The Day Everything Went Wrong
ESL Lesson PlansThe Day Everything Went Wrong

The Day Everything Went Wrong

This ESL lesson plan focuses on teaching the past simple tense through the relatable topic of a bad day. Designed for adults and teens, this one-hour session includes warm-up discussions, a gap-fill reading activity, and engaging group tasks to practice grammar and storytelling skills. Students will match phrases, write short stories, and share experiences, building confidence in using the past simple to describe past events.

Skills

  • Can give very short, basic descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up: In pairs, make a list of things that can go wrong on a bad day. Compare your list with the rest of the group.

Examples: 1. wake up too late 2. miss the train 3. lose your keys
2

Read the text and fill in the gaps. Did any of these things happen to you before?

3

Match halves to make phrases. Then, change the phrases to the past simple.

4

Choose one of the tasks below. Write your answer in the past simple. Compare the answers in your group. Who had the worst day?

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