ESL Lesson Plan – Past Simple Tense and Action Verbs (A2)

Lesson Goals: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to form and use past simple tense, be familiar with the formation and word order in negative sentences and questions.
Target Grammar: Past Simple
Target Vocabulary: Action Verbs

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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 some music on my computer.
Later that evening, I watched my favourite ____________ on TV and went to bed very late.
Next morning, I spoke with my friend on the ____________, but I could not visit him because I had to help my dad in the garage. There, we made a bird feeder for the ____________ that fly around our house.

2. Match the verbs with their Past Tense.

play	watched
do	played
watch	did
dance	ate
drink	danced
eat	drank
work	listened
listen	worked
swim	showed
show	swam

Grammar Box

Verb+ed For example: want+ed → wanted work+ed → worked	Verb, ending in – e+d For example: dance+d → danced live+d→ lived
Verbs, ending in –y: y → i + ed (* There are exceptions (for example played) ) For example: cry→ cried try→ tried	One vowel verb: double the consonant For example: stop → stopped blog → blogged

Irregular Verbs:
There is no rule for the formation of irregular verbs. You have to memorize them!

Look at some of the most common irregular verbs

begin – began find – found drive – drove forget – forgot break – broke go – went keep – kept hear – heard know – knew make – made

build – built read – read* put – put think – thought write – wrote understand – understood meet – met fly – flew become – became come – came

Practice

1. Fill in the blanks in the table.

add
	asked
boil
come
	hated
	joined
agree
	checked
	left
jump

2. Rewrite the sentences in past tense.

1. My father works as a policeman.
2. Three kids play outside.
3. I listen to music and play cards.
4. I walk in the park with my best friends.
5. We write a story about our families.
6. I go to school and then I come back home.
7. They run around the house.
8. Your mother goes to the mall.

3. Put the story in order. Rewrite in past tense.

1. Monika works late last Friday.
2. Then she miss the bus and take a taxi back home.
3. She has a lot of work to do, and has to stay in the office until 7.30 pm.
4. After dinner, they watch a movie together and go to bed at 11.30pm.
5. When she comes home she starts cooking.
6. He wants pizza, so his dad orders some pizza on the phone.
7. Monika’s son Daniel does not like his dinner at all, and does not want to eat it.
8. At about 9pm dinner is finally ready and everybody sits at the table.

4. Underline the correct option.

1. I (say, think, told) Martin to give me the book.
2. She (answered, brings, run) the phone.
3. The family (swim, bought, jump) the house last April.
4. My brother and I (fed, dress, come) our two cats.
5. Our friend Sonya (drive, ate, saw) a very famous actor last week.
6. I (cleaned, wash, think) my room yesterday, so I can play today.

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.

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