ESL Lesson Plan Past Simple and Action Verbs - Answer Sheet

Presentation
1. Listen to the text and fill in the blanks.
Last weekend I did a lot of things. On Saturday I went to see a friend. We went to the park and
played chess there. I went back home in the late afternoon, and played some music on my computer.
Later that evening I watched my favourite show on TV, and went to bed very late. Next morning I
spoke with my friend on the phone, but I could not visit him, because I had to help my dad in the
garage. There we made a bird feeder for the birds that fly around the yard.
2. Match the verbs with their past tense.
play

played

watch

watched

work

worked

listen

listened

show

showed

drink

drank

do

did

eat

ate

swim

swam

dance

danced

Practice
1. Fill in the blanks in the table.
add

added

ask

asked

boil

boiled

come

came

hate

hated

join

joined

agree

agreed

check

checked

leave

left

jump

jumped

2. Rewrite the sentences in past tense.

1. My father works as a policeman.
My father worked as a policeman.
2. Three kids play outside.
Three kids played outside.
3. I listen to music and play cards.
I listened to music and played cards.
4. I walk in the park with my best friends.
I walked in the park with my best friends.
5. We write a story about our families.
We wrote a story about our families.
6. I go to school and then I come back home.
I went to school and then I came back home.
7. They run around the block.
They run around the block.
8. Your mother goes to the mall.
Your mother went to the mall.
3. Put the story in order. Correct the mistakes.
1. Monika worked late last Friday.
2. She had a lot of work to do, and had to stay in the office until 7.30 pm.
3. Then she missed the bus and got a taxi back home.
4. When she came home she started cooking.
5. At about 9pm dinner was finally ready and everybody sat at the table.
6. Monika's son Daniel did not like his dinner at all, and did not want to eat it.
7. He wanted pizza, so his dad ordered some pizza on the phone.
8. After dinner, they all watched a movie together and went to bed at 11.30pm.
4. Underline the correct option.
1. I ..... (telled, think, told) Martin to give me the book.
2. She ..(answered, brings, drew) the phone.
3. The family .... (swim, bought, drives) the house last April.
4. My brother and I ........(fed,dress,talled) our two cats Tomy and Mike.
5. Our friend Sonya .... (talked, ate, saw) a very famous actor last week.
6. I ..... (cleaned, wash, drove) my room yesterday, so I can play today.