Home›Lesson Plans›World Languages›Vietnamese · Grade 9

Vietnamese Past Tense

Ninth graders learn the Vietnamese past tense (thì quá khứ) — and here’s the great news: verbs never change! You just add đã before the verb. đã viết (wrote), đã đi (went), đã ăn (ate). Now they can narrate the past.

Grade 9Past Tense50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
Start the Lesson
Assign or share this lesson

Copy link works with Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and any other LMS — paste it in as a resource or assignment.

Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Mark the past with đã.
  • ✓Say what you did.
  • ✓Narrate the past.
  • ✓Tell about yesterday.
Essential Question

What did you do yesterday? How do you talk about the past in Vietnamese?

0
Lesson Phases
0
Vocabulary Terms
0
Standards Aligned
0
Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Vietnamese Past Tense Check

Project each item and have students answer about the Vietnamese past tense.

⏱️ Understand the Vietnamese past tenseTry it
Answer each question about the Vietnamese past tense.
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Yesterday

6 min

What did you do yesterday, and how do you say it in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “hôm qua bạn làm gì?”
  • Point to “yesterday.”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Past Tense

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Past Tense Check.
  • Note đã + verb (no change).
  • Show đã viết & đã đi.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs past with đã.
  • Say “đã viết.”
  • Say what you did.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change.
  • Say it.
  • Say it.
4

Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “hôm qua tôi đã đi học”.
  • Tell 2 past actions.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Tell.
  • Ask.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mark a verb past.
  • Say one past action.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: narrate past events.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand past markers.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare tense systems.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about the past.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Verb + đã cards.
  • Frame: “hôm qua tôi đã ___.”
  • Highlight đã.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with đã đi & đã ăn.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Contrast đã/đang/sẽ.
  • Write 3 past sentences.
  • Tell a short past story.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ⏱️Verb (past) cards
  • 💻Vietnamese Past Tense Check
  • 🗓️“Yesterday” prompts
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

thì quá khứpast tensehôm quayesterdayđã (da)past markerđã viếtwroteđã điwentđã ănateđã thấysawđã nóisaid
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “I wrote” in Vietnamese?
tôi đã viết.
QUESTION 2
How do Vietnamese verbs show the past?
With đã before the verb (the verb doesn’t change).
QUESTION 3
What does “đã đi” mean?
Went.

Reflect: past tense.

Have students write one thing they did yesterday in Vietnamese (“hôm qua tôi đã ___”). A printable Vietnamese past-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

🃏 Vietnamese Past TenseFlip
Card 1
Term
Tap to flip →
Meaning
0

Nice work!

Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

📝 Vietnamese Past TenseQuiz
Score: 0
1 / 6
Question 1
0%

Nice work!

Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Vietnamese Past TensePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: hôm qua, thì quá khứ, đã (da), đã nói, đã thấy, đã viết, đã ăn, đã đi
  1. yesterday
  2. saw
  3. ate
  4. went
  5. past marker
  6. said
  7. wrote
  8. past tense

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I wrote” in Vietnamese?
  2. How do Vietnamese verbs show the past?
  3. What does “đã đi” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) hôm qua · 2) đã thấy · 3) đã ăn · 4) đã đi · 5) đã (da) · 6) đã nói · 7) đã viết · 8) thì quá khứ
Part B: 1) tôi đã viết. 2) With đã before the verb (the verb doesn’t change). 3) Went.