verbs:
Irregular verbs do not follow the rules above. In most cases, you will need to learn by heart.
Look at some of the most common irregular verbs
Present Simple | Past Simple |
go | went |
begin | began |
find | found |
write | wrote |
meet | met |
come | came |
Practice
1. Fill in the blanks in the table.
add | |
asked | |
boil | |
come | |
hated | |
joined | |
agree | |
checked | |
left | |
jump |
2. Rewrite the verbs in the past tense.
- My father works ____________ as a policeman.
- Three kids play ___________ outside.
- I listen ________ to music and play__________ cards.
- I walk _________ in the park with my best friends.
3. Put the story in order. Rewrite in the past tense.
- Monika (works) late last Friday.
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- Then she (miss) the bus and (take) a taxi back home.
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- She (has) a lot of work to do, and (has) to stay in the office until 7.30 pm.
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- After dinner, they (watch) a movie together and (go) to bed at 11.30 pm.
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4. Underline the correct option.
- I (say, think, told) Martin to give me the book.
- She (answered, brings, run) the phone.
- The family (swim, bought, jump) the house last April.
- My brother and I (fed, dress, come) our two cats.
Production
1. What did you do last summer holiday? Write 6-8 sentences.
2. Ask your partner 10 Yes/ No questions about their last weekend.