Past Simple | Beginner Lesson Plan

- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Grades 8–12, Elementary, Adult Education, High School, Middle School
- Pages
- 33
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Grammar
- Topic
- grammar lesson plan, regular verbs
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
- Answer key
- Included
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Past Simple ESL and EFL lesson plan for A1 beginner English students. This TEFL resource is ready to go and comprises a range of teaching materials, such as flashcards, activities, conversation topics, and writing drills. Created to raise language proficiency for early English students, the lesson dives into the past simple in a variety of situations. Describing actions that are finished in the past, it empowers ESL students with the knowledge and confidence to use the present continuous accurately in every day conversation and writing. With the inclusion of activities, exercises, and real-life examples, this lesson plan strengthens language concepts and establishes a solid foundation in the basics of English grammar.
This TEFL lesson plan includes:
Cover page
Flash cards
A warm-up activity
Main use
Construction details
Rules, along with any exceptions
Illustrative examples
Two closed exercises
One open exercise
Revision exercise
Writing exercises
Chatterbox, a recurring feature in our course books encouraging conversation
Activity, such as a game, quiz, puzzle, etc., to conclude the class
The lesson plan is available in PDF with 33 ready to print pages and one digital access file. A part of it is on Google Apps. The answer key is also included for reference.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Form regular past simple verbs with -ed
- Answer questions about past events using the past simple
Skills covered
- Speaking — answering flash card questions about past events
- Verb form choice — picking the correct past simple form in multiple-choice items
- Cloze writing — filling past tense verbs into a paragraph about a routine
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Core concepts
- Past simple
- Regular verbs
- Past tense -ed endings
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