This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
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Let's Explore Past Simple through Activities!
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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to understand and use the past simple tense through various activities.
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What do you already know about the past simple tense?
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Past Simple Tense
The past simple is a verb tense used to talk about completed actions or states in the past.
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Regular Verbs
Regular verbs in the past simple end in -ed. For example: walk -> walked, talk -> talked, play -> played.
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Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs in the past simple do not follow a pattern and must be memorized. For example: go -> went, eat -> ate, see -> saw.
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Activity 1: Regular or Irregular?
Choose whether the following verbs are regular or irregular in the past simple: jump, walked, drink, played, run, saw.
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Activity 2: Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses: Yesterday, I (go) to the park and (play) soccer with my friends.
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Negative and Interrogative Forms
To make the negative form of the past simple, use did not (didn't) + base form of the verb. To make the interrogative form of the past simple, use did + subject + base form of the verb.
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Activity 3: Negative and Interrogative Forms
Rewrite the following sentences in the negative and interrogative forms: I played soccer yesterday. Did you eat breakfast this morning?
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Time Expressions
Some common time expressions used with the past simple are yesterday, last week, ago, and in 1985.
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Activity 4: Time Expressions
Match the following time expressions with the correct verb tense: yesterday (past simple), tomorrow (future simple), last month (past simple), next year (future simple).
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Reading and Writing
Read a short passage in the past simple and answer comprehension questions. Write a paragraph about a past event using the past simple.
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Activity 5: Role Play
In pairs, create a role play using the past simple tense. Record your role play and present it to the class.
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Review
Review the past simple tense and the activities completed in class.
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Assessment
Complete the assessment worksheet to demonstrate understanding of the past simple tense.
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Further Practice
Encourage students to practice using the past simple tense in their everyday lives and provide online resources for additional practice.
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Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.
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Write down 2 things you want to know more about.
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Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.