In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. Practice or revise the use of the past simple and past perfect plus the past continuousprogressive join the sentences. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Students learn the two main functions of the past progressive also called the past continuous.
The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift. Students begin with a matching exercise where they draw lines to match sentence halves together. A2 esl interrupted actions past simplepast continuous.
Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and present perfect simple 2 complete the sentences. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. Complete the following sentences using the correct form past progressive or simple past of the verbs provided. Pdf present simple vs present continuous past simple. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. Peter visited his friends in florida two months ago. To talk about two longer actions that were progressing at the same time, we use the past continuous 1. 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.
Students are introduced to the simple past tense early on in their english learning. It is important to learn how to use the simple past and the past continuous. Irregular verbs have a different form, usually with a different vowel sound e. When the teacher came in, they were studying english.
Present simple vs present continuous past simple presentation o. After reading the grammar explanation, students try the practice exercises. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Although both tenses speak about the past, they are used in different ways. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room. Note that we use the past continuous tense for the background action and the simple past tense for the action that happens in the middle.
Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. Simple past he went and past continuous he was going elementary exercise 1. Simple past and past continuous tense english practice. A collection of english esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. Students will make controlled and freer practice of the past continuous and past simple in this function. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets. Simple past vs past continuous exercises tolearnenglish. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers.
When i met susan she was having a drink at a terrace with a friend. A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach past simplepast continuous, shared by english language teachers. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. This useful past perfect continuous worksheet helps students to identify and practice the past perfect continuous tense. Guide to past simple and past continuous verb tenses.
Past simple vs continuous worksheet with a brief and simple reading comprehension, and grammar practice on past simple and continuous and conjunctions when and while id. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple aws. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. When we talk about two past events, the past continuous is normally used to refer to the longer background action. The past continuous tense is also used to talk about an action which was in progress when another action commenced. Fluent speakers of english know when and how to use past simple and past continuous to talk. The students then write a story about a dream using the past continuous and past simple. Remember sometimes the continuous tenses are called the progressive tenses. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. It is commonly used and relatively easy to learn aside from having to memorize irregular verb forms. However, the past progressive also known as the past continuous can be confusing since its not as commonly used in.
Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. B complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. After he attended college in brazil for two years, he came back to the united states. Students will read each strip and sequence the conversationstory in order. We use the past progressive to talk about actions were in progress at special time in the past. Use the past simple to talk about an event which happened at some point in time in the past. A single life past simple vs past continuous practice. Home grammar verb tenses simple past and past progressive exercise about we are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. The others in the group have to guess the correct explanation using either present perfect simple or continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers.
Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. Download past perfect simple and continuous speaking practice pdf. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Simple past tense and past continuous tense free download as powerpoint presentation. The past progressive describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking in other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past uses of the past progressive. So by just knowing past continuous tense formula one cannot just understand the differences between both these tenses. Learn when to use the past simple or the past continuous. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources.
Give each group of four a set of picture cards, which they shuffle and deal out evenly. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. More practice of the past simple vs past continuous. The short action in past simple often interrupts the longer action in past continuous. Past continuous tense is very important and past continuous exercises are as important as it is. The past continuous describes a longer action or situation and the past simple describes a shorter action or event. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. It is a very structured activity in which students write a. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct. In this past continuous activity, students practice making sentences from picture cards. Verb tense exercise 3 simple past and past continuous.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. Past perfect simple and continuous speaking practice. May and might modals of probability must necessity numbers. Students will learn to contrast the use of the past continuous and past simple action 1 was happening when action 2 interrupted it.
The past continuous describes an action that was already in progress. Simple past tense and past continuous tense adjective. Students often get confuse in past continuous tense that whether they have to use waswere or isamare. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Students then identify past perfect continuous phrases, past simple phrases. There are two principal past tenses used to make general statements about the past. To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. Past simplepast continuous worksheets esl printables.