ESL Lessons speaking activities & teaching ideas for Past Tense
Holiday questions using past tense
Picture story lesson for teaching past tense (PDF)
Past simple story gapfill with irregular verbs (PDF)
Complete the dialogue (PDF)
Make a personal timeline worksheet (PDF)
Past tense story telling activity with sentence
starters (PDF)
Practice building past tense sentences like the following examples.(PDF)
Drill - 3rd person singular of Past “Be”(PDF)
Past simple questions exercise (PDF)
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Icebreakers
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Surveys
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Brainstorming
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Greetings
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Present Simple
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Likes/dislikes
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Routines
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Work
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Describing People
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Experiences
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Family
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Food/Eating
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Games
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Body/Health
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Past Themes
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Real & Unreal
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Money
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Housing/directions
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Pets
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Telephoning
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Health/Safety
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Sport
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Grammar
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Writing
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Teach with Pictures
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Transportation
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Time & Numbers
More ideas for teaching students the Past Simple Tense
Past tense game: Ghosts
ESL Activities - Past Mime
Vacation Brainstorm
Take a Trip Lesson
Champagne Story
Past tense Tic-Tac-Toe (PDF)
Conversation cards re
entertainment present/past
Past simple/video
Retelling a story
Past tense speaking exercises
Past simple pairwork speaking 1(PDF)
Past simple pairwork speaking 2(PDF)
Find Someone Who...(PDF)
Find someone ...past tense speaking (PDF)
Past tense: pairwork speaking activity (PDF)
Past Simple: fun quiz/pairwork exercise (PDF)
Pronunciation of final "ed"
Put the verbs in the correct columns (PDF)
Past tense questions with "t", "d" and "Id" (PDF)
Pronunciation worksheet (PDF)
Pronunciation of regular past tense verbs (PDF)
Pronouncing ed endings (PDF)
3 ways to pronounce ed (PDF)
Past Simple: Pronunciation of Regulars exercise
Past tense sounds puzzle (pdf)
Past Tense on the First Day: teaching -ed = /t, d, Id/
Recognize the different ends of regular past tense verbs
Past tense worksheets
More gapfill worksheets
Past simple worksheet (PDF)
Verb Lists for ESL Students
Verb Chart
Verb chart worksheet
Irregular verbs
Comprehensive verb chart (PDF)
