TEXTBOOKS A RESOURCE FOR TEACHING PAST SIMPLE FOR ADULTS

Textbooks in English is one of the best ways to acquire vocabulary, and be a guide for both the student and teacher.

This activity is focus on visual learning according to this characteristics:
Look at the teacher's face intently
Use lists to organize their thoughts
Recall information by remembering how it was set out on a page
Methodology: The teacher will make an introduction about simple past, with respective explaining and examples, also every student choose a picture and they make a description about the image using past simple; following the teacher will reinforce the activity with a video with more examples and pronunciation of simple past.
Materials: A textbook, posters


Explaining: The past simple is for past actions. Indicate the time period during which it developed and completed a completed action. It is usual to be accompanied by an adverb of time.

Here are the three forms in past simple and interrogative- negative:

AFIRMATIVA		NEGATIVA
I played You played He played We played You played They played	Yo jugué Tú jugaste Él jugó Nosotros jugamos Vosotros jugasteis Ellos jugaron	I did not play You did not play He did not play We did not play You did not play They did not play	Yo no jugué Tú no jugaste Él no jugó Nosotros no jugamos Vosotros no jugasteis Ellos no jugaron

 

INTERROGATIVA		INT.-NEGATIVA
Did I play? Did you play? Did he play? Did we play? Did you play? Did they play?	¿Jugué? ¿Jugaste? ¿Jugó? ¿Jugamos? ¿Jugasteis? ¿Jugaron?	Didn't I play? Didn't you play? Didn't he play? Didn't we play? Didn't you play? Didn't  they play?	¿No jugué? ¿No jugaste? ¿No jugó? ¿No jugamos? ¿No jugasteis? ¿No jugaron?

Examples:


I bought this car last year / Compré este coche el año pasado


b.) Para expresar una acción indeterminada en el pasado:


They used pencils and paper / Utilizaron lápices y papel


c.) Para expresar una acción habitual en el pasado


They never drank alcohol / Nunca bebían alcohol


d.) Puede servir para expresar una condición improbable. 


If I saw her, I should speak to her / Si le viera le hablaría


In this video the students watch and pay attention to rules grammar

taken from:
http://www.mansioningles.com/gram40.htm

This contribution is for group work on resources for teaching the simple past of adults.

1. Past Simple PDF: http://www.english-area.com/paginas/pasadosimple.pdf

It is suitable for this explains why people seriously the topic, in its three forms, affirmative, negative and interrogative. In addition there are clear examples and explains the use of regular and irregular verbs.

2. Introduction to Past Simple:http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/introduccion-past-simple/ 

The online archive also explain the subject brings practical exercises to help strengthen the knowledge and skills of the subject matter, another advantage is that everything is in Spanish for adults have no difficulty understanding what the game asks them.

WEB PAGES AS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING PAST SIMPLE FOR TEENAGERS

Listen and write: web that dictates about the present and allows students to work comprehension and writing English Page

Materials: computers 

Activity: Listen and write the sentences according past simple, for this way strengthen their skill and enjoy learning, so they like to use the technology, so also they can come in since a cellphone with access to internet.

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exercises

The most important this activity is that it has level, so the students can choose his/ her level.

GAMES AS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING PAST SIMPLE TO TEENAGERS

From a scientific perspective, incorporating the game as a motivator encourages creativity and spontaneity of the student.

Here is the frog game: This game is to review the verbs in the past simple

Game 1

Game 2

Indications: the game is on the computer, so frog moves with the arrow keys, and once placed in line with the correct answer, you must press the space bar to throw the frog tongue and eats right choice.

RESOURCES TO TEACHING SIMPLE PAST TO TEENAGERS

Group: Teenagers
   

Resources: Technological  

Materials: ·
Computer (or computers)
Internet connection

METHODOLOGY
The students go to the computer classroom and they will open the next links of videos in the free webpage Youtube.com:

Simple Past Tense - Learn English Tenses:

English Conversation - simple past irregular:


With much attention, the students will see the last videos and they take note of them.


After, the teacher dispels doubts of students.

Then, the students in groups of two, they will write a dialogue about their last vacations, making use of the simple past.

After, in front of group they will pronounce their dialogues and the teacher goes doing the necessary corrections.