Bake

Play
Watch
Call
Eat
Drink
Read
Take
Vocabulary Match

Watch Call Bake Take

Vocabulary Match

Eat Play Drink Read

Fill in the blanks.

Past Present

Today (now) = Present

Yesterday (before) = Past

Fill in the blanks.

Past Present

Last month (before) = Past

On Fridays (now) = Present

 Match the questions

Past Simple Tense Present Simple Tense

What do you do on Thursday? Present Simple Tense

What did you do on yesterday? Past Simple Tense

 What did you do yesterday?
Wh - question word + did + subject + present tense verb (v1) + time in the past?

Subject + past tense verb (v2) + object.

Past
What did you do I called my
yesterday? grandparents.
What did you do I took a
yesterday? photograph.
What did you do I baked some
yesterday? cupcakes.
What did you do
yesterday? I ate a muffin.
What did you do I drank a
yesterday? milkshake.
What did I played
you do computer
yesterday? games.
What did you do
last night? I read a book.
What did we do We watched
yesterday? TV.
Past Simple: Regular Verbs

Grammar Rule: add –d or -ed

Play + ed Played

Bake + d Baked

Watch + ed Watched

Call + ed Called
Past Simple: Regular Verbs

Grammar Rule: add –ied

Study + ied Studied

Carry + ied Carried

Try + ied Tried

Party + ied Partied

Remember: drop the ‘y’ and add an ‘i’

Past Simple: Irregular Verbs

Sorry, no grammar rules.

Eat Ate

Drink Drank

Take Took

Read Read
Match the pictures and the past
simple verbs.

Ate Baked Took Watched

Match the pictures and the past
simple verbs.

Called Drank Played Read

Practise with a friend.

What do last We
week? milkshakes.
Practise with a friend.

What do
last winter?

He cupcakes.
Practise with a friend.

What do She a film.

last weekend?
Practise with a friend.

What do
I my
last night?
friend.
Practise with a friend.

What do
yesterday evening?

They computer
games.
Choose the correct
past simple verb.
We played computer games.

played sit called

Choose the correct
past simple verb.
I read a book.

drank read watched

Choose the correct
past simple verb.
I ate a sandwich.

called baked ate

 Choose the correct
past simple verb.

They tookphotographs.
some

took played read

Put the words in the correct order.

a / we / read / book / .
We read a book.

did / what / do / ? / you / yesterday

What did you do yesterday?

watched / I / three / . / films

I watched three films.

week / what / last / did / you / ? / do

What did you do last week?
Correct the mistakes

What you do yesterday winter?

What did you do last winter?

We called a film.
We watched a film.

Yesterday, I bake some cupcakes.

Yesterday, I baked some cupcakes.

I watched a book.
I read a book.
Bonus
I went to school.

We saw the stars.

I listened to music.
If your students need more practice or you want more activities on this
topic, check out these resources on the same topic:

What Did They Do? Find Past Tense Missing Word

Activity
the Verb PPT

Present and Past Simple

Tense Mini Test

Regular Past Tense Activity Irregular Verbs Poster