Simple Past, Used to and There Was / There Were - Literacy

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⚠️ This material is an adapted activity with questions (it is not a complete theoretical workbook on the topic).

Number of questions in the activity:
4 adapted questions + complete answer key, covering the Simple Past, Used to, There was/There were, recognition of grammatical structures, matching sentences to images, forming regular past-tense verbs with -ed, and identifying past habits and events.

Target Audience:
Students in the early stages of literacy, Elementary School, Middle School, Youth and Adult Education (EJA), and Specialized Educational Support (AEE).

Especially recommended for students with Intellectual Disabilities (mild to moderate), ASD, ADHD, Down Syndrome, learning difficulties in English, and students who require curricular adaptations.

Format:
Color printable PDF with strong visual support (large illustrations, translated examples, explanatory charts, and visual activities), simple uppercase language, multiple-choice activities, image-to-sentence matching, visual identification, and regular past-tense verb formation with -ed, plus a complete answer key.

Important for the Teacher:
This material was developed as a practical activity with questions and can be used as:

✔ Content introduction
✔ English literacy development
✔ Learning reinforcement
✔ Adapted remediation activity
✔ Adapted assessment

Key Features:

✅ Teaches the Simple Past, Used to, and There was/There were in a concrete, visual, and highly accessible way.

✅ Presents each grammatical structure in illustrated charts with examples translated into Portuguese.

✅ Develops understanding of the differences between completed actions, past habits, and the existence of people or objects in the past.

✅ Supports English literacy through the association of images, words, and meanings.

✅ Focuses on visual recognition of grammatical structures before introducing more complex sentences.

✅ Develops the formation of regular past-tense verbs by adding -ed.

✅ Introduces basic English vocabulary through everyday actions such as drawing, building sandcastles, jumping, and cleaning.

✅ Uses image-selection activities that are especially suitable for students with limited reading fluency.

✅ Strengthens both language and cognitive skills by connecting sentences, images, and concepts.

✅ Includes a variety of teaching strategies, such as multiple-choice questions, visual identification, answer marking, image matching, and word completion.

✅ Progressive learning sequence: observe → recognize → associate → complete → understand.

✅ Simple language, short instructions, and strong visual support promote student independence.

✅ Significantly reduces the abstraction of English grammar for students in the early stages of literacy.

✅ Suitable for regular classrooms, Specialized Educational Support (AEE), or individual instruction.

✅ Ready-to-use adapted assessment.

✅ Saves 2 hours and 45 minutes of teacher planning time.