Students solutions preintermediate grammar exercise 2 past simple and continuous. Use the cue cards and model dialog to practice speaking about the past. While i clean my car, someone suddenly knocked at the door. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. Pay attention to the tense past simple or past continuous and write the answer in the same tense. Lower intermediate intermediate exercises past simple or. Simple past and past continuous tense english practice.
Simple past english tenses and english grammar worksheets, grammar rules, grammar exercises. There are clear rules about the endings of past simple irregular verbs. Simple past vs past continuous exercise grammarbank. Past simple and past continuous author last modified by.
Simple past he went and past continuous he was going intermediate exercise 10. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. Verb tense exercise 3 simple past and past continuous f t p using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner.
Verb tense exercise 4 simple past and past continuous f t p using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers. The past past simple and past continuous 1 an exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. This worksheet may be used as a test or writing or speaking exercises on health problems and solutions esl worksheets this worksheet will help students improve to express the idea of ability in the negative. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. We can use the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence.
Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. My brother and i played a board game yesterday afternoon. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. 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 continuous d past simple b fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple. Simple past worksheets english online grammar exercises. When i met susan she was having a drink at a terrace with a friend. Simple past and past continuous exercise 4 english page. Printable simple past vs past continuous exercise with answers online verb tenses worksheets for english learners. Present continuous present perfect continuous present perfect simple present perfect. Past simple and past continuous pdf exercises with answers. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Past simple and past progressive tenses grammar exercises online for esl.
Yesterday, sherlock holmes arrive at the crime scene to investigate. Check the answers to this exercise on past perfect tense. Now ive reminded you of how to use these tenses, try the exercise below and see if you can decide which verb needs which tense. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet ii. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 ex08.
We about our studies when someone knocked at the door. This is an easy worksheet contrasting the past simple and past continuous tense. The short action in past simple often interrupts the longer action in past continuous. Home grammar verb tenses simple past and past progressive exercise about we are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Write the words in capital letters at the end of sentences in past continuous or past simple tense. 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. The past continuous or progressive is the tense used to express situations that take place in the past and were in progress at any moment during a period of time when expressed in its interrogative form, it is used to ask questions about things that were happening in a past period of time. Microsoft word past continuous all forms mixed exercise 2. Past simple continuous 1 past simple continuous 2 past simple continuous 3 past progressive worksheet answers. E x e r c i s e i ns t r u c t i o ns use the words in brackets to put the following into the. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1.
We use the past continuous to talk about an action or situation that was going on at a particular point of time in the past. Three simple exercises that help understand the difference between the past simple and past continuous tenses. Simple past and past continuous exercise english page. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise englis grammar. These are exercises to rewrite sentences and make questions for the answers given. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. The second action is a short action that has interrupted the first. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. As i wait near the restaurant, a creep stole my bag. The past continuous tense is also used to talk about an action which was in progress when another action commenced.
Burlington books is one of europes most respected publishers of english language teaching materials, with over two million students learning from its books and multimedia programs, which include speech training, career training, elt materials and software. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex05 ex05. The first action is a long action it lasted for a period of time. In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. 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. Past continuous interrogative english grammar a2 level. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. To talk about two longer actions that were progressing at the same time, we use the past continuous 1. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. 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. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms.
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 or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. We use the simple past to talk about finished actions in the past. Simple past and past continuous flashcards quizlet. Past simple, past continuous exercise 1 was doing, i broke was playing, was doing he drank, he ate i was having, i suddenly heard. Write the words in brackets in the correct forms in english using past continuous tense. The past continuous describes a longer action or situation and the past simple describes a shorter action or event. Irregular past simple tense verbs do not end in ed. In the first exercise you just have to choose the correct alternative, in the second and third ones you have to use the correct verb tense past simple or past continuous.
While i cycle past some villages, i see some people in their gardens. B complete the sentences with the past continuous form of. You you he he she ate she didnt it it we we they they yes, no, i eatdid dinner. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. The television suddenly turn off as i was watching it. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor.