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English exercises  > past simple

 


 
3 exercises in Past Simple
This material consists of 3 exercises (Past Simple/irregular verbs)

Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Author:Jelena

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Slavery
Working about slavery in the Americas using the past simple. 1st part : who were they ? choose the correct from of the verbs. 2nd part : crossing the Atlantic - write the verb in the simple past. 3rd part : arriving in America - reading comprehension (poster of a sale) 4th part : slaves life - vocabulary exercise 5th part : the underground railroad - information about runaways. I like working on this topic with my pupils and I tried to make an easy but clear page on general knowledge about slaves in the Americas.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Author:Anne

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Last Christmas I gave you my heart - Wham/George Michael
Listen to the song, choose the correct word (verbs), match the two halves and revise tenses: present simple and progressive, past simple, future. Have a great day!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Author:Aimee S.

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Past Simple - Regular Verbs
This interactive exercise helps students systematise the formation and spelling of regular verbs in the past. A set of exercises follows the explanation.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Author:lucimar

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Present and Past simple active vs passive
A gapfill exercise to discriminate the use of passive and active present or past simple while learning about a Spanish festival.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Author:Teresa Perles

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Short biographies: Ronaldo and Messi
Two short biographies (Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) to practice past simple (regular and irregular verbs).

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Author:ptrces

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Present Perfect & Simple Past
Two fill-in-the blanks stories to practice the use of present perfect and simple past.

Level: intermediate
Age: 3-100
Author:Joannaw22

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR BEAN!
After watching the video MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR BEAN! students do two exercises which are a guide to summarize the video: the grammar focus is on using simple past while vocabulary is of course related to Christmas. The video is also ean excellent opportunity to talk about British Christmas traditions (carol singing, sending cards, pulling crackers,turkey,...)Hope you find it useful and your students like it...!!!

Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Author:maria elena sabadini

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Past simple or present perfect?
Multiple choice activity to practice past simple or present perfect.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Author:Gabiadko

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Review Present continuous, Present simple and Past simple.
It�s to review questions in the present and past simple. Mainly the past form of the verbs.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Author:Karina Aguiar

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