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Past Simple | Beginner Lesson Plan

Past simple lesson for A1 beginner English learners, with flash card prompts about past events, multiple-choice practice and a cloze paragraph about a daily routine.
Grades
Grades 2–5, Grades 8–12, Elementary, Adult Education, High School, Middle School
Pages
33
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
ELA, Grammar
Topic
grammar lesson plan, regular verbs
Resource types
Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
Answer key
Included

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What's inside this resource

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.

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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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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Past simple
  • Regular verbs
  • Past tense -ed endings

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