A selection of English ESL simple past printables

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reformular/expresar de otra manera/parafrasear

Actividad a partir de un video o película

Actividad a partir de una canción / Canción infantil

Encontrar información específica (scanning)

Improvisación / Actuación (Role Play) / Mímica

Escribir un curriculum / una carta de presentación

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Los alumnos que realicen el examen C1 Avanzado deberían ser capaces de: Expresar ideas con fluidez y espontaneidad sin tener que buscar expresiones demasiado obvias. Utilizar el lenguaje con flexibilidad y eficacia para fines sociales, académicos y profesionales. Comprender una amplia gama de textos extensos y exigentes. Producir textos claros, bien estructurados y detallados sobre temas complejos, usando frases de enlace (=palabras que conectan ideas entre oraciones).

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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A worksheet to practise the past simple tense. Key included. Thank you.

PAST SIMPLE - IRREGULAR VERBS

PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

This is a conversation game / roleplay for elementary to lower intermediate students. Practise simple present QUESTIONS and ANSWERS. Set of 30 CHARACTER CARDS. *** Yesterday at 10:00 pm there was a robbery in the Bank in Central Lane. The police was called immediately to investigate the crime scene and found some evidence. It had snowed yesterday there were footprints on the ground in the snow... *** Tell your students to go round the class and ask/answer questions about the personal information and take notes (What’s your name? What’s your job? Where are you from? What are your hobbies? Are you married? Do you have any children? Do you have a pet?) 6 PAGES INCLUDING TEACHER´S NOTES *** I took the pictures from Philip Martin, they are free on his website. HAVE FUN!!!

WHO IS THE BURGLAR? - 30 Conversation Cards - Roleplay - Class and Group Speaking

This worksheet includes Past Simple activities with listening and speaking tasks. The audio file <a href="https://english-portal.com.ua/worksheet/past-simple-worksheet#topadv" target="_blank" title="https://english-portal.com.ua/worksheet/past-simple-worksheet#topadv">https://english-portal.com.ua/worksheet/past-simple-worksheet#topadv</a> 
Past Simple online exercises <a href="https://english-portal.com.ua/tasks/Grammar-past_simlpe-1-1#topadv" target="_blank" title="https://english-portal.com.ua/tasks/Grammar-past_simlpe-1-1#topadv">https://english-portal.com.ua/tasks/Grammar-past_simlpe-1-1#topadv</a> 
This worksheet was created by <a href="https://english-portal.com.ua" target="_blank" title="https://english-portal.com.ua">https://english-portal.com.ua</a>

Past Simple activities with listening and speaking tasks

Students have to put the verbs into the correct tenses - present perfect or past simple.

PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

past simple - gap filling + multiple choice exercises. key included.

PAST SIMPLE - WORKSHEET

past simple/past continuous comparison - gap fill

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

This is a worksheet I prepared last year for my elementary students as an introduction of these tenses. I hope you like it.

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous.

This worksheet contains 18 conversation cards and an interview box with matching exercise. The cards can be cut out if desired and be used as conversation questions. Can be used with both young learners and adults (pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate). 

Let´s talk about ´WHAT IF´

Simple Past and Present Perfect contrasted. When we use each, what are the keywords that accompany each tense, how to tell the difference. Suggested for intro of the tenses or consolidation.

Simple Past and Present Perfect

Practice using the simple past tense by completing the 2 fairy tales. Optional song for YL classes. (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIcJjCF5rWw for the video)

Story Time

Another worksheet of the series “jobs”, designed for intermediate students. It contains a short text + 6 tasks + keys. The tasks are related to comprehension (2) + writing (1) + comparatives of equality (2) + past simple vs. past continuous (1). The keys are on the last page and the worksheet is completely editable / correctable. Hope it’s useful. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day!

Aren’t firefighters cool? – reading comprehension + grammar (comparative of equality, past simple vs. past continuous) [6 tasks] KEYS INCLUDED ((3 pages)) ***editable

2,219 English ESL worksheets pdf & doc: simple past