Past Simple Tense - Complete Grammar Lesson with Activities (No Printing Required)

A full lesson presentation teaching what the past simple tense is, why we use it and how to write in the past simple tense.

The past simple tense is used to talk about things that have already happened. It is used especially for describing things that we know when happened. All sentences must have a verb. Verbs tell us the tense of a sentence. We distinguish between regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are verbs which follow a rule to change to past simple (we add the suffix -ed to these words). Irregular verbs do not follow a rule to change to their past tense form.

This lesson includes:
√ Complete PowerPoint presentation for the full lesson
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity
√ Teaching input & information slides
√ Consolidation activities
√ Differentiated independent activities
√ Differentiated questioning
√ Speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks
√ Extension & application tasks
√ Plenary activity

The lesson covers:

• Identifying the verbs in sentences
• Distinguishing between regular and irregular verbs
• Changing regular verbs to their past simple tense form
• Common irregular verbs in the past simple tense form
• Forms of the verb ‘to be’ (brief introduction)
• How to write in the past simple tense
• When to use the past simple tense/ why we use it

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.