Past simple past continuous pdf

Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. The past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. Past or past perfect simple and progressive complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb. The worksheet is suitable for both classroom practice and selfstudy. Pdf present simple vs present continuous past simple. 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. Before the exercise,there is a small tip about these thre. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets. Afterwards, write the main verb in the crossword and match the sentence with each picture.

The past continuous describes a longer action or situation and the past simple describes a shorter action or event. Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense the past simple or past continuous. When i was walking walk through bologna i thoughtwas thinking think about the wonderful times i had spent spend there as a student. While charles watch soccer on tv, wendy listen to the radio. Regular verbs add ed to the base form, or d if the verbs ends with e. Past simple, past perfect and past continuous brickfield. May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. While tom playedwas playing video games, his wife readwas reading a book in the lounge.

They had already left already leave the village before the sun rose rise. Use the simple past with a completed past time period. When we talk about two past events, the past continuous is normally used to refer to the longer background action. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers.

In this lesson, students study and practise the differences between the past simple and past continuous. So by just knowing past continuous tense formula one cannot just understand the differences between both these tenses. A collection of english esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. Past tense simple is used to describe actions that happened in the past. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper.

Exercise choose the right tense past simple or past continuous. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple or past continuous. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door.

Present continuous and past continuous tenses download pdf complete the following sentences using an appropriate present continuous or past continuous tense form. Multiple choice questions and complete the sentences exercise about past tenses. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb. Past simple and past continuous author last modified by. Past continuous tense is very important and past continuous exercises are as important as it is. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. The past continuous of any verb is composed of two parts. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. English esl past simple and past continuous worksheets. To create a question that will be answered with a yes or no, use was were or wasnt werent for a negative. To make questions in the past continuous, put waswere before the subject and add the ing form of the verb. When jack dropped by to visit me, i was having dinner. Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers pdf.

The past simple meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. For example, the past continuous of the verb to work is conjugated as follows. In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. Lets look at some sentences with verbs in the past form past simple and present form present simple to better understand the meaning the past form adds and why speakers choose to use it. The past continuous tense is formed from the simple past of the auxiliary to be, followed by the present participle of the verb. We often use the past simple and the past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else. May and might modals of probability must necessity numbers. Test comprising exercises with present simlpe, present continuous. We are here with just another english grammar quiz. I was going go to work when my car broke down break down. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. Present simple vs present continuous past simple presentation o. Students often get confuse in past continuous tense that whether they have to use waswere or isamare. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

English grammar practice exercise, for preintermediate and intermediate level. The short action in past simple often interrupts the longer action in past continuous. When i met susan she was having a drink at a terrace with a friend. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers 22 click here to download this exercise in pdf. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when i phoned phone. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Past continuous is used to describe action that were in progress still happening not finished at a certain time in the past. What were you doing when you broke your leg i was snowboarding yesno questions. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers 12 click here to download this exercise in pdf.

Use the present perfect with a time period that has not ended yet. Present continuous and past continuous tenses english. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple answers a 1.

Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers. Present simple, present continuous, past simple add to my workbooks 708 embed in. When i walk down queen street, i discover a wonderful store. Past simplepast continuous gramatica limbii engleze.

Irregular verbs have a different form, usually with a different vowel sound e. So, if you are a student studying for your class test or an english learner, take this quiz to ensure if you have understood enough or need more practice. Fluent speakers of english know when and how to use past simple and past continuous to talk. The past simple tense, also called the simple past, is used for past actions that happened either at a specific time, which can either be given by a time phrase yesterday, last year, etc. The simple past and the past continuous are two tenses commonly used to make general statements about the past. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. The simple past tense is only used to say that something happened at some time in the past.