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Past simple · A2
A weekend worth retelling
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2Language exposure
3Guided discovery
4Practice
5Production
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A2 · 53 min · 12 learners
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Past simple: a weekend worth retelling
Weekend Hobbies Discussion
whole classActivate vocabulary related to weekend activities and schema for past experiences.
Slide 08 · speaking prompt
projector ready
What did they do?
Student handout
A / BFind the missing weekend
football?music?film?
Neither partner can finish without asking.
Classroom game
Find someone who…
played football
watched a film
visited a friend
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pairs · 10 minutes
Student A
Do not show your partner
- Saturday morning
- played soccer
- Saturday evening
- ask your partner
- Sunday afternoon
- cooked pasta
Student B
Do not show your partner
- Saturday morning
- ask your partner
- Saturday evening
- watched a film
- Sunday afternoon
- ask your partner
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Past simple regular verbs. They keep making mistakes with the -ed ending, so I want to focus on form and do more grammar exercises.
- A2
- 13–17
- in person
- 60 min
- 12 students
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Past simple: a weekend worth retelling
- 00Lead-in4 min · whole class
- 04Input7 min · whole class
- 11Presentation9 min · teacher led
- 20Controlled practice10 min · individual
- 30Freer practice10 min · pairs
- 40Production9 min · pairs
- 49Wrap-up4 min · whole class
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Objective. Target language. Anticipated errors.
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The objective
Students will be able to describe past weekend activities using regular past simple verbs.
Learner-facing: “I can talk about what I did last weekend using regular verbs in the past simple.”
You will know it worked when: Students produce written sentences with correct -ed spelling.
Target language
- grammarRegular past simple (-ed)“I played soccer.”
- chunkTime markers“last weekend”
- grammarPast simple questions (Did…?)“Did you watch a movie?”
Pronunciation
The three pronunciations of -ed (/t/, /d/, /ɪd/). For pt-BR learners, the /ɪd/ ending often triggers epenthetic /i/ after the /d/. Treatment: use a “stop-and-release” technique, emphasising the final consonant sound without adding a vowel at the end.
Recycled from earlier
- play
- watch
- listen
- study
- like
Assumed known
- Subject pronouns
- Basic verb-object collocations
Anticipated errors, and what to do
Pronouncing -ed as an extra syllable (e.g. “walk-id”)
Minimal pair drills contrasting /t/ and /d/ endings with /ɪd/ endings; visual cues for syllable counting.
Using “Did” + past form (e.g. “Did you played?”)
Guided discovery of the “did” rule: “Did” steals the past tense; use a visual “did-thief” icon on the board.
Omission of -ed in writing
Dictogloss activity focusing on identifying the -ed suffix in written text.
The first two come from what these learners’ first language does to English endings — not from anything the teacher typed.
The generated lesson, minute by minute
Weekend Hobbies Discussion
00:00 · Lead-in · 4 min · whole class
Activate vocabulary related to weekend activities and schema for past experiences.
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Four line drawings go up: someone playing soccer, watching a movie, listening to music, cooking a sandwich. Then the teacher points, and the class supplies the words.
- Point to the person playing soccer
- play soccer
- Point to the person watching a movie
- watch a movie
- Point to the person listening to music
- listen to music
- Point to the person cooking a sandwich
- cook a sandwich
“Did you play soccer or watch a movie last weekend?”
No past-tense correction here. The stage exists to load vocabulary, and the plan says so.
Weekend Story Listening
04:00 · Input · 7 min · whole class
Expose learners to the target grammar in a natural context and notice the -ed suffix.
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- You
- Hi, how was your last weekend?
- Teacher
- It was great! I played soccer in the park.
- You
- That sounds fun! Did you watch a movie last weekend?
- Teacher
- Yes, I watched a movie with my friends. It was long but good.
- You
- Really? Did you listen to music on Saturday too?
- Teacher
- Yes, I listened to music all afternoon. What did you do last weekend?
Look at the dialogue. Underline every verb that ends in -ed. How many can you find?
Answer key, folded in the teacher’s copy: 4 — played, watched, listened, relaxed
The class meets the grammar before anyone names it. Four -ed verbs are sitting in a conversation, and the task is only to notice them — the rule waits nine more minutes.
