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About the Past Simple worksheets
This free grammar pack has 12 printable A4 pages: yesterday, last week, a long time ago. You can edit the words on every page, print it or save it as a PDF, and there's a matching PowerPoint lesson to teach it with. It's made for English teachers in Korea and works for kindergarten and elementary classes, hagwons and tutoring.
The rule
We use the past simple for actions that started and finished in the past.
What's inside
- Learn It: Past Simple
- Past Simple: Fill In 1: Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- Past Simple: Fill In 2
- Past Simple: Fill In 3
- Past Simple: Circle It 1: Circle the correct verb.
- Past Simple: Circle It 2
- Past Simple: Negatives: Make each sentence negative.
- Past Simple: Questions: Change each sentence into a question.
- Past Simple: Regular or Irregular?: Write each past verb in the right box.
- Past Simple: About You: Answer the questions in full sentences.
Words in this pack
played, called, baked, helped, visited, washed, made, went, flew, took, rode, ate
Example sentences
- We visited Grandma last weekend.
- I ate kimchi fried rice yesterday.
- Did you see the rainbow?
- My brother flew a kite last night.
- Minji wrote in her diary this morning.
- You had a piano lesson last night.
How to use it in class
Teach the rule page first, ideally with the matching PowerPoint lesson, then work from easy to hard: fill in the blanks, choose the right word, then rewrite whole sentences. Go over the answers together so students hear the correct sentences out loud.
