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Super Simple Grammar
Simple Past1 Picture Dictionary 2
2 I... 3
3 You... 4
4 He... 5
5 She... 6
6 It... 7
7 We... 8
8 They... 9
9 The student... 10
10 The students... 11
11 Quiz 12
Answer Key 13
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Simple Past Super Simple Grammar
slept
talked
ran
ate
read
sang
drank
wrote
listened
laughed
walked
swam
Picture Dictionary1
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Ex I
1 I
2 I
3 I
4 I
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I...2
ran.
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You...3
read.Ex You
1 You
2 You
3 You
4 You
5
6
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8
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Ex He
1 He
2 He
3 He
4 He
5
6
7
8
He...4
slept.
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sang.Ex She
1 She
2 She
3 She
4 She
5
6
7
8
She...5
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Ex It
1 It
2 It
3 It
4
5
6
It...6
ate.
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We...7
Ex We
1 We
2 We
3 We
4 We
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6
7
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walked.
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They...8
swam.Ex They
1 They
2 They
3 They
4 They
5
6
7
8
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The student...9
laughed.Ex The student
1 The student
2 The student
3 The student
4 The student
5
6
7
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Ex The students
1 The students
2 The students
3 The students
4 The students
5
6
7
8
The students...10
wrote.
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Simple Past Super Simple Grammar
Ex I
1 You
2 He
3 She
4 It
5 We
6 They
7 The student
8 The students
Quiz11
Complete the sentence for each picture.
listened.
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Answer Key
2 I...
6 It...3 You...
7 We...4 He...
5 She...
1. I read.2. I sang.3. I ate.4. I swam.
1. It swam.2. It ran.3. It walked.
1. You swam.2. You drank.3. You listened.4. You sang.
1. We laughed.2. We read.3. We ran.4. We listened.
1. He wrote.2. He talked.3. He ate.4. He drank.
1. She slept.2. She drank.3. She read.4. She ran.
Lesson Description:
In this lesson, students practice forming the simple past tense with subject pronouns and nouns. They also learn vocabulary for common actions.
Level: Pre Beg – Beg
Time: 1–2 hours
Tags: simple past, past, verbs, verb tenses, grammar, super simple grammar, sleep, eat, drink, laugh, listen, talk, read, write, walk, run, sing, swim
5. I laughed.6. I wrote.7. I walked.8. I slept.
4. It drank.5. It slept.6. It ate.
5. You wrote.6. You walked.7. You ate.8. You talked.
5. We swam.6. We slept.7. We wrote.8. We talked.
5. He read.6. He walked.7. He ran.8. He laughed.
5. She wrote.6. She walked.7. She talked.8. She ate.
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Answer Key cont.
11 Quiz
Editor’s Notes:
Depending on the level of your students, this lesson can be broken up (by doing one page per day, for example) or completed all at once.
You could follow up by using our Daily Routines flashcard set. Have students pick up a flashcard and make a sentence using “I” + a simple past verb (e.g., I ate breakfast), or use the flashcards in an action guessing game (e.g., A: What did I do yesterday? [mimes brushing hair] B: You brushed your hair). https://esllibrary.com/flashcard_genres/4/flashcard_categories/27
For grammar presentation notes and further practice with the Simple Past, see our Simple Past lesson in the Fun Grammar Lessons section: https://esllibrary.com/courses/116/lessons/2504
8 They...
9 The student...
10 The students...
1. The students talked.2. The students ran.3. The students laughed.4. The students ate.5. The students sang.6. The students walked.7. The students swam.8. The students read.
1. They sang.2. They wrote.3. They ate.4. They talked.
1. The student read.2. The student wrote.3. The student ran.4. The student swam.
5. They drank.6. They listened.7. They walked.8. They slept.
5. The student walked.6. The student ate.7. The student drank.8. The student slept.
1. You ran.2. He wrote.3. She sang.4. It slept.
5. We ate.6. They drank.7. The student read.8. The students talked.