SONG TO TEACH PAST TENSE PDF
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The aim of the first activity is to become familiar with the story of Sam and James playing a game of football. When they arrived, Sam cooked lunch for the whole family.Sam sat back in his seat and looked forward to having his lunch.She had been working all morning, but she was in a good mood. She saw him and stopped the car to give him a ride home.He was walking home, thinking about the goals he had scored that day, when he saw his mum drive past.Sam felt hungry but he knew that he had plenty of food at home. He was about to pay when he realised he had forgotten to take his wallet when he had left the house.On the way, he stopped at a shop to buy something for his lunch. While they were playing football, it stopped raining anyway and Sam was really happy he hadn't gone to the cinema.

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When they all arrived, they saw that James had found some other kids to play with, and they had enough people for a full match.

While he was walking to the park, James met two of his other friends and invited them along.

Sam changed his mind and decided he wanted to play too, and left the house to join James in the park.

James said he wanted to play football anyway and he didn't care about the rain.

After he finished getting ready, he checked his phone and saw that James had replied.

While he was waiting for a reply, Sam brushed his teeth, had a shower and got dressed.

He picked up his phone and sent a text to his friend James: 'No football today.

It was raining outside when Sam got out of bed and looked out of the window.

Or, if you would prefer to make your own, write the following 16 sentences on 16 separate cards (one card per sentence).

SONG TO TEACH PAST TENSE PDF

You can download a PDF template of all the cards, game boards and blank templates needed for all the games, and print them. Each card has an example of a sentence using narrative tenses. Each sentence tells part of the story. The games use 16 cards, which tell a short story when combined together. The following games are designed to help students practise narrative tenses and don’t require teacher supervision. Past perfect continuous: 'We had been waiting at the airport for what seemed like an eternity.' Past perfect: 'It had been sunny on and off for the previous fortnight.' Past continuous: 'The sun was shining and it was really hot by midday.' Past simple: 'We left for the airport on an exceptionally sunny day.' The following are examples of narrative tenses: Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in descriptions of past events. Are you looking for new grammar games for the classroom? Multiple winner of the Teaching English blog award Mike Astbury shares some resources to download, print, and use in your class.

Song to teach past tense