Past Simple ESL Worksheets & Lesson Plans
41 printable ESL worksheets that practise past simple: 20 lesson plans and 21 grammar exercises, for Level 2 to Level 3 learners. Each lesson plan puts past simple into a short reading with vocabulary and discussion around it, and each grammar exercise is a one-page practice sheet on the same point. Topics include travel, daily life and culture.
Past Simple lesson plans
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A Morning in TokyoDaily Life
Level 2⚽When a Boy Became the BestSport
Level 2⚽The Beautiful Game Goes GlobalSport
Level 2✈️Europe's Most Exciting Cities Right NowTravel
Level 2🌍Childhood Looks Different EverywhereCulture
Level 2☕From Wood to Screens: 100 Years of ToysDaily Life
Level 2🌍From Mississippi to the WorldCulture
Level 2📱The Radio That Changed EverythingMedia
Level 2📖Two Very Different ChildhoodsHistory
Level 2🧠Words for Who We ArePsychology
Level 2💼Why Do Surgeons Like Order?Work
Level 2🌍She Refused to StopCulture
Level 2🧠Quiet or Loud — Both Can WinPsychology
Level 2☕Small Actions, Big CharacterDaily Life
Level 2💻The Night Spotify Almost DiedTechnology
Level 3✈️What Travel Actually Teaches YouTravel
Level 3✈️Your Brain on Culture ShockTravel
Level 3✈️When a Man Walked Into PatagoniaTravel
Level 3✈️Sorry, I Didn't KnowTravel
Level 3✈️The First Hour in a Foreign CityTravel
Level 3Past Simple exercises
Past Simple — A Morning in TokyoDaily Life
Level 2Past Simple — Work Words That Open DoorsWork
Level 2Past simple — irregular verbs — When a Boy Became the BestSport
Level 2Past Simple — Irregular Verbs — The Beautiful Game Goes GlobalSport
Level 2Past Simple — Europe's Most Exciting Cities Right NowTravel
Level 2Past Simple + Used To — Childhood Looks Different EverywhereCulture
Level 2Used to — questions — From Wood to Screens: 100 Years of ToysDaily Life
Level 2Used to — From Mississippi to the WorldCulture
Level 2Past simple: irregular verbs — The Radio That Changed EverythingMedia
Level 2Past Simple — Irregular — Two Very Different ChildhoodsHistory
Level 2Past Simple — Full Review — Words for Who We ArePsychology
Level 2Past Simple Wh- Questions — Why Do Surgeons Like Order?Work
Level 2Past simple + time expressions — She Refused to StopCulture
Level 2Past Simple — Negative & Questions — Quiet or Loud — Both Can WinPsychology
Level 2Past Simple — Regular Verbs — Small Actions, Big CharacterDaily Life
Level 2Past Simple — The Night Spotify Almost DiedTechnology
Level 3Narrative Tenses Together — What Travel Actually Teaches YouTravel
Level 3Narrative Tenses — Your Brain on Culture ShockTravel
Level 3Past Perfect (basic) — When a Man Walked Into PatagoniaTravel
Level 3Past Continuous — Sorry, I Didn't KnowTravel
Level 3Past Simple — Narrative — The First Hour in a Foreign CityTravel
Level 3