In the Past
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIES & GAMES
Activity Type
Listening and speaking activity, group work
Focus
Past simple affirmative sentences
Aim
To make true past simple affirmative sentences using time expressions and verbs.
Preparation
Make one copy of the worksheet for each group of four and cut the cards out as indicated. Separate the cards into two piles (time expression cards and verb cards).
Level
Elementary (A1-A2)
Time
25 minutes
TEACHER'S NOTES
In the Past
Introduction
Here is a past simple game to help students practice forming past simple affirmative sentences.
Procedure
Divide the students into groups of four.
Explain that the students are going to practice making true past simple affirmative sentences about themselves.
Give each group a set of time expression cards and verb cards. Have the students shuffle the two sets separately.
Tell the groups to put the time expression cards face down in a pile on the desk and deal out the verb cards equally. Each player should have six verb cards.
Players take it in turns to turn over a time expression card from the pile and then make a true past simple affirmative sentence using one of the verbs on their cards and the time expression.
If the player constructs a believable past simple sentence, which is agreed on by the other students to be true, the player may discard the verb card.
If the other students think the sentence can't be true, they challenge the player, and he or she has to keep the verb card.
Students can also challenge the player if the sentence is grammatically incorrect or the wrong verb form is used, in which case the player also has to keep the card.
The aim of the game is to be the first player to get rid of all their verb cards.
If all the time expression cards get used up, they can be turned over and used again.
The game is quite easy at first because there is a choice of verbs, but it becomes more challenging to make a meaningful sentence as the game progresses.
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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIES & GAMES
Time expression cards
an hour ago
this morning
yesterday
last week
two weeks ago
last year
last Saturday when I was six five years ago
last Sunday
yesterday afternoon
last summer
in 2013 when I was ten
a month ago
last winter be
a long time ago
ten years ago
Verb cards
have
go
get
do
leave
see
buy
live
listen to
watch
meet
choose
feel
keep
think
clean
know
PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE
In the Past
last night two days ago a week ago
yesterday evening in 2012 last month
take start finish learn wear like
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