Inspiration 2 worksheet 2 past continuous i using my mobile phone you listening to music he eating a sandwich at 8pm. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl past simple and past continuous past simple or past continuous past simple or past continuous complete the sentences. This exercise helps you practise the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses. It is used to talk about something that was happening at some time in the past. Grammar board game past continuous 36 squares, each asking about what that person was doing at a specific time speak for at least 1minute per roll. Students each memorize one sentence strip before standing and working together with classmates to recreate the story. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. It was eight oclock and after that i couldnt even finish my homework. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to complete different sentences using the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach past simple past continuous, shared by english language teachers. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time. Its pretty simple to differentiate between these three tenses, but some extra exercise will always benefit you in your english grammar test, writing, or anywhere it is required. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected.
When the little girl open the door of her grandmothers house, she see that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Put the verb into the present simple i do or present continuous im doing form. Its a short quiz consisting of ten questions on simple present, present continuous, and simple past tense.
Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Go over differences in usage between the past simple and past continuous. This exercise helps you practise the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses instructions. Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet simple. Worksheet 2 past simple and past continuous 1 complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. Students will read each strip and sequence the conversationstory in order. Past simple or continuous headway students site oxford. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Point out that the past continuous focuses on a specific moment in the past. Show all questions yesterday at three oclock, martha was chatting on the internet. Present simple and continuous, past simple test english. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Feb 10, 2016 write the sentences in past continuous. Complete the following text using the past tense of the. In this worksheet students have some rules about the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses and do the following activities. While i was doing my homework, my cousin visited us. Complete the following text using the past tense of the verbs in brackets.
A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach past simplepast continuous, shared by english language teachers. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to pre. All these exercises are written for elementary intermediate students of english as a. Fill the blanks with the correct form of the given verb. Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense. They got home very late last night something that happened several times in the past when i was a boy, i walked a mile to school every day. Are these sentences in the past simple or in the past continuous. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. English grammar test 7 past simple and present sipmle duration. Pdf exercises worksheets with answers on the past simple and continuous tense. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets most.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs provided. I now 4 have a new job in a supermarket in the city centre. The above downloadable printable is a great resource for businessprofessional, high school, elementary school and adults at elementary a1, preintermediate a2 and intermediate b1 level. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when. The present downloadable teaching material is a great resource for high school students and adults at intermediate b1, upperintermediate b2 and advanced c1 level.
A short grammar guide and two exercises to practise past simple and past continuous with upperelementary students. This is a worksheet i prepared last year for my elementary students as an introduction of these tenses. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. An exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl verb tenses present simple continuous past simple continuous present simple continuous past simple continuous read the sentences and choose the correct answer. Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.
I am very happy because my sister 6 work there too so we. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise englis grammar. The action had not finished at a particular time in the past. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. A 2page worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past continuous. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. A worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past continuous tense. Past simple past continuous exercises focusenglishschool. Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet.
Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room. So the little girl take an automatic pistol out of her. Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. Complete list of past continuous forms use 1 interrupted action in the past use the past continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. I go there every day at 3 oclock in the afternoon and 5 work there till 10 oclock in the evening. It includes a brief explanation followed by 4 different exercises in which students are asked to look at the picture and write sentences using the verbs given, underline the correct form of the verbs, use the correct adverb to complete sentences and fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verbs using the past. For irregular verbs, there is a special past tense form. Past simple 11 past tense sentences that, when joined together, create a story about what happened to sue last week. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. She approach no nearer than twentyfive feet from the bed when she see that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like anybodys grandmother. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to complete different sentences using the past simple or.
Past simple sentences learnenglish kids british council. This is an easy worksheet contrasting the past simple and past continuous tense. We watching tv they swimming was 2 write questions. Simple past or past continuous a dialog fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs. English grammar practice exercise, beginner elementary level. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past.
Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb. A short grammar guide and two exercises to practise past simple and past continuous with upper elementary students. Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet ii. Past simple or past continuous exercise esl lounge student. Find out with this exercise if you know when to use the past continuous and when to use the simple past. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version. Use thepast simple and past continuous verb tenses as much as possible.
Present simple and continuous, past simple test english esl. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Esl quiz simple past or past continuous a dialog vera. Check the answers to this exercise on past continuous tense. A collection of english esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. Past simple and past continuous grammar exercises for esl. Feb 06, 20 what is the difference between past simple and past continuous. In this exercise you will practise the past simple tense. We use the past continuous to talk about longer actions in progress at some point in the past, and we use past simple to talk about shorter finished actions in the past. After you have interviewed a classmate or the teacher with the questions above, write a short paragraph reporting what you learned from them. Past simplepast continuous worksheets esl printables. The past continuous tense an elementary grammar worksheet fromanna grammarz the past continuous tense has these uses.
When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Infinitive past simple past participle built buy bet chose done ate come drawn fell fly gone. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. Letter gap fill fill in the spaces with either present simple, past simple or present continuous. Write various examples on the board of sentences combining the past simple and past continuous to illustrate the idea of an. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. Letter gap fill present simplecontinuous, past simple. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. This ebook is produced and distributed by red river press inc.
English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets. Past simple and past continuous english esl worksheets. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the simple past. Students headway students site preintermediate fourth edition grammar unit 3 past simple or continuous. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Then click on the answer button to see the correct answers. Past simple vs past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Complete the following sentences with the correct verb forms. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english.
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