Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. To be past simple 01 to be past simple 02 intermediate exercises home. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the 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. We were playing when my brother ran away and caught a bus.
Put in the verbs in brackets in simple past or past progressive into the gaps. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Students can use their imaginations to answer the questions while hopefully using the correct grammar. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room. Exercises simple past he went and past continuous he was going elementary exercise 1. Past perfect continuous i had been working past perfect simple i had worked past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate past simple or past continuous tense. Past simple or used to gap fill exercise esl lounge. The first exercise is about understanding the differences between past simple and past continuous, wereas the second exercise is about used to. The past simple is used for the actions in the story, to tell us what happened next. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. It is important to learn how to use the simple past and the past continuous.
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 simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Remember sometimes the continuous tenses are called the progressive tenses. English grammar today a reference to written and spoken english grammar and usage cambridge dictionary. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Hier you find a lot of simple past worksheets, exercises free and help function, teaching materials and grammar rules. Past simple and past continuous, wereas the second exercise is about used to.
Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. We can use the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence. Home page grammar exercises intermediate past simple or used to gap fill exercise. Used to is used to express something that you did frequently in the past. The auxiliary verb did is not used with to be were you a student. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb. At the time of the incident, not many people were shopping in the store. Past perfect continuous worksheets esl games activities. It is a useful material for revising past simple vs continuous tense in english, and can be used for working on your students reading skills. 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 and continuous, exercises and pdf worksheets. Although both tenses speak about the past, they are used in different ways. I was walking down the street when i saw the sale sign.
Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. It is used to talk about two actions in the past that happened at the same time and were continuous. Past simple, past continuous and used to continuity, past. So the little girl take an automatic pistol out of her. On winter days, we used to would sit around the fire and tell stories when i was a child, my sister used to would take me to the cinema every sunday. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present.
B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the. Students will notice the different uses considering the time expressions and linking words. 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. To talk about two simultaneous short actions we use simple tenses. To talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous tense. 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. Learn when to use the past simple or the past continuous. Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense the past simple or past continuous.
Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. Give each group of three or four a set of past perfect. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. And used to is interesting because it is used to compare the past and present. We use the past simple tense of be to talk about people and situations in the past.
We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Oct 04, 20 to talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous tense. Complete the sentences with the present simple or present. Past simple or continuous headway students site oxford. We usually use the past simple tense to refer to the shorter action that interrupted the longer background action. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. Elicit what tense we use to talk about present habits. Past simple, past continuous or past perfect english. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Dec 04, 2017 we do not use used to to simply say what happened at a past time or how long it took. We use the past simple to talk about the past see unit 8. Speaking part two tasks about the past past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, used to and past perfect describe a gift you. Exercise 2 used to solutions oxford university press. When we refer to a past state, we can only use used to i used to have would have a toyota celica mary used to bewould be a teacher but shes now retired.
I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Alibi jigsaw reading choose the best past simple and past continuous questions to complete this police interview of a suspect. On the other hand, when asking questions or making negative sentences, simple past is preferred. Past continuous sentence completion match the two halves of these sentences which show how the past simple and the past continuous tenses are used. We use the past continuous see unit 9 for something around a past time or a past action. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous. Intermediate grammar past simple or used to gap fill. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. There are 27 questions which are required to be answered in these 3 tenses. Past simple, past continuous and used to english esl. Students look at the timelines and write sentences describing the past activities, occupations, emotions, and habits of the lives of the people pictured. More past tenses including the past continuous and used to. Simple past english tenses and english grammar worksheets, grammar rules, grammar exercises.
The pictures are story pictures with two actions happening at the same time. We use the past continuous to talk about longer actions in progress at some point in the past, and we use past simple to talk about shorter finished actions in the past. 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. Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. Past simple, past continuous or past perfect english esl. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. We do not use used to to simply say what happened at a past time or how long it took. 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 appropriate past simple or past. Use either used to or the past simple to complete each of the sentences. The past simple refers to something you did once at a specific time in the past.
This is a fun grammar exercise for english language learners. 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. My worksheet is for practicing past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to pre. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action. This is a question and answer worksheet to help students understand how to use the past continuous tense. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class. The past simple is used to talk about finished actions in the past a common mistake students make is to use the past continuous when the action was carried out over a long period of time. Then ask students to complete the sentences with the correct form of the present simple, the past simple or used to. The present downloadable teaching material is a great resource for elementary school at elementary a1 level. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Intermediate grammar past simple or used to gap fill exercise. Simple past both simple past and used to can be used to describe past habits, past facts and past generalizations.
When the little girl open the door of her grandmothers house, she see that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. It centers around the theme of culture, intercultural communication, crosscultural communication. Elicit what the difference is between using the past simple and used to. The past continuous is one of the tenses used to tell stories as it describes multiple actions and events happening at the same time in the past. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. She approach no nearer than twentyfive feet from the bed when she see that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look like anybodys grandmother. Online exercises with questions and simple past positive and negative sentences. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. To be past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises.
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