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A1 · Past Simple

Past Simple Adventure

Tom and Sally are young explorers. They go on a Past Simple Adventure.
Six stops · twelve irregular verbs · one island story to unlock.

A1 Activities Irregular Verbs Adventure

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Why this lesson works

Past Simple verbs, built as a route adventure

Story route

Tom moves through a journey, so irregular verbs appear as actions in a sequence rather than a list.

Six-stop progression

Each stop adds a focused task, then the tracker shows where the learner is on the route.

Form plus meaning

Find/found, take/took and other pairs are practised inside sentence choices and story recall.

Game feedback

Stars, score and combo moments make repetition feel like progress instead of drilling.

Adventure Route

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Market flip Map Table match Road build Camp choose Cave check Island story

MARKET

Market find — found flip

MAP TABLE

Map Table take — took match

ROAD

Road go — went build

CAMP

Camp eat — ate choose

CAVE

Cave see — saw check

ISLAND

Island make — made story

Mini reading

Meet Tom and Sally

Tom and Sally are young explorers. Today they invite you to join their Past Simple Adventure. The route starts at the market, goes past the map table, road, camp and cave, and ends on a tiny island. At every stop you will find verbs, match words, build sentences and unlock the story.

Read about the explorers and follow the route.

Practise irregular verbs in short games.

Use the past forms to finish the island story.

Mission

Help Tom and Sally finish the adventure

Help Tom and Sally finish the adventure. Go through 6 stops · Find 12 Past Simple verbs · Unlock the island story.

1Market — flip verb cards
2Map Table — match base and past forms
3Forest Road — build sentences
4Camp Tent — choose the correct form
5Cave Gate — type the past form
6Island Story — unlock the ending

Stop 1 · Market Verb Cards

Tap each card and remember the past form · find → found

Flip all 12 cards to reveal past forms.

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This is Sally, this is Tom, and they are young explorers

Listen: Tom and Sally

Lesson rules

Build the Dialogue

Move the capsules into order

Stop 2 · Map Table Match

Sally opens the map · match base form with past form · take → took

Drag past forms to matching base forms.

Past forms

Base forms

Tom and Sally think about irregular verbs: go, find, take, see, eat, make

Listen: Lost in the Forest

One quick map clue

Map Clue

Choose the past forms you hear

Stop 3 · Forest Road Sentences

The road is broken · build the sentences to continue · go → went

Drag the words into the right order.

Sentence 1 of 5

Stop 4 · Camp Tent Choices

At the camp, Tom and Sally talk about yesterday · choose the correct past form · eat → ate

Pick the correct past form for each sentence.

Stop 5 · Cave Gate Spelling

The cave gate needs correct spelling · type the past forms · see → saw

The cave gate needs correct spelling. Type the past forms. Use the Verb Wall if you need help.

Verb Wall (hint)

come → came
have → had
get → got
know → knew
make → made
give → gave

Tom and Sally sit by a campfire before the final story

Stop 6 · Island Story

Fix the verbs and unlock the ending · make → made

story final

Final story stop: listen once, then read Tom's adventure. Tap each verb to confirm its past form and open the ending.

Listen: Lost in the Forest

Final story prelude

Adventure complete. Past Simple unlocked.

Tell Tom & Sally's Adventure

Final speaking · use 5 verbs · 4-5 sentences

Use these 5 verbs in Past Simple:

went found took saw made

Start: Yesterday, Tom and Sally…

Show example answer

Yesterday, Tom and Sally went to a tiny island. They found an old map. They took it to the camp. They saw strange footprints. They made a brave plan.

Tom and Sally celebrate the adventure with a high five

Bubble Pop — Vocabulary Sprint

Bonus game

Pop bubbles with vocabulary words — score 10 to win. Click or tap a bubble.

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