Back to the past (simple)!

Every school year we have to revise the past simple and every time we revise it, students stumble over the "awful" irregular verbs ... again and again. Why is it so painful for them to learn anything by heart?
Well, students and teachers alike... just keep on trying, because "where there's a will, there's a power".

So, student, if you're still "haunted" by the "awful" irregular (or regular, for that matter) verbs, give these activities a try ...and have fun! After you have finished, please leave a message on how well (hopefully!) you did.

Games with the past simple

Test your memory

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past2-mw.html

Spelling (Write the missing verbs)

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/irregular%20past%20spelling.html

Two betting games
Game one: completing sentences. You get points for the correct answer:

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/past%20simple%20betting.html

Game two
http://www.quia.com/cb/119049.html?AP_rand=1602325017

Matching game

http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/jigword/jigpast1.html

Snakes and Ladders

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/New_Snakes_%20Ladders/Past_simple_tense.html

Quiz Show (exciting)
http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Irregular%20Past%20Simple%20Quiz%20Show/index.html


Now, if you're not really a game lover, here are some exercises:

Negative in the simple past

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?05

Questions in the simple past

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?06

Mixed exercise

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

A list of irregular verbs, just in case...

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs

Feeling like doing a test? Here are some:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-1 (easy)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-2 (medium)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-3 (difficult)


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Your teacher.