Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in. Past continuous and past simple page 3 of 3 test english. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Past perfect and past perfect continuous choose the past perfect, or the past perfect continuous 1.
Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. I was walking down the street when i saw the sale sign. Past perfect simple, past perfect continuous english. A short multiple choice exercise about present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous. Exercises of past simple and past continuous ii superprof. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. So by just knowing past continuous tense formula one cannot just understand the differences between both these. Put in the verbs in brackets in simple past or past progressive into the gaps. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room. Past simple vs past continuous 1 syntax morphology.
Simple past or past continuous a dialog fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs. Simple present passive simple past passive will future passive going to future passive present continuous passive past continuous passive present perfect passive past perfect passive passives with modals stative passive verbs subject exercises. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Download past simple or past continuous exercises in pdf. 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. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Past simple and past continuous fichas interactivas. Past continuous tense is very important and past continuous exercises are as important as it is. Past simple and past continuous grammar past tense roes. We use the past progressive to talk about actions were in progress at special time in the past.
Use the hint button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. I cycle through the park, when i hear a strange noise. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Home grammar verb tenses simple past and past progressive exercise about we are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when. It is very common for english people to ask what you did last night. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me.
Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. We were playing when my brother ran away and caught a bus. Helen do her weekly shopping when she meet her old friend, june. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Aqui puedes encontrar past simple and past continuous fichas interactivas y descargables. Eso bilingual groups here you have interesting activities to print and do to revise the grammatical points you have studied this year. Nov 23, 2017 hopefully, this short guide to past simple and past continuous past tenses helps you when you are next telling people about your weekend. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable worksheet. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets gapfill exercise. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex03 ex03.
The past perfect continuous exercise at autoenglish. Esl quiz simple past or past continuous a dialog vera. Past simple present perfect simple amazon web services. Present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous.
Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. Present simple, present continuous, past simpleenglish. 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 and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Past perfect and past perfect continuous exercises past perfect i had gone and past perfect continuous i had been going exercise 1. Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense. Practice or revise the use of the past simple and past perfect plus the past continuous progressive join the sentences. The past perfect progressive in english exercises for intermediate and advanced level esl. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 3 grammarbank. Present simple vs present continuous past simple presentation o.
Apr 03, 2018 a collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, continuous, past contin. Past perfect simple, past perfect continuous when the three bears got home they realised someone had used their things. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous. This is a worksheet i prepared last year for my elementary students as an introduction of these tenses. We wait for jane, when suddenly louis come around the corner. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences.
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. Students often get confuse in past continuous tense that whether they have to use waswere or isamare. Past simple and past continuous i exercises of past simple and past continuous ii exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. I was talking to my friend while i was washing the dishes. The past progressive indicates a limited duration of time and is thus a convenient way to indicate that something took place while something else was happening. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. 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. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action.
Descargatelo en formato pdf poniendo tu correo electronico. Past simple and past continuous ficha interactiva y descargable. No sir, i was not talking on my cell phone i was watching a tv show on my ipod past continuous. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven.
Past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. May 07, 2018 practice or revise the use of the past simple and past perfect plus the past continuous progressive join the sentences. Fill in all the gaps, then press check to check your answers. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, continuous, past contin. It is used to talk about two actions in the past that happened at the same time and were continuous.
Remember, start your story with the past continuous and interrupt with the past simple. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. Past simple and continuous exercises pdf ejercicios ingles online. 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. Apuntes idiomas ingles gramatica inglesa verb tense exercises of past simple and past continuous ii. Past simple vs past continuous 1 free download as word doc. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when i phoned phone. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Past perfect and past perfect continuous exercises past perfect i had gone and past perfect continuous i had been going. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Simple present present continuous fill in the blanks with the present continuous or simple present 1. Pdf present simple vs present continuous past simple.
Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past. Then click on the answer button to see the correct answers. 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.
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