You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Go over differences in usage between the past simple and past continuous. Have your students visit a public area for their homework, preferably an area with a lot of people. To refresh learners understanding of past simple tense b. In each sentence, fill the gaps with one past continuous verb and one past simple verb. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Past progressive, past continuous, past simple, verb tenses. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. The students spread out the two sets of cards separately face down on the desk. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Students then write the story down in a group dictation. In this past simple and past continuous worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct word or filling in the correct tense. But sometimes these two actions happen at the same time. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Have students draw a time from the hat and then tell what they were doing at that time using the past progressive. Use the past simple to talk about an event which happened at some point in time in the past. Past continuous teaching english grammar, english teaching. Past simple and past continuous grammaire anglaise, vocabulaire anglais. The activities are to practice different cases when one uses the past continuous.
Guide to past simple and past continuous verb tenses. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. In this engaging past perfect continuous activity, students play a pelmanism style game where they combine past perfect continuous and past simple sentence halves together with when to make logical sentences. There are two principal past tenses used to make general statements about the past. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers.
Grammar quiz past continuous decide if each question or statement is correct or wrong. Imaginative pdf prepositions of time esl activities, games, and interactive and printable worksheets. We do not normally use the past continuous with stative verbs. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used.
To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. Past continuous past continuous past continuous i was talking to our teacher. Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. Verb tense exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous. The past progressive and the simple past ernst klett verlag. Past simple vs past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Write several past times on small slips of paper and put them in a hat. Aug 19, 2012 practice the past progressive or past continuous and past simple tenses, using this esl grammar interactive monkey fun game activity for preintermediate was working, was driving, was walking, etc. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and. Give each group of three or four a set of past perfect continuous cards and a set of past simple cards. For your convenience, each activity includes a model and some ready to use prompts and sentences. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card.
Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous. Past simple and past continuous fill in the gaps with the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. A few hours later i encountered a short explanation of the same grammar by, and i realised that i wanted to share both with my friends on the internet. Present simple, present continuous, past simpleenglish. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. It is a very structured activity in which students write a short newspaper article about a robbery. Two common signal words for the past continuous are, when and while.
Past continuous vs past simple interactive worksheet. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. By the end of the lesson, students will have been familiar with the uses of past continuous tense been familiar with the form of past continuous tense asked and answered questions in past continuous tense orally. Past simple and past continuous interactive for 3rd 6th. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Past continuous games esl activities worksheets teach this esl. In this verbs activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verbs, either the past simple or past continuous forms. Feb 10, 2016 pobierz past continuous pastcontinuousexercises. Past simple and past continuous exercises english page. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. To introduce them to past progressive tense, form meaning and use, while participating in interactive activities c. To talk about a temporary activity taking place over a limited time. Past simple and past continuous worksheet pack esl past.
When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. I believe that students learn so much faster when they compete, play and generally have fun. Use the cue cards and model dialog to practice speaking using past simple. Past simple and past continuous interactive worksheet. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. Past continuous pdf esl games, activities, and interactive and printable worksheets for.
Point out that the past continuous focuses on a specific moment in the past. Give each group of four a set of activity cards and a set of picture cards. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Peter visited his friends in florida two months ago. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left.
If the other students think the sentence cant be true, they. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. If the player constructs a believable past simple sentence, which is agreed on by the other students to be true, the player may discard the verb card. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. Study and practise the differences between the past simple and past continuous. Please note that specific times and dates in the past can also be used. Yesterday a friend sent me a song hed written that uses only the past simple and past continuous tenses. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. Past continuous d past simple b fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple. In this imaginative past continuous game, students connect the past continuous and past simple together with the words when, while and as.
Practice the past progressive or past continuous and past simple tenses, using this esl grammar interactive monkey fun game activity for preintermediate was working, was driving, was walking, etc. Timelines for past simple, past continuous and past perfect. The worksheet is suitable for both classroom practice and selfstudy. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. To illustrate the difference between past simple and past progressive tense use d. The past simple and the past continuous interactive worksheet. Past simple or past continuous interactive for 3rd 6th. Write various examples on the board of sentences combining the past simple and past continuous to illustrate the idea of an. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Tell students they are going to write a newspaper article about a robbery in a public place. Past simple past continuous complete these texts using the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.
When i got home, i really needed not was needing a shower. Pour vous entrainer, vous perfectionner et reviser, cliquez sur les liens ci dessous. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and games. This past simple or past continuous interactive is suitable for 3rd 6th grade. Past simple and past continuous games to learn english. Past continuous board game cards page 2 past continuous past continuous past continuous i was riding a horse. Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. This past simple and past continuous interactive is suitable for 3rd 6th grade. Jun 22, 2015 yesterday a friend sent me a song hed written that uses only the past simple and past continuous tenses. To help them accurately use past simple and past progressive tenses in reporting events. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor. Identifying whether a sentence is in the past simple or past progressive continuous powerpoint quiz year 6 grammar revision guide and quick quiz tenses powerpoint the verb to be present tense worksheet.