TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES

Past Simple Affirmative and Negative Interactive Worksheet

Activity Type Introduction

Interactive reading and This holiday-themed interactive worksheet helps students practice
writing exercises past simple affirmative and negative statements as well as regular
and irregular past simple verbs.

Language Focus Procedure

Past simple affirmative
Students begin with a gap-fill exercise where they complete a text
and negative statements
about someone's holiday using regular and irregular verbs from a
Regular and irregular box in their past simple form.
past simple verbs
Exercise A - Answer key
Was/were
1. decided 5. got 9. made 13. went
2. wanted 6. was 10. weren't 14. tried
Aim 3. told 7. didn't 11. loved 15. didn't
4. agreed 8. pushed 12. checked 16. had
To practice past simple
affirmative and negative Students then complete sentences with verbs from a box in their
statements as well as past simple affirmative or negative form as appropriate. Students
regular and irregular past must use each verb twice.
simple verbs.
Exercise B - Answer key

Preparation 1. had 6. did

2. made 7. didn't have
Send each student a 3. didn't do 8. didn't make
copy of the interactive 4. was 9. weren't
worksheet. 5. went 10. didn't go

After that, students answer eight past simple questions about

Level their last holiday, writing their answers in sentence form. When
the students have finished, check their answers as a class.
Pre-intermediate (A2)
Students then write a paragraph of their own about their best ever
holiday using past simple affirmative and negative sentences. Try
Time to have the students avoid writing about their last holiday covered
in the previous exercise.
30 minutes
Afterwards, divide the students into pairs and put them in breakout
rooms. Students then take it in turns to read their paragraph to
their partner. After that, the two students discuss who had the
best holiday and why.

Finally, get feedback from around the class.

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