Students take two cards at random and try to make a sentence including those words or expressions with the past simple and past continuous. Past simple and past continuous games to learn english. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Past simple and past continuous english as a second language esl worksheet. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. To help them accurately use past simple and past progressive tenses in reporting events. Past simple vs past continuous interactive worksheet. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Procedure divide the class into groups of three or four. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. In this verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verbs, either the past simple or past continuous forms.
Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. The activities and exercises to practice this tense cover the different uses. Print the reference card, activity sheet and test for more practice. Also useful are past tense speaking and story exercises about vacations and other events that encourage students to write and talk about events from their lives or create imaginary scenarios. The action that caused the interruption is in the past simple. Elissa and the mysterious stalker past continuous vs. Jun 10, 2016 past simple and past continuous worksheets pdf. The grammar focus is on the past continuous and past simple. Lets begin to study the past simple vs past continuous. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs provided. Past continuous games esl activities worksheets teach this.
You can look at all your cards, but dont show the other people. Students then write the story down in a group dictation. To introduce them to past progressive tense, form meaning and use, while participating in interactive activities c. This past simple and past continuous interactive is suitable for 3rd 6th grade. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. Use the past simple to talk about an event which happened at some point in time in the past.
Give each group of four a set of activity cards and a set of picture cards. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used. Identifying past simple and past continuous powerpoint quiz. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Grammar quiz past continuous decide if each question or statement is correct or wrong. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. Past simple 11 past tense sentences that, when joined together, create a story about what happened to sue last week.
There are two principal past tenses used to make general statements about the past. Past simple and past continuous worksheet pack esl past. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. Remember sometimes the continuous tenses are called the progressive tenses. Elissa and the mysterious stalker script story on a cold, dark night, elissa was working late at the of. This lesson introduces the past continuous tense through a grammar formula along with a brief description of its uses. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. Reading the incredibles comparatives and superlatives worksheet free esl printable. More past tenses including the past continuous and used to.
When the teacher came in, they were studying english. In this past simple and past continuous learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct word or filling in the correct tense. Give each group a set of picture cards and a set of time cards. Past continuous bluffing card game rules of the game deal out the cards so that each person in your group has about the same number. This is a question and answer worksheet to help students understand how to use the past continuous tense. Past simple and past continuous interactive for 3rd 6th. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. A daily photo to enhance teaching with inspiring activities. Point out that the past continuous focuses on a specific moment in the past.
It is used to talk about two actions in the past that happened at the same time and were continuous. Do you want to practise using past simple sentences in english. Useful past tense lessons include exercises pictureverb matching activities and writing sentences in the past tense. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school.
I play the flute you not watch tv he not read she laugh with her friends it not snow we have dinner they chat. Past simple sentences learnenglish kids british council. Past simple or past continuous interactive for 3rd 6th. In this imaginative past continuous game, students connect the past continuous and past simple together with the words when, while and as. We often use these tenses to show an action interrupting another action. Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous. Students each memorize one sentence strip before standing and working together with classmates to recreate the story. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. The flatmates quiz past continuous and past simple interrupted activities answers 1. Write various examples on the board of sentences combining the past simple and past continuous to illustrate the idea of an.
Past simple or past continuous interactive worksheet. He asked me how i liked it, and i had to admit it was great. To talk about a temporary activity taking place over a limited time. Past simple vs past continuous language on schools. Teachers also might say the past simple or the simple past, these are just different names. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. The past continuous is one of the tenses used to tell stories as it describes multiple actions and events. Yesterday a friend sent me a song hed written that uses only the past simple and past continuous tenses. February 5, 20 complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. To refresh learners understanding of past simple tense b. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Peter visited his friends in florida two months ago.
Go over differences in usage between the past simple and past continuous. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. Guide to past simple and past continuous verb tenses. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense past simple or past continuous.
Teachers notes convince me esl efl teaching activities. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl past simple and past continuous past simple vs past continuous past simple vs past continuous read the store and fill in the verbs. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. Displaying past simple and continuous activities and answers. 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. Rewarding past continuous pdf games, esl activities, and interactive and printable. In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. Play our grammar games and have fun while you learn. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. This past simple or past continuous interactive is suitable for 3rd 6th grade. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room.
Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. I was walking down the street when i saw the sale sign. 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. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Present simple, present continuous, past simpleenglish. To illustrate the difference between past simple and past progressive tense use d.
An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. When and while signal the use of the past simple and past continuous. We were playing when my brother ran away and caught a bus. The students spread out the two sets of cards separately face down on the desk. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. A few hours later i encountered a short explanation of the same grammar by. The past continuous is used for an action in progress in the past and that was interrupted. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank.