Home english grammar lessons verb tenses past continuous tense simple past vs past continuous exercise 3 print exercises and lessons. Although they are both past tenses their uses are quite different. The simple past tense is only used to say that something happened at some time in the past. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. T105 past tense simple and continuous english grammar exercises. See more ideas about english grammar, english grammar worksheets, learn english. Online exercises with questions and simple past positive and negative sentences. There are exercises on all areas of learning english. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan.
Practise your english grammar in the english classroom. Easy grammar rules for the past progressive with exercises, help function and solutions. It is a useful material for revising past simple vs continuous tense in english. Past simple and past continuous exercise 1 perfect english. T105 past tense simple and continuous gapfill exercise. To talk about two longer actions that were progressing at the same time, we use the past continuous. This downloadable handout is a great resource for high school and adults at preintermediate a2 and intermediate b1 level. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. Most of the time when we are talking about such actions, we use the past simple. To talk about a longer background action which was going on when something else happened, we use the past continuous tense. Past simple, past continuous or past perfect english. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past.
To talk about a shorter action that happened in the middle of a longer action, we use the simple past. Past simple and past continuous exercise 2 perfect english. The past continuous 1 practice using the past continuous verb tense in english esl printables grammar tests vocabulary training listening. Heres an interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous tenses choose the correct tense. Both the past simple and the past continuous refer to completed actions in the past. Use the hint button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Simple past vs past continuous exercise grammarbank. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 learn english online free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on english language.
The past simple shows us that an action was in the past. The car came out of the side road and then the van drove. Simple past vs past continuous exercises to learn english. For exercises, you can reveal the answers first submit worksheet and print the page to have the exercise. When we talk about two past events, the past continuous is normally used to refer to the longer background action. We look at how to form the past continuous in the affirmative, negative and question forms. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. Simple past and past continuous exercises i went i was going. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. We use the past progressive to talk about actions were in progress at special time in the past. Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences.
To talk about two simultaneous short actions we use simple tenses. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate continuous tense form. T017 past simple or past progressive tense gapfill exercise. How questions in the past continuous are formed and used. Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple past.
We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Heres another exercise to practise the verb tenses. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets. Past simple and past continuous grammar exercises learn english online. T017past simple or past progressive tense english grammar.
Past simple and past continuous grammar exercises for esl. Simple past for actions starting and ending in the past. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. Past continuous and past simple page 3 of 3 test english. The action in past simple interrupted the action in past continuous. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. T105 past tense simple and continuous english grammar. We use the past continuous to talk about longer actions in progress at some point in the past, and we use past simple to talk about shorter finished actions in the past. 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. Simple past vs past continuous exercise 3 grammarbank. 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 simple and past continuous tense english grammar. Here are 10 exercises to help you know when to use the past simple or past continuous in english. Free english online grammar exercise on the use of past tense simple and progressive, past tense continuous.
Use them to talk about things that started and ended in the past or things that started in the past and continue to the present. English grammar today a reference to written and spoken english grammar and usage cambridge dictionary. Fill in all the gaps, then press check to check your answers. Exercise on simple past and past progressive ex08 ex08. Heres another interactive exercise about the past simple and past continuous. The simple past and the past continuous are two tenses commonly used to make general statements about the past. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2. Do the exercises below on the simple past tense and click on the button to check your answers. Heres another english grammar exercise about the past simple positive, negative and question. Questions in the past continuous english grammar exercises. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press.
English grammar exercises english grammar exercises. Click here to learn and improve your english grammar. A short grammar guide and two exercises to practise past simple and past continuous with upper. It was raining when we came out of the shopping centre. Here is a list of all the english grammar exercises we have to help you learn and improve your english. Whether we choose to use the past continuous or past simple often depends on how we see the past. Simple past tense english online grammar exercises. The past continuous of any verb is composed of two parts. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Past simple exercises regular verbs elementary level esl. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. All english tenses exercises free and with help function, teaching materials and grammar rules. This is by far the most common way of talking about the past.