Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. Download past simple or past continuous exercises in pdf. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine.
Exercises simple past he went and past continuous he was going elementary exercise 1. Simple past and past continuous exercises i went i was going. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. Past simple common mistakes common mistakes correct version why. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous of. Descargatelo en formato pdf poniendo tu correo electronico. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. Past simple and continuous exercises pdf ejercicios ingles online. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Fill in all the gaps, then press check to check your answers. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me.
Past simple past continuous past perfect simple aws. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable worksheet. We can use the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence. Past perfect and past perfect continuous exercises past perfect i had gone and past perfect continuous i had been going exercise 1. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Practise your english grammar in the english classroom. He met was meeting were meeting a lot of friendly people while he worked was working were working in california. Although they are both past tenses their uses are quite different. Past simple and past continuous english grammar tutorial. The simple past tense is only used to say that something happened at some time in the past.
He wasnt watching the programme because he was putting a new battery in his mobile phone. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. English online grammar exercise past tense simple or progressive past tense continuous. Aqui puedes encontrar present simple and present continuous fichas interactivas y descargables. A short multiple choice exercise about present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous.
When i got get home, i realised realise i had left leave my sunglasses in the office. The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. The story is about a santa who can travel through time using his sleigh which works as a time machine. In positive sentences, a helping verb such as was or did is. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank.
Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Study the following information how to form the simple past and how to form the negation and questions. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Past simple or past progressive exercise english4u. Craig was sitting in front of the tv yesterday evening. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Past simple vs past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank.
You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Simple past past progressive contrasted we sat was sitting were sitting at the breakfast table when the doorbell rang was ringing were ringing. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action. May 16, 20 past simple and past continuous grammar lesson. Past perfect simple complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets, using the past simple or the past perfect simple. The past simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time before the present. 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 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. Simple past or past progressive, grammar exercise for free. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl verb tenses present simple continuous past simple continuous present simple continuous past simple continuous read the sentences and choose the correct answer. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school.
This exercise focuses on the difference between the past simple and the past perfect. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and present perfect. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when i phoned phone.
B complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Present simple and present continuous fichas interactivas. He was feeling angry because he was waiting for his girlfriend alice to come to dinner. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past.
Past simple, past perfect and past continuous brickfield. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets gapfill exercise. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press.
Exercises of past simple and past continuous ii superprof. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets most. A collection of english esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past. Exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present.
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