A selection of English ESL past simple regular and irregular verbs printables

This document is a reading comprehension worksheet. It focuses mainly on Alexander Graham Bell mini bio and comprehension questions, ago, final ed pronunciation,regular and irregular verbs in past simple and finally writing a mini bio about the lady di. I hope It'll be useful. thanx 

Alexander Graham Bell + Lady Diana - Biographies + Exercises

A revision of the past simple for the regular and irregular verbs.It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Free Time Hobbies - Past Simple of Regular & Irregular Verbs

Practice on past simple tense. Regular and irregular verbs.

Ana :-)) It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Grammar Drill - Past Simple - Regular & Irregular Verbs

Class activity to review simple past tense of regular and irregular verbs.It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Quick Class Activity - Past Simple Review

Past simple drilling activity. Perfect for young learners of ESL. Students are to open the brackets using the correct form of the past simple tense. Different types of sentences appear in the task (affirmative, negative and interrogative)

Grammar Review - Past Simple of Regular and Irregular Verbs

This is a past simple chart to teach this tense. It contains a global explanation about verb to be, regular verbs´ spelling and pronunciation, as well as irregular verbs. The aim is to have a clear image in mind about how to use this tense properly. 

Past Simple Chart - Verb to Be - Regular and Irregular Verbs

Here is the key to my worksheet WHO IS CHARLIE CHAPLIN? Level A2/A2+ . Use and practise of SIMPLE PAST ( BE , regular & irregular verbs) Can be used in class with/ without the video ( to be found on French website LUMNI). Hope it is useful. Txs . Be safe.

Key to Worksheet - Who Is Charlie Chaplin

This engaging past simple worksheet includes 20 original sentences, each featuring a mixture of regular and irregular verbs. Students can practice forming the past tense by filling in the blanks with the correct verb forms. Whether in a classroom setting or for self-study, this worksheet provides effective practice for mastering the past simple tense.

Past Simple Mixed Verbs

Nice and slow song for practising past simple of both regular and irregular verbs. Totally adjustable.It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion - Song Gap Fill

This worksheet / lesson plan (90-120 mins) is based on the classic Cinderella fairy tale. The students review all the forms of past simple while practicing their listening, reading, writing and speaking skills.

1. Students write down the past simple verbs they hear as the story is dictated. 

2. Students read the story and check the verbs 

3. Students form groups and complete a grammar table for the past simple affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of be verb, regular verbs and irregular verbs. 

4. Students also populate a table with the present simple and past simple forms of the verbs in the story, categorizing them into be verb, regular or irregular. 

5. Each student practices writing these structures for a particular paragraph in the story. 

6. The written sentences are then handed to the teacher who conducts a fun quiz competition.

Cinderella - Grammar Guide - 4 Pages Grammar Exercises

On this worksheet you will find a short biography about Princess Diana of Wales. The students practice the past simple tense as well as how to  make questions in this tense. A very useful worksheet that makes students reinforce regular and irregular verbs, as well as wh questions.





Princess Diana Biography 

Past Simple Tense woksheet with regular and irregular verbs. The text is George Michael's song Amazing. Suitable for young learners (at least 12 years or older). Not only for grammar but also vocabulary. A teacher can give it to the students before, while or after listening the song.

George Michael - Amazing - Song Gap Fill

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

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

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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

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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

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

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

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244 Past simple regular and irregular verbs English ESL worksheets pdf & doc