Description
Save time and engage your beginner students with this fully structured A1 ESL/EFL grammar lesson plan on the Past Simple — everything you need to teach the topic confidently, with no prep required.
Designed for adult learners, older teens, and workplace English students at A1 beginner level, this ready-to-use lesson plan covers the main uses of the past simple tense, regular and irregular verb forms, construction rules and exceptions, and builds the skills needed to talk about past events and experiences confidently in everyday conversations.
This Lesson Plan Includes: Flashcards · Warmer · Main usage · Construction · Rules and exceptions · Examples · Four closed exercises · Two open exercises · Writing exercise · Revision and comprehension · Chatterbox conversation activity · Closing game or activity · Answer key
No prep required — Available in PDF
This lesson plan is part of the: A1 Beginner Course Book — the complete A1 curriculum with 43 fully structured lesson plans
Also included in the Complete ESL Course Bundle — A1 to C1 plus Business English at a significant saving.
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Description
Save time and engage your beginner students with this fully structured A1 ESL/EFL grammar lesson plan on the Past Simple — everything you need to teach the topic confidently, with no prep required.
Designed for adult learners, older teens, and workplace English students at A1 beginner level, this ready-to-use lesson plan covers the main uses of the past simple tense, regular and irregular verb forms, construction rules and exceptions, and builds the skills needed to talk about past events and experiences confidently in everyday conversations.
This Lesson Plan Includes: Flashcards · Warmer · Main usage · Construction · Rules and exceptions · Examples · Four closed exercises · Two open exercises · Writing exercise · Revision and comprehension · Chatterbox conversation activity · Closing game or activity · Answer key
No prep required — Available in PDF
This lesson plan is part of the: A1 Beginner Course Book — the complete A1 curriculum with 43 fully structured lesson plans
Also included in the Complete ESL Course Bundle — A1 to C1 plus Business English at a significant saving.
Leave a review to earn TPT credits on future purchases. Follow this store by clicking the green star at the top of the page.
©TEAM TEFL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2026
You have permission to make copies of these lesson plans to use with your students in your teaching environment. You also have permission to share the Google Slides with your students in a secure way online.
You do not have permission to re-sell, edit or distribute this resource to anyone other than your own students in a way that will infringe copyrights. Full terms and conditions are attached with the resource.
