Age: 6-7 years

Duration: 40 min

Objectives

• Recognize and say regular past tense verbs: walked, jumped, played.
• Produce full sentences: "I walked to school." / "She jumped high."
• Match verb cards to performed actions in a team relay.

Vocab

• walked / jumped / played: "Yesterday I played soccer."
• yesterday / last: Time markers for past tense.
• action / verb: "A verb tells what you do."

Warm-up (5min)

Teacher acts three actions — walk, jump, play ball — and adds -ed aloud: "I walk → I walked." Students echo with gestures.

Main Activity (25min): "Verb Card Relay"

Teams line up. Teacher demonstrates each verb card at the front. First runner picks a card, performs the action, and says one past-tense sentence before tagging the next teammate. Rotate through 8–10 cards including walked, jumped, played, kicked, clapped, danced. Score teams on correct action + sentence.

Wrap-up (5min)

Each student writes one sentence: "Yesterday I ___." Share with a partner.

Teacher Tips

• Model -ed as /t/, /d/, or /ɪd/ only if students ask — focus on meaning first.
• Full sentences required; no one-word past forms at G1.
• First past-tense lesson — keep verb set small and high-frequency.