Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Past simple and continuous esl worksheet by lauwid. In order to form the past continuous tense, we need to use the past of the verb to be. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present.
After students read and answer the questions there is a chart to help them practice writing affirmative, negative and interrogatives in 4 tenses. Translate into english using the past simple and the past continuous. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Verb tense exercise 3 simple past and past continuous. Use the words in the box and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Although they are both past tenses their uses are quite different. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of. In this worksheet students have some rules about the use of the past continuous and past simple tenses and do the following activities. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank.
Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Lower intermediate intermediate exercises past simple or continuous. When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already started, 3. These are exercises to rewrite sentences and make questions for the answers given. Simple past and past continuous exercise english page. My parents not have supper with me at a quarter past seven yesterday. Present simple, present continuous and past simple. Exercises of past simple and past continuous ii superprof. Pay attention to the tense past simple or past continuous and write the answer in the same tense. You can choose to erase the chart if it\\\\\\\\s something you have not practiced with your class. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a.
Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action. Past and past continuous reading comprehension and grammar. Joe not play computer games at nine oclock last night joe wasnt playing computer games at nine oclock last night. Verb tenses past simple past continuous past continuous and simple past. 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. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door.
Verb tense exercise 4 simple past and past continuous. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when i phoned phone. Pdf past continuous 2 eso pamela martinez academia. They can also find some extra activities, songs, films and video recommendations. Past simple and continuous exercises pdf ejercicios ingles online. Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. Past simple vs past continuous 2 eso part i youtube. Completa las oraciones con pasado simple o continuo. Exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous.
Students have to inflect some verbs and to fill in the correct forms of past simple or continuous. The simple past tense is only used to say that something happened at some time in the past. A worksheet about the difference between the past simple and the past continuous containing two different tasks. Past simple vs past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Simple past and past continuous exercise 4 english page. Simple past past progressive 1 simple past past progressive 2 past simple or past continuous simple past.
The present downloadable teaching material is a great resource for high school students and adults at intermediate b1, upperintermediate b2 and advanced c1 level. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Complete the sentences using past simple or continuous 1. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Past simple and past continuous grammar exercises for esl. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Past simple past continuous, used to answers a 1 rode 4 didnt clean 2 played 5 didnt travel 3 forgot 6 did drink b 1 was writing, were taking 2 werent studying, were making 3 were riding 4 were sitting 5 wasnt washing, was sleeping 6 was snowing c 1 was writing, delivered 2 left, were sitting 3. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected.
Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. Present simple and present continuous fichas interactivas. Download past simple or past continuous exercises in pdf. Before we reached the station we saw that we had lost our way. Past simple and past continuous english esl worksheets. The simple past and the past continuous are two tenses commonly used to make general statements about the past. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. Esl simple past vs past continuous interactive worksheet. Here\\\\\\\\s a little story i wrote which uses the past and past continuous tenses. Regularirregular verbs past simple past continuous. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. 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. The past past simple and past continuous 1 an exercise by montse morales for the english learning website.
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