ESL Kid Stuff
Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2
The second part of a two-part lesson plan on irregular past tense verbs prompts language learners to add four more verbs to the list of twelve they have been working with.
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Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs
Here is a supplemental lesson plan regarding past tense verbs for English language learners that is a great tool for the classroom when you are teaching grammar exercises.
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Simple Past Survey
In this simple past ESL worksheet, students will focus on answering questions using the simple past tense. Students will respond to 8 simple past questions by responding in the positive or the negative.
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Simple Past Sentences
In this simple past worksheet, students will focus on usage of the past tense. Students will complete 7 matching questions by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct verb in the second column. Then...
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Present Time: ESL
Review the basics with your ESL students. This presentation covers basic English Grammar focusing specifically on simple present, present progressive, adverbs of frequency, and short answers. This is a content review and intended to...
Savvas Learning
Verbs: Past
The focus of this 38-page packet is on past tense verbs. Packed with games, activities, exercises, and drills that can be adapted to any level, the resource deserves a place in your ESL/ELD curriculum library.
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English Exercises-Past Simple Tense
In this past simple tense learning exercise, students watch a video about a frog prince, then fill in blanks using past tense of verbs given and complete a word search. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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A VIP - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Here is an interesting way to teach the present perfect and present perfect continuous. Individuals practice these verb tenses as well as the simple past by asking a partner questions about an imaginary biography. The biography is...
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Adele's ESL Corner: Past Simple Tense-Negative
In this ESL negative tense worksheet, students type the past simple negative tense word that correctly complete sentences. Students may click on a "check answer" link.
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Verb Tense for Regular and Irregular Verbs
In this regular and irregular verb tenses worksheet, 6th graders write the present, simple past and present perfect form of regular and irregular verbs; the instructions are in French.
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Simple Past Tense-Questions with Interrogative
In this simple past tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form questions in simple past tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Simple Past: Was or Were
In this simple past tense worksheet, students complete sentences by choosing either 'was' or 'were' from a drop down list. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Irregular Past Tense Verbs
In this irregular past tense verbs learning exercise, students fill in blanks in sentences using past simple tense. Pictures accompany sentences; ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Present Simple- Passive
In this present simple and passive worksheet, students make passive sentences from the words and phrases provided. There are examples and instructions on the page.
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ESL Past Simple or Present Perfect? Verb Tense Worksheet
In this ESL past simple or present perfect verb tense activity, students choose the correct form of the verb given in brackets to complete 23 sentences.
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ESL: Past Continuous or Simple Past?
In this tense worksheet, students use a given verb and re-write sentences using its correct form: continuous or simple past. Links to additional resources are given.
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Simple Past or Past Continuous
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the past tense. Students complete 16 exercises choosing to use either the simple past or past continuous tense and using the interactive key when finished.
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ESL: Past Simple Tense Activity
In this ESL past simple tense worksheet, students fill in blanks in the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" using past simple tense of verbs given in parenthesis.
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ESL: Forming Simple Past Tense
In this ESL worksheet, students fill in the correct form of given verbs to complete a simple paragraph. Students may click on either a "check answers" or "show a letter for help" button.
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ESL: Present, Present Simple, Past Simple Tense
In this ESL worksheet, students write questions for given statements, and complete a word search of given verbs and a crossword puzzle. A link to audio and additional resources is given.
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Verbs & Tenses
Students in an ESL classroom practice using verbs and the correct tense. In teams, they work together to make a sentence using the same verb and tense clue word. They read their sentences aloud and gain points on the correctness of it.
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Past Perfect Simple-Positive Sentences
In this past perfect simple tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form positive sentences in the tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Past Perfect Simple Sentences
In this past perfect simple tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form positive sentences in the tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Past Perfect Simple-Negative Sentences
In this past perfect simple tense instructional activity, students use words and phrases given to form negative sentences in the tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.