Help your ESL and ELL students build confidence with two sets of structured, level-appropriate writing prompts designed specifically for practicing the Present Simple and Past Simple tenses. This bundle includes both Google Slides™ journals and editable, hyperlinked PDFs, giving you flexible digital and printable options for every type of classroom—whole group, small group, centers, homework, or distance learning.
With clear topics, visual support, sentence starters, and predictable routines, these journals make grammar-based writing accessible for beginners while still providing meaningful practice for intermediate learners. Teachers love using these prompts for daily writing warm-ups, grammar reinforcement, bell ringers, sub plans, and literacy centers.
What’s Included
✔ Present Simple Writing Prompts (42 total)
- Introduce Yourself — 5 prompts
- My Favorites — 13 prompts
- My Routine — 8 prompts
- How-To / Giving Instructions — 8 prompts
- Describe It! — 8 prompts
✔ Past Simple Writing Prompts (18 total)
Structured prompts designed to help students write about past events using both regular and irregular verbs. Prompts are numbered and can be completed in any order.
All Prompt Sets Include
- Google Slides™ writing journal with editable text boxes
- Editable PDF with clickable hyperlinked tabs
- Printable “less-ink” version with ruled writing lines
- Prompts suitable for typing or handwriting
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Ideal for beginner and intermediate ESL/ELL learners
- Predictable structure promotes writing fluency
- Easy to assign in Google Classroom™
- Perfect for warm-ups, bell ringers, centers, homework, and sub plans
- Saves valuable prep time with ready-to-use prompts
Perfect For
- Present Simple & Past Simple grammar units
- Daily writing journals
- Independent writing practice
- ESL/EFL grammar reinforcement
- Literacy centers and morning work
- Homework packets or sub plans
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- Regular and irregular verb writing activities
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Also Available on TpT
You can also find this writing prompt bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers:
Present & Past Simple Writing Prompts – Digital + Printable (TpT)