My worksheet is for practicing past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. 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. Choose the right verb, make the simple past, and fill the spaces in the following sentences. Past simple past continuous past perfect test 03 more tests. Past continuous worksheets positive statements, negative and question forms. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1. Students will notice the different uses considering the time expressions and linking words. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past. 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. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door.
To talk about two longer actions that were progressing. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Past simple and continuous exercises pdf ejercicios. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank.
Irregular past simple tense verbs do not end in ed. The past perfect continuous exercise at autoenglish. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. There are 27 questions which are required to be answered in these 3 tenses. Home page grammar exercises preintermediate past simple or past continuous exercise. While charles watch soccer on tv, wendy listen to the radio. Oct 04, 2017 fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. Past continuous board game cards page 2 past continuous past continuous past continuous i was riding a horse.
Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable worksheet. We use the past continuous see unit 9 for something around a past time or a past action. I have long hair when i be a little child, but now my hair be very short. Simple past he went and past continuous he was going elementary exercise 1. At the time of the incident, not many people were shopping in the store. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers. Simple past vs past continuous exercises learn english. Fill in the blanks with the correct version of wither the past continuous or simple 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. Oct 02, 2014 past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. Before the exercise,there is a small tip about these three. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart.
Pay attention to the tense past simple or past continuous and write the answer in the same tense. Complete the sentences with the past progressive of the verbs in brackets. Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers pdf. In each sentence, fill the gaps with one past continuous verb and one past simple verb. When i came into the living room, the cats sit on the table. Past continuous past continuous past continuous i was talking to our teacher. Simple past and past continuous flashcards quizlet. We can use the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Printable simple past vs past continuous exercise 3 with answers online verb tenses worksheets for english learners. Change these sentences into a the past simple, b past continuous, c present perfect and d the past perfect. Simple past and past continuous tense english practice. Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences. Complete the following sentences with the verbs either in past simple or past perfect tense.
I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. Past simple and continuous the past simple is used. Exercise complete the following sentences with past simple or past continuous. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. 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. 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. Past tenses exercise past simple,past continuous and past perfect. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. When i walk down queen street, i discover a wonderful store. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 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. Multiple choice questions and complete the sentences exercise about past tenses.
Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 2 3 simple past exercises pdf. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner.
And we use the past simple tense to express a short action that happens in the middle of the long action. The past continuous tense is also used to talk about an action which was in progress when another action commenced. The past simple is used for the actions in the story, to tell us what happened next. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Past continuous mixed exercise 2 make the past continuous choose positive, negative or question. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. Find out with this exercise if you know when to use the past continuous and when to use the simple past. While tom play the piano, his mother do the washingup. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Past continuous or simple students have to complete sentences with the correct verb form, past simple or continuous and match the sentences to pictures. Past simple or past continuous exercise esl lounge student. Download past simple or past continuous exercises in pdf.
In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex07 ex07. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 3 grammarbank. Verb tense exercise 4 simple past and past continuous. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. The past past simple and past continuous 1 an exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. We use the past continuous tense to express a long action. Printable simple past vs past continuous exercise with answers online verb tenses worksheets for english learners. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2.
While i cycle past some villages, i see some people in their gardens. Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense the past simple or 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. To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past.
I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. When we talk about two past events, the past continuous is normally used to refer to the longer background action. I buy a present for my husband but i think he not like it. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. Microsoft word past continuous all forms mixed exercise 2. Last night, while i was doing my homework, angela call. When i left university, i went to work for a private school. Simple past he went and past continuous he was going intermediate exercise 10. 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. Simple past vs past continuous exercises tolearnenglish. Helen do her weekly shopping when she meet her old friend, june. 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 correct tense the past simple or past continuous.
Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 ex08. Past simple and past continuous pdf exercises with answers. Past continuous d past simple b fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple. Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers 22 click here to download this exercise in pdf.
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