Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. My worksheet is for practicing past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. The past perfect continuous exercise he had been eating garlic a fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past perfect simple. Home grammar verb tenses simple past and past progressive exercise about we are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. Fill in the blanks with the correct version of wither the past continuous or simple past. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Check the answers to this exercise on past continuous tense. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. I n te r m e d i a te g r a m m a r e x e r c i s e. Past perfect and past perfect continuous choose the past perfect, or the past perfect continuous 1. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank.
Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to choose the most suitable verb tense, put the verbs into the past perfect simple or continuous and complete a dialogue. Oct 04, 20 to talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous tense. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. While i cycle past some villages, i see some people in their gardens. To talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous tense. In each sentence, fill the gaps with one past continuous verb and one past simple verb. Past continuous level elementary to intermediate cefr a2 to b1 activity notes the board.
When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her. In inglese il simple past traduce il nostro passato remoto mangiai, limperfetto mangiavo, e appunto il passato prossimo ho mangiato. Try making the past continuous or past progressive tense this exercise includes the positive and negative forms. To talk about two simultaneous short actions we use simple tenses. Write the words in capital letters at the end of sentences in past continuous or past simple tense. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex04 ex04. Verb tense exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. The past continuous tense an elementary grammar worksheet fromanna grammarz the past continuous tense has these uses. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise englis grammar. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. 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 wasnt swimming.
Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. We about our studies when someone knocked at the door. Feb 10, 2016 pobierz past continuous pastcontinuousexercises. Oct 02, 2014 past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. We use the past continuous tense to express a long action. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex04 learn english online free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on english language. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 ex08. I study for five hours and then i go to sit the exam.
Simple past and past continuous flashcards quizlet. Past simple past continuous present perfect past perfect 1. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Find out with this exercise if you know when to use the past continuous and when to use the simple past. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Exercise 2 complete the crime story james and the dog part 1 exercise 5 make the policemans questions james and the dog part 2 positive negative questions regular and irregular verbs.
Past simple, past continuous exercise 1 was doing, i broke was playing, was doing he drank, he ate i was having, i suddenly heard. Past continuous mixed exercise 2 make the past continuous choose positive, negative or question. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Check the answers to this exercise on past continuous tense write the words in capital letters at the end of sentences in past continuous or past simple tense. Past continuous exercises learn the continuous form. When i left university, i went to work for a private school. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate past simple or past continuous tense. I was going go to work when my car broke down break down.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple or past continuous. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. It is used to talk about something that was happening at some time in the past. E x e r c i s e i ns t r u c t i o ns use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense the past simple or past continuous. Past continuous d past simple b fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used. Students will notice the different uses considering the time expressions and linking words. Practice students model the exercise one more time the lines. The university of minnesota is the birthplace of one of the most important twin. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets in past continuous or past simple tense. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. Regular and irregular verbs exercises past simple forms of english verbs. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Microsoft word past continuous all forms mixed exercise 2. Students each memorize one sentence strip before standing and working together with classmates to recreate the story.
Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. The action had not finished at a particular time in the past. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the. There are 27 questions which are required to be answered in these 3 tenses. Irregular past simple tense verbs do not end in ed. Click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. We use the past simple to talk about the past see unit 8. This makes the exercise even getting the conversation on the board first, write the conversation in the box on the board. Past simple and continuous exercises practise the difference. She wasnt knowing didnt know that i was watching watched her while she was singing. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor. This is a worksheet for teaching the differences between the past perfect and past perfect continuous at preintermediate level.
The past perfect continuous exercise at autoenglish. Past simple 11 past tense sentences that, when joined together, create a story about what happened to sue last week. We use the past continuous see unit 9 for something around a past time or a past action. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. Simple past vs past continuous exercises tolearnenglish. Past simple exercises positive, negative i didnt go and question forms did you go. To talk about two longer actions that were progressing. Past simple and past continuous pdf exercises with answers. We usually use the past simple tense to refer to the shorter action that interrupted the longer background action. Past continuous exercise 1 perfect english grammar. At the time of the incident, not many people were shopping in the store. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences.
Simple past vs past continuous exercise grammarbank. We usually use the past simple tense to refer to the shorter action that interrupted the longer background action complete the following sentences using an. To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. 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 simple is used for the actions in the story, to tell us what happened next.
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