Past Simple

He visited Kyoto last month.

Activities to practice memories of school events

A few activities to review, introduce and practice the target language
Simple Verb cards

Only text no pictures using simple verbs in present and past tense.
Reference Sheet for Past Tense Verbs

A simple reference sheet made for ES 6th grade
Crazy Students (Simple Past)

Matching students to description
TSUM TSUM Race and Speak Points Game

Students work as groups. Get points by racing to speak the answers.
Summer Photo Album

When you have summer pictures, show them off with style
Simple Past Picture Story

Students arrange the story in order and write the sentence in past tense.
Past Tense Art

Zip file of about 40 illustrations portraying the past tense.
New Horizon 6/ Introduction to past tense

A simple presentation about summer vacation to introduce the simple past tense of some verbs.
Bingo irregular verbs

Students circle their own answers. And then ask each other about their answers.
Speed Speak

A student and their partner both hold up a card with pictures, and they have to race each other to make a sentence first.
Teacher's Childhood

Students write many sentences to guess what various teacher's childhoods were like. This uses past tense ~ed (and irregular verbs, but not necessary).
SPACE FEUD

This is a row based battle game
In the past

Past simple fill in the blanks New Crown 1 Lesson 9 past tense
What's this Japanese culture?

3-hint what's this quiz!
Tic-Tac-Toe

Students practice speaking the grammar point while playing tic-tac-toe with a partner.
Uno Cards

Who doesn't love card games?
Jeopardy Unit Review

Jeopardy game show style PowerPoint to review multiple grammar and vocabulary from different lessons in various question format. Best used to review before a unit test.
My Breakfast

Adapted from Roger Parker's "My Breakfast" on Englipedia, this is a simple worksheet to review simple past tense using what the student ate for breakfast today.
Past Tense Sentences Snakes and Ladders

Play "snakes and ladders" while making sentences using past tense
Past Simple Mystery Game "Who Dunnit"

A "Who Dunnit" game where the class are detectives and interview five students to solve a mystery
Humpty Dumpty Game

A pick the verb quiz and a writing game for simple past irregular verbs.
Magic Quiz

A family feud style quiz game
Past Tense Dice Game

This is a board/dice game that practices the irregular and regular past tense verbs. Students make one sentence each time they land on a square.
Past Tense Points

Students get into groups and try to come up with past tense sentences that will give them the most points.
Eraser Get

This is a quick and easy vocab review 'game' for 1st grade past tense verbs. Ideal for a quick review before doing a writing exercise.
Martin Luther King Jr Crossword

Martin Luther King Jr Crossword
Winter Break Bingo

Students ask each other if they did different activities over Winter Break. If the answer is "yes," they sign their names under the activity. The first student to have a Bingo wins.
A bunch of Questions for Quizzes

Questions lists focused on various grammar points
What's Popular?

Students interview their friends on what they enjoyed doing last night, write down their answers, and decide what activity is the most popular in their class.
Takuya Kimuras Best Friend

Students learn the usage of the past tense while investigating a Japanese musician from SMAP, Takuya Kimura.
Kakokei Karuta

"Kakokei" is Japanese for past tense. Students listen to the teacher read a sentence and slap the correct 'verb card'.
"Did you" Bingo

Here are 32 different versions of a bingo sheet to use for reviewing, "Did you ---? Yes, I did. No, I didn't."
PAST and REACTION BOARD GAME

A short small talk boardgame to practice simple past sentences and reactions.
Ichiro Activity

A short reading comprehension activity about Ichiro.
English Conversation Board Game

A bright and colorful board game focused on getting students to converse in English.
Shopping Yesterday

Students read a short passage and answer the Past Tense questions.
Sentence Making Relay

Students try to make passive sentences from sheets over paper located on the walls of the classroom.
Crazy Diary Entry

A writing activity that lets students make a crazy diary entry. Student then read their diary entry to the class for lots of fun.
Crazy Story

Students fill in a form then insert the info into a template to create a crazy story, then have a go at writing their own.

Top 5 activities

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