Discovering the Past
11:00 · Presentation · 9 min · teacher led
Explicitly teach the form and spelling rules of regular past simple verbs and question formation.
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One slide from the generated deck, in the deck’s own palette — it is projected on a wall, not read on this page. The answers stay hidden until the teacher advances; the class says them first. Lesson plan — Past simple regular verbs
Class Language Development · A2 · 13–17 · in person · 53 min · 12 students Teacher Date Aim: Explicitly teach the form and spelling rules of regular past simple verbs and question formation.
Why: Guided discovery ensures students internalize the rules for -ed spelling and the ‘did’ question structure, addressing the specific errors identified by the teacher.
Brief: Use slides to show examples from the input text. (a) Elicit the rule for regular verbs (+ed). (b) Detail spelling changes (e.g. play → played, study → studied). (c) Model 5+ sentences for pronunciation practice. (d) CCQ the ‘did’ rule. (e) Provide 5+ concept check questions on form and spelling.
Notes: Focus on the ‘did-thief’ concept. For fast finishers: provide a list of irregular verbs and ask them to identify which follow the -ed rule and which do not.
Model sentences
- I played soccer last weekend.
- I watched a movie.
- I listened to music.
- Did you watch a movie?
Concept-check questions
Q: Is “last weekend” now or in the past? → A: In the past.
Q: When we use “Did” in a question, does the verb change to -ed? → A: No, it stays the same.
Q: Does “played” have one syllable or two? → A: One.
The same stage on the printed plan — the page that comes out of your printer, at the size it prints. Slate and navy because they survive a photocopier. Teacher and Date stay blank: the kit is generated once and taught whenever you like. Past Simple Drills
20:00 · Controlled practice · 10 min · individual
Proceduralise the use of regular past simple forms and question structures.
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Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form, or with “Did” to make a question.
- cooked
- Did
- listened
- played
- watched
- 1I ______ soccer last weekend.played
- 2______ you watch a movie?Did
- 3She ______ to music on Saturday.listened
- 4He ______ a sandwich.cooked
The answer key travels folded, the plan makes the peer check mandatory — “What did you put for number four?” — and every item was built from the verbs the lead-in put on the board.
Weekend Interview
30:00 · Freer practice · 10 min · pairs
Practice using past simple questions and statements in a semi-controlled communicative task.
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Two sheets, printed separately. Neither learner can finish alone, so the target question is the only way across the gap: “Did you play soccer last weekend?”
Item Student A Student B Play soccer Yes, I played soccer. ask Student A Watch a movie ask Student B Yes, I watched a movie. Listen to music Yes, I listened to music. ask Student A Cook a sandwich ask Student B Yes, I cooked a sandwich. This is where the lesson turns communicative: the form is no longer the task, it is what the task costs.
My Weekend Report
40:00 · Production · 9 min · pairs
Use regular past simple verbs to describe personal experiences.
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No sheet now — six prompts, and their actual weekend.
- play / soccer
- watch / movie
- listen / music
- cook / sandwich
- relax / home
- clean / room
- Did you enjoy your weekend?
- Was your weekend busy?
- What was the best part of your weekend?
For weaker learners: use the target question model — “Did you [verb]…?” — when asking your partner.
Feedback and Reflection
49:00 · Wrap-up · 4 min · whole class
Consolidate learning and provide feedback on performance.
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Nothing was corrected during the talking. Instead the plan gave the teacher a grid to monitor against — the error to expect, and what to call it on the board.
Taught today Listen for Mark as Regular past simple (-ed) I play soccer last weekend. -ed? Past simple questions (Did…?) Did you watch a movie? did-thief? Regular past simple (-ed) I cooked-id a sandwich. pronunciation? Then, on the board: write the learner’s words, underline the slip, and add its label from the “Mark as” column.
Say this, and mean it
- You correctly added -ed to your verbs to show the past.
- You remembered the did-thief rule in your questions.
And it hands you the next lesson: Irregular past verbs like “went” or “had”, which do not follow the -ed rule.
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Four verbs go up in the first four minutes. Every stage after that is built on them:
- play
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- 00:00go on the board
- 04:00appear in the dialogue, in the past
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