While i was doing my homework, my cousin visited us. The simple past and the past continuous multiple choice test. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. The thief sneak into the house, steal the jewels and leave without a trace. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. Print the reference card, activity sheet and test for more practice. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to pre. Do you want to practise using past simple questions in english. How questions in the past continuous are formed and used.
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Were you watching watch the football match on tv when. There are 10 questions in this quiz and each question has only one true answer. Mar 08, 2017 we often use the past continuous at the beginning of a story to set the scene and to say what was happening, e. The following document is a brief description and a series of exercises for practicing the past simple. Past continuous or past simple exercises focusenglