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'Was' and 'Were' Worksheet for Homework
Print this worksheet for class homework. Was and were past simple exercises.This exercise focuses on using correct singular and plural forms of the verb to be in the past.
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Past Simple through Reading Elementary Worksheet
This is a worksheet for revising the past simple tense through reading at elementary level.Students are asked to read the text, mark the sentences as true or false and answer the questions given.
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Song Worksheet: Classy Girls by The Lumineers (the Past)
"Classy girls", a fairly easy to understand song by the Lumineers for teaching verbs in the past tense to elementary students. A gap filling exercise to use regular and irregular verbs. It can be used...
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Song Worksheet: I Knew You Were Trouble (Simple Past )
I used the song I Knew You Were Trouble to help my students with some irregular verbs in the Past Simple Tense. In this worksheet, students first complete the Past Simple Tense of the verbs in...
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The History of Surfing
This text contains vocabulary connected with the history of surfing. It`s good for a team work where two teams in turns try to guess the exact word for each gap from the sentence context. If they guess...
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Simple Past- Past Continuous
I used this worksheet with students who have shown a weakness in understanding the two tenses and were really confused when confronting them in activities. It proved to be very useful. It contains...
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Gotcha! Game - Past
This is a very nice activity to be done in pairs and it takes around 20 minutes. One student gets the "A" and the other one gets the "B" part. They ask each other the questions using the Simple Past....
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Song Worksheet: Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John
Song worksheet for simple past tense. One of the most famous songs from Elton John. It's a filling in the blank worksheet using simple past verbs. When teaching simple past our students need to notice...
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Dates and Past Simple - Pairwork (Major Historical Events)
Pairwork Speaking Activity - Major Historical Events. Cut out the cards to use for a pairwork activity – one person must say the date correctly and describe the event, the other must guess the...
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Song Worksheet: Love Story by Taylor Swift
There are 2 sheets, the first is a multiple choice fill-in-the-blanks of the lyrics, the second sheet consists of comprehension questions, a grammar section (including the past simple, past continuous...
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Practicing Verb Forms: Past
This power point presentation has a lot of sentences to be completed based on pictures. The sentences must be finished in the past simple, continuous or perfect. Very good to practice imagination...
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Overview of Past Tenses
This PPT contains rules of usage of all the past tenses including examples for each situation. With the help of these sentenses you can elicit these rules from your students if they are...
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Song Worksheet: Don't Worry, Child
Great for teenagers! This listening activity is quite simple. Students must listen and either cross out words they don't hear, fill in the blanks or correct sentences. There's no specific grammar point...
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Simple Past Regular Verbs Affirmative Form
This is a fun activity designed for beginners. It explains in an easy way the simple past of regular verbs only in affirmative form. It deals with explanation of the rules of pronunciation of the past...
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Irregular Verbs Memory Card Game For Intermediate Students
This is a second series of irregular verbs I've made into a card game (see earlier irregular verbs memory card game elsewhere on this site). The verbs in this series are totally different from the...
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Song Worksheet: Impossible by James Arthur
Very popular at the moment with the teens. My students were a bunch of girls and they loved it. You can pre-teach the past simple, review the regular and irregular verbs. After the listening exercise,...
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Mysterious Celebrity
This is a great gap-fill exercise to practice asking and answering questions in Past Simple for elementary students. This activity can involve up to 8 people with the aim to collect all the information...
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Movie Worksheet: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ( Simple Past)
This is an activity I prepared in order to practice the Simple Past with my students. I recommend a warm up with some vocab from the movie e.g. witch, wand, castle. Good for all ages and likes. Beware...
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Past Simple
This is a power point presentation based on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" TV show for teaching or revising the past simple. Recommended for elementary students but it can be easily adapted for higher...
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A Day by the Sea
This is a text about a day by the sea for children who can't go on holidays. There are some comprehension exercices with their key.Then you can teach simple past with regular and irregular verbs....
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