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Past Simple- Holiday Story

It's a writing prompt to encourage students to write a story using past simple and past continuous. Students can read each other's stories after they've finished and suggest ways to make the story...

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Past Simple- Find Someone Who ( Was/Were)

It's a nice speaking activity. Students are asked to mingle and ask as many students as possible. Tell students to write questions they will ask the rest of the students in advance to make sure they...

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Movie Worksheet: Maze Runner, Quiz

I showed the movie Maze Runner to the students and after it finished with this quiz.  Students respod to questions on paper and whoever answers more questions correctly wins some candies or a...

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Song Worksheet: The Way by Fastball

This is a nice and meaninful song by Fastball. I find it very useful for my students. I use it to improve both spelling and pronunciation of past simple verbs. My students do not only  complete the...

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Movie Worksheet: The Teacher

This is the story of the first Afro-American teacher who was appointed principal at a school. There are many things to learn from her testimony including good values. Good for looking for details and...

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Louis Book

This worksheet has been designed for young learners who have already been taught the past simple tense. It's a story of a boy having a new book with some illustrations for the purpose of motivation....

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Past Simple Questions

This worksheet helps you to improve students' speaking skills. This is also related  to simple past. It's appropriate for elementary students and maybe upper levels. Hope you find it useful in your...

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Famous People - Past Simple

This worksheet includes some cues about three famous people. Put the students into groups of three and have them tell  other groupmates about them using past simple. It is appropriate for elementary...

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Simple and Continuous Tenses Table

Simple and continuous tenses scheme with examples (present, past, future, present perfect). It's a simple table aimed at revising and/ar learning present and progressive tenses (present simple and...

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Present Simple and Past Simple

A test or worksheet for the 8th or 7th  grade. It can be suitable for strong 6th grade (ESL class). The questions are multiple choice. The second part of the worksheet or the test includes writing...

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Past Simple

This is a worksheet based on the story of Anne of Green Gables for reviewing  the past simple tense. Have your students write questions. Hope it works.

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Regular and Irregular Verbs Past Tense

This worksheet helps students practice forming past simple regular and irregular verbs. I used pictures to help students to understand each sentence.

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I am Malala

In this worksheet students write the past tense of some verbs and complete Malala Yousafzai´s biography  using the verbs. There are also some reading comprehension questions and the opportunity to...

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Past Simple and Negative Past Simple

A worksheet about the construction of the past simple and past simple negative, both with "didn't" and "weren't / wasn't". Provides examples and explanation of forming the past negative with "didn't",...

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Complete the Sentence Game

I use this activity for warming up or as a team competition game. It is very fast, it will not take you more than five minutes. I read aloud a line by line and students try to be fast completing the...

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Movie Worksheet: Describing Accidents (Past)

This fun video activity is to practise using various narrative tenses, including past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. The video has many clips of accidents, slips, and falls. Learners...

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Song Worksheet: Satellite by Lena Meyer

This is a song worksheet by Eurovision song contest winner Lena Meyer. The song can be downloaded at youtube or other websites. It can be used best to practice past simple and entertain students. The...

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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

This worksheet is suitable for improving your students' writing skills. They are going to write three paragraphs about three types of life style in the past, present and future. They should write...

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Movie Worksheet: Past Simple Photo Story

This is a fun video activity to practise using the past simple tense. Watch the video from the link below. The video tells a story using photographs. Students should watch the video and then try to...

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Movie Worksheet: Mr. Bean at the Hospital (Mixed Past Tenses)

This fun video activity is to practise using mixed past tenses, including past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. The video shows Mr. Bean at the hospital. Learners must combine two sentences...

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