Past tense activities
ESL kids worksheets
Past tense activities worksheets for teaching ESL kids
Also see: Ability | Actions / Verbs | Daily routines | Future forms
Fun ESL past tense classroom game
Play the “Yesterday I…” storytelling chain game to practice past tense verbs.
Have all students stand up. The teacher starts with a sentence in the past tense: “Yesterday I visited my friend.” The next student continues with: “Yesterday I visited my friend and watched a [hide_on_uk]movie[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]film[/hide_on_us].” This continues around the class: “Yesterday I visited my friend, watched a [hide_on_uk]movie[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]film[/hide_on_us] and ate dinner at a restaurant.”
Each student keeps adding one more past tense action. If someone hesitates or uses the present tense by mistake, they sit down. They also sit down if they forget the previous actions. Continue until there is only one student left standing.
