Penalty Shootout: Past Simple
Teams score goals by choosing the correct Past Simple form: regular and irregular verbs, spelling rules, was/were, questions, negatives and time words.
A free Penalty Shootout Quiz Game for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Past Simple.
A team penalty shootout on the class board: read the question, then kick the ball at the right answer in the goal.
Questions
- Last weekend I ___ (play) football with my friends.
- Yesterday we ___ (watch) a funny film at home.
- She ___ (go) to the beach last summer.
- I ___ (be) very tired last night.
- My parents ___ (be) at home yesterday evening.
- Two days ___, we visited our grandma.
- What is the past simple of 'buy'?
- He ___ (stop) the bike at the red light.
- Last year my sister ___ (study) Spanish at school.
- ___ you see the football match last night?
- Last night we ___ (not like) the food at the café.
- Did you ___ (eat) breakfast this morning?
- When I was ten, I ___ (write) a story about a dragon.
- Opposite: 'I remembered his name.' → 'I ___ his name.'
- Last Saturday we ___ (catch) the bus to the city centre.
Printable worksheet
This Penalty Shootout Quiz Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Power shot: four choices · Read and circle the right answer.
- Top corner: from memory · Write the answer. The first letter is there to help.
- My penalty card · Cover the choices in part 1 with your hand. Tick each question you can still answer. Those are your top corners.
Part 1: Power shot: four choices
Read and circle the right answer.
- When I was ten, I ______ (write) a story about a dragon. a) wrote b) written c) writed d) wroted
- Last Saturday we ______ (catch) the bus to the city centre. a) catched b) cought c) caught d) caughted
- What is the past simple of 'buy'? a) buyed b) boughted c) brought d) bought