With this lesson, students will master the past simple through fun, real-life topics using verbs like ate, went, made, and watched while building grammar skills and speaking confidence with games, storytelling, and video practice.
lesson overview
This A2-B1 ESL lesson introduces the past simple tense through real-life vocabulary and engaging, interactive tasks. Students learn how to form positive, negative, and question structures using both regular and irregular verbs. Through games, gap-fills, storytelling, and a memorable video activity, learners practice talking about completed actions, daily routines, and personal experiences using the past tense. The lesson is available in both a printable format and an online presentation, designed for smooth navigation in presentation mode using only the spacebar.
Target Audience:
- Level: A2-B1 (Pre-Intermediate – Intermediate)
- Best for:Adults, teens, and older children
Content Breakdown:
- Warm-Up: Past Simple Bingo
- Grammar Guide
- Sentence Transformation
- Fill-in-the-Gaps: Negative Sentences
- Yes/No Questions Practice
- Wh-Questions Practice
- Speaking Game: Caveman Talk
- Chain Reaction Game
- Past Simple Detective
- Historical Facts Exchange
- 60-Second Question Challenge
- Choose a Question – Final Discussion
HOMEWORK (Extra Language Immersion):
Video and Quiz:
Watch a short video (Ross’s Sandwich Disaster from Friends) and complete a gap-fill story using past simple verbs.