Simple past tense with town and prepositions for ESL

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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Simple-past-tense-of-the-Verb-to-be-with-Town-and-Prepostions-5052414

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Help your students understand and practice the simple past tense with meaningful, context-based ESL activities! This lesson uses familiar town vocabulary and real-life actions to make the past tense easy for young learners to grasp and use. 

Why the Simple Past Tense Is Important

The simple past tense is one of the first grammar structures students need for telling stories, describing past experiences, and sharing information about events. But many learners struggle because the form looks different from present tense.

Review the use of prepositions first and then show how to use them in the simple past. I created a set of long cards to place on the board or to ue in groups.

Prepositions ON-used for days of the week. Write the word on and place the days of the week long cards on the board as in a mind map.

Teacher: On Monday!

Students: On Tuesday ! (continue with more)

IN-used for parts of the day.

                IN - used for months of the year.

AT-used for time of the day.

AT-used for specific place

              Teacher: at school!

              Students: at the pharmacy ! (continue with more)

AT-used for general locations or buildings in a town.

Teacher: at the post office!

Students: at the bank ! (continue with more)

On-used for specific dates and days.

IN - used for seasons.

Now, have the students practice the use of the prepostions.

I made two size of pockets to sort the cards. This one is smaller and can be used on the notebook. This activity can be done individually or in small groups.

And I made another set of pocket a little bigger to be used as a group activity. Just make a pocket by gluing each pocket template onto cardboard and print a set of cards and have the students do the sorting .

Or use plastic plates, you can write a preposition with a dry erase maker and students can do the sorting.

Another idea is to create a flap book, either horizontal o vertical.

These materials support fluency and consolidation.

There is more to this resource, check the blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2019/11/simple-past-tense-with-town-and_26.html

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