Simple past lesson plan

Lesson Goals: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to form and use past simple tense, be
familiar with the formation and word order in negative sentences and questions. Target Grammar:
Past Simple Target Vocabulary: Action Verbs * The Answer Sheet for this English Lesson Plan is
available for download below.
Past Simple Tense and Action Verbs
Lesson Presentation
1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks.
Last weekend I did a lot of things. On Saturday I went to see We went to the park
and . chess there. I went .. in the late afternoon, and played some music on
Later that evening I watched my ..on TV, and went to bed very late. Next
morning I spoke with my friend ., but I could not visit him, because I had to help
. in the garage. There we made a bird feeder that fly around the yard.
2. Match the verbs with their past tense.

work/ played / listen / did / show / ate / drink / danced / do / worked / eat / showed / swim /drank /
dance / swam
play

watched

watch

listened

Grammar Box
Verb+ed
E.g. want+ed wanted
work+ed worked

Verb, ending in e+d

E.g. dance+d danced

live+d lived
Verb, ending in y: y i + ed
E.g. cry cried
try tried

One vowel verb: double the consonant

E.g. spot spotted

blog blogged

Irregular Verbs:
There is no rule for the formation of irregular verbs. You have to memorize them!
4. Irregular verbs. Look at some of the most common irregular verbs.
begin began
find found
drive drove
forget forgot
break broke
go went

keep kept
hear heard
know knew
make made

build built

read read*
put put
think thought
write wrote
understand understood
meet met
fly flew
become became
Lesson Practice
1. Fill in the blanks in the table.
add
asked
boil
come
hated
joined
agree
checked
left
jump
2. Rewrite the sentences in past tense.

My father works as a policeman.

Three kids play outside.
I listen to music and play cards.
I walk in the park with my best friends.
We write a story about our families.
I go to school and then I come back home.
They run around the block.
Your mother goes to the mall.

3. Put the story in order. Rewrite in past tense.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

Monika works late last Friday.

Then she miss the bus and got a taxi back home.
She has a lot of work to do, and had to stay in the office until 7.30 pm.
After dinner, they watch a movie together and go to bed at 11.30pm.
When she comes home she started cooking.
He wants pizza, so his dad ordered some pizza on the phone.
Monikas son Daniel does not like his dinner at all, and did not want to eat it.
At about 9pm dinner is finally ready and everybody sat at the table.

4. Underline the correct option.

I .. (telled, think, told) Martin to give me the book.

She ..(answered, brings, drew) the phone.
The family . (swim, bought, drives) the house last April.
My brother and I ..(fed,dress,talled) our two cats Tomy and Mike.
Our friend Sonya . (talked, ate, saw) a very famous actor last week.
I .. (cleaned, wash, drove) my room yesterday, so I can play today.

Lesson Production

1. What did you do last summer holiday? Write 6-8 sentences.

2. Ask your partner 10 Yes/ No questions about their last weekend.
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Presentation
1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks.
Last weekend I did a lot of things. On Saturday I went to see a friend. We went to the park
and
played chess there. I went back home in the late afternoon, and played some music on my
computer.
Later that evening I watched my favourite show on TV, and went to bed very late. Next
morning I
spoke with my friend on the phone, but I could not visit him, because I had to help my dad in
the
garage. There we made a bird feeder for the birds that fly around the yard.
2. Match the verbs with their past tense.
play played
watch watched
work worked
listen listened
show showed
drink drank
do did
eat ate
swim swam
dance danced

Practice
1. Fill in the blanks in the table.
add added
ask asked
boil boiled
come came
hate hated
join joined
agree agreed
check checked
leave left
jump jumped
2. Rewrite the sentences in past tense.
1. My father works as a policeman.
My father worked as a policeman.
2. Three kids play outside.
Three kids played outside.
3. I listen to music and play cards.
I listened to music and played cards.
4. I walk in the park with my best friends.
I walked in the park with my best friends.
5. We write a story about our families.
We wrote a story about our families.
6. I go to school and then I come back home.
I went to school and then I came back home.
7. They run around the block.
They run around the block.
8. Your mother goes to the mall.
Your mother went to the mall.
3. Put the story in order. Correct the mistakes.
1. Monika worked late last Friday.
2. She had a lot of work to do, and had to stay in the office until 7.30 pm.
3. Then she missed the bus and got a taxi back home.
4. When she came home she started cooking.
5. At about 9pm dinner was finally ready and everybody sat at the table.
6. Monika's son Daniel did not like his dinner at all, and did not want to eat it.
7. He wanted pizza, so his dad ordered some pizza on the phone.
8. After dinner, they all watched a movie together and went to bed at 11.30pm.
4. Underline the correct option.
1. I ..... (telled, think, told) Martin to give me the book.
2. She ..(answered, brings, drew) the phone.
3. The family .... (swim, bought, drives) the house last April.
4. My brother and I ........(fed,dress,talled) our two cats Tomy and Mike.
5. Our friend Sonya .... (talked, ate, saw) a very famous actor last week.
6. I ..... (cleaned, wash, drove) my room yesterday, so I can play today.