Write in the text area the verb in the simple past or past continuous, then click show solutions to check. Contents grammar grammar 1 present simple of be 8 grammar 2 present simple. Grammar 1 study plans vocabulary speaking writing hueber. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. I 1 a cookery program on tv when i 2 how hungry i was. This downloadable worksheet is best suited for at intermediate b1 and. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. Some verbs have one meaning in the simple form, but a different meaning in. Gap fill exercise for differences between present simple, present continuous, past simple lub past continuous. It was raining when we came out of the shopping centre.
The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. My worksheet is for practicing past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. I looked out of the window and saw that people were walking in the park. Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences. I hear a terrible explosion while i walk into my office on the 24 th floor of the north tower, so i look out of the window. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Helen do her weekly shopping when she meet her old friend, june. Exercises past simple, past continuous, present simple and present continuous.
Many speakers tend to avoid the past perfect simple. Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Choose past simple, past continuous or past perfect to complete the sentences below. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl past simple and past continuous past simple and continuous when while past simple and continuous when while past simple and past continuous. There are 27 questions which are required to be answered in these 3 tenses. Past continuous, by ester25730 find this and other past continuous exercises in english exercises.
Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. When while past simple or past continuous esl worksheet. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Now try these exercises for practicing past perfect simple and past progressive continuous. Present simple vs present continuous past simple presentation o. Pdf present simple vs present continuous past simple. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 2 3 simple past exercises pdf. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Past simple or past continuous exercise esl lounge. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Remember, if two actions happen in chronological order, then use the past simple. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex05 ex05.
I 3 anything since lunch, and i 4 a race in the morning. Students solutions upperintermediate grammar exercise 2 past perfect simple and continuous. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. We use the past progressive to talk about actions were in progress at special time in the past. My mother 6 me a jar of delicious homemade biscuits. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 ex08. Comprueba yo las fotos past simple and past continuous. Past simple, past continuous and used to english esl. Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, continuous, past contin. 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 progressive tenses grammar exercises online for esl. Past simple past continuous grammar exercise ficha interactiva past simple and past continuous ficha interactiva y descargable. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart.
The simple past and the past continuous are two tenses commonly used to make general statements about the past. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. 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. There are three demanding exercises on this page which examine. Ejercicios del presente continuo, pasado simple o pasado continuo. A simple past crossword pdf a crossword pdf b crossword pdf b crossword pdf c crossword pdf c crossword pdf. Present simple, present continuous, past simple lub past. Apuntes idiomas ingles gramatica inglesa verb tense exercises. Two days ago, a murder happen in market street at about seven pm. Lower intermediate intermediate exercises past simple or continuous. Grammar 12 past simple of be 30 grammar past continuous. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. The simple past tense is only used to say that something happened at some time in the past. Although they are both past tenses their uses are quite different.
Past simple, past perfect and past continuous brickfield. In simple past tense you have to add ed after regular verbs be careful. Max hueber verlag, ismaning, elementary language practice, 3190028869. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. We can use the past simple and the past continuous in the same sentence. The car came out of the side road and then the van drove into the back of it. To talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday.
The first exercise is about understanding the differences between past simple and past continuous, wereas the second exercise is about used to. October 4, 20 to talk about two simultaneous short actions we use simple tenses. Now the ss have to choose not just among the verbs and pics but also two tenses. Speaking exercises 1 and 2, tell them about a friend you once had. Macmillan, max hueber verlag, ismaning, elementary language practice, 3190028869. Past perfect and past perfect continuous exercises past perfect i had gone and past perfect continuous i had been going. Past perfect tense english grammar lesson and exercise. Simple past vs past continuous exercise grammarbank. Straightforward second edition, upperintermediate, teachers book, isbn 9783 193329530, hueber verlag. Put in the verbs in brackets in simple past or past progressive into the gaps.
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