Past Simple House: Irregular Verbs
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ESL Lesson Plan Past Simple Irregular Verbs A2 is Part Three of "The Past Simple House" series, focusing on irregular verbs in the past simple. Students explore the attic of the house, where irregular verbs live, learn common verb pairs like make/made and give/gave, practise positive, negative, and question structures, and apply the grammar to the story of how chocolate became popular. The lesson combines matching, an echo drill, sentence building from pictures, and a story retelling activity using picture prompts.
📄A2 ⏱️60 min 📁17 slides
Skills and Outcomes
Recognise and use common irregular past simple verbs.
Use positive, negative, and question structures correctly with did/didn't.
Match base form verbs to their irregular past simple forms.
Retell a short story using the past simple with picture support.
Vocabulary
grow → grew
make → made
give → gave
take → took
draw → drew
drink → drank
ride → rode
become → became
see → saw
eat → ate
Aztecs
specia
Spanish explorers
cacao beans
bitter
sweet
Lesson Plan
Lead-in
Students look back at the Past Simple House and its three floors, then focus on the Attic — irregular verbs.
Grammar Presentation
Students learn common irregular verb pairs (grow/grew, make/made, give/gave, take/took) and how they differ from regular verbs.
Positive and Negative Forms
Students learn the didn't + base verb rule for negatives, alongside the irregular positive form.
Questions and Short Answers
Students learn the did + base verb structure for questions and short answer forms.
Match
Students match ten base form verbs to their irregular past simple forms.
Echo Drill
A speaking drill where the teacher says the base form and the student responds with the past form.
Make a Sentence
Students use a verb and time expression with picture prompts to build sentences.
Complete the Sentences
Students complete sentences with the correct negative and positive form of the verb in brackets.
Short Answers Practice
Students ask and answer questions with short answers using did/didn't.
Vocabulary
Students learn the new words, match the definitions to the pictures.
Story Time: The Chocolate
Students complete a story about the history of chocolate using the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Retell
Students use picture prompts to retell the chocolate story in their own words.
Review
Students underline the verb in six sentences and sort them onto the correct floor of the house (irregular verbs, regular verbs, was/were).
Video
Students watch Part Three of "The Past Simple House" video to review the lesson.
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