Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense past simple or past continuous. Procedure divide the class into groups of three or four. Exercise 1 click on the picture exercise 2 click on the picture exercise 3 click on the picture exercise 4 click on the picture exercise 5 click on the picture worksheet click on the picture. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card.
Identifying past simple and past continuous powerpoint quiz. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. Find the verbs in the past simple and write them in the boxes. Exercise 1 click on the picture exercise 2 click on the picture exercise 3 click on the picture exercise 4 click on the picture exercise 5 click on the picture worksheet click on. Students get one point for each correct past tense and two points for each correct answer. Save hours of lesson preparation time with the entire busyteacher library. You can look at all your cards, but dont show the other people. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Past simple or past continuous interactive worksheet.
I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. 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. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. This worksheet is for intermediatelevel students, but. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. It is a very structured activity in which students write a short newspaper article about a robbery.
An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. Try these 7 speedy activities for teaching the past progressive. We can use the past simple to talk about things we did in. But in the early 1990s he was strugglingg to be a success, and, over the years, life has not always been easy. Two or more verbs in the past simple and the past continuous the action expressed by the past simple interrupts the action expressed by the past continuous while i was driving to work, i had an accident i was having a shower when the phone rang what were. Choose from 500 different sets of past continuous flashcards on quizlet. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action. Fluent speakers of english know when and how to use past simple and past continuous to talk.
As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Thats 4,036 pages filled with thousands of practical activities and tips that you can start using today. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the simple past or the past progressive. Use thepast simple and past continuous verb tenses as much as possible. Students are given a list of strange actions and ask their partners to come up with innocent reasons why they were doing those things, e. Past continuous bluffing card game rules of the game deal out the cards so that each person in your group has about the same number. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Go over differences in usage between the past simple and past continuous. Tell students they are going to write a newspaper article about a robbery in a public place. Past simple and past continuous circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences. This activity practises using narrative tenses, particularly past simple and continuous with preintermediate students. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl past simple and past continuous the past simple and the past continuous the past simple and the past continuous id. When and while signal the use of the past simple and past continuous. The past continuous students copy the past continuous is used for a number of reasons however at this time we will look at its use with the past simple.
Microsoft word past continuous all forms mixed exercise 2. We were playing when my brother ran away and caught a bus. This twopage worksheet has lots of practice of the past continuous progressive. Present simple, present continuous, past simpleenglish. When we use the past perfect we are already talking about the past and we want to make clear that something had already happened at the time. Past simple and past continuous worksheet pack esl past. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past.
A police officer is interviewing a witness to a bank robbery. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. After you have interviewed a classmate or the teacher with the questions above, write a short paragraph reporting what you learned from them. Rewarding past continuous pdf games, esl activities, and interactive and printable. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Past continuous mixed exercise 2 make the past continuous choose positive, negative or question. The flatmates quiz past continuous and past simple interrupted activities answers 1. To be past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Past continuous games esl activities worksheets teach this. Make the past continuous choose positive, negative or question.
We can use the past simple to talk about things we did in the. To be past simple 01 to be past simple 02 intermediate exercises home. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. Complete the following sentences with the correct verb forms. Ten things about me past simple statements you will need. The present perfect continuous is used to talk about actions which started in the. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers.
I was talking to my friend while i was washing the dishes. Grammar past continuous and simple past with while and when vocabulary phrasal verbs with up function talk about two past actions happening at the same time today matt damon is one of hollywoods most famous movie stars. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. In general, we use the past simple directly after when and the past continuous after while. A collection of english esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. Past simple past continuous, used to was writing delivered used to wear was writing rode a complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. You can correct their submissions on islcollective. Once upon a time in mid winter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a beautiful queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood.
We talked about her birthday and she invited me to her party. I played on the swings and the slide but i didnt go on the roundabout. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. Students each memorize one sentence strip before standing and working together with classmates to recreate the story. Teaching english activities the past continuous student. Lesson b past continuous 1 english file students site. Grammar quiz past continuous decide if each question or statement is correct or wrong.
Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. Teachers notes convince me esl efl teaching activities. This lesson introduces the past continuous tense through a grammar formula along with a brief description of its uses. Students english file students site new intermediate grammar file 1 lesson b past tenses.
In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. The past simple and the past continuous interactive worksheet. This activity also helps students to practice asking for and giving explanations with because, in order to and so that. Thats 4,036 pages filled with thousands of practical activities and tips.
Past simple and past continuous english as a second language esl worksheet. The action that caused the interruption is in the past simple. Write various examples on the board of sentences combining the past simple and past continuous to illustrate the idea of an. This is not only a classic activity for the past continuous, but also an all time classic tefl game. Here\\\\\\\\s a little story i wrote which uses the past and past continuous tenses. Past simple past continuous live love learn english.
B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets most. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. The past continuous is used for an action in progress in the past and that was interrupted. It rained was raining every day during his holidays. I was walking down the street when i saw the sale sign. Students then write the story down in a group dictation. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the. Past and past continuous reading comprehension and grammar. After students read and answer the questions there is a chart to help them practice writing affirmative, negative and interrogatives in 4 tenses. You can choose to erase the chart if it\\\\\\\\s something you have not practiced with your class. Past simple 11 past tense sentences that, when joined together, create a story about what happened to sue last week. Point out that the past continuous focuses on a specific moment in the past.
Its easier for them than putting answers in the word file. The past simple and the past continuous interactive. There is a conversation, grammar exercises, and plenty of speaking practice. As she sewed, she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. When i left university, i went to work for a private school. When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress. Students english file students site preintermediate grammar file 2 lesson b past continuous 1 grammar. Oct 02, 2014 past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a.