Spoken English · lesson 17 of 33 · free

Talking about yesterday — Spoken English for kids

To tell a story or share news, we talk about the past. This lesson teaches the simple past: regular words with -ed, common special words like went, ate, made and took, and was/were.

1 · Learn the words

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2 · Useful sentences

Listen and read along — each word lights up as it is spoken. Then say it yourself!

3 · Talk time

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4 · Say it!

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Speaking tips

Grammar point — “Past = -ed (played, watched) or a special word (go → went, eat → ate)”

  1. Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched.
  2. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate.
  3. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).

Use it for: Telling what you did on the weekend or in the holidays, writing a diary, and retelling a story.

Worked example: Did you ___ the film? Watch

  1. Read the sentence and try each word in the gap: watched, watches, watch.
  2. After “did” we use the simple word: Did you watch the film?

Check: Say three things you did yesterday aloud: “Yesterday, I …” ✓

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