What Did You Do Yesterday? Past Tense Fun for Kids
5-Minute English Lab · Young Learners
🦋 What Did You Do Yesterday? Past Tense Fun for Kids
⏱ 5 minutes · PPP · Cambridge Young Learners Movers
💬 From my own experience: Children learn past tense faster when it connects to THEIR day. I always start with: ‘Yesterday, I woke up and… I made coffee and… I played with…’ Then I pass it to them. Their stories are always better than mine.
🎯 By the end of this 5 minutes, you can:
talk about past actions using simple past tense verbs — including 3 common irregular forms.
Language Focus:
played / watched / helpedate / drank / went (irregular)Yesterday I… / Last night I…Did you…? / Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
📖 Quick Explanation
🕐 Talking about YESTERDAY!
Regular verbs: add -ED
play → played
watch → watched
help → helped
jump → jumped
Irregular verbs: LEARN them! ⭐
eat → ate
drink → drank
go → went
see → saw
How to say it:
✅ Yesterday I played football.
✅ Last night I ate pizza.
✅ I went to the park.
❓ Did you watch TV? → Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
✏️ Practice
Task 1: 🔀 Mix and match!
Draw a line to match the verb with its past form:
go → ate
eat → played
play → went
drink → drank
💡 Show answer
Task 2: 🌟 True or false about YOU!
Write T (true) or F (false) about YOUR yesterday:
1. Yesterday I played a game. T / F
2. I ate pizza for dinner. T / F
3. I went to school. T / F
4. I watched TV. T / F
Then change the false ones to make them TRUE for you!
💡 Show answer
Task 3: 🎤 Question time!
Ask a friend (or write the answers yourself):
1. Did you play outside yesterday? → Yes, I ___ / No, I ___
2. What did you eat for breakfast? → I ___
3. Where did you go yesterday? → I ___
💡 Show answer
🗣 Use It Now
Yesterday I woke up and… → ___
Then I ate… → ___
After that I played / watched / went… → ___
At night I… → ___
Read it out loud! You can even make a little book with drawings! 📚
✅ Quick Self-Check
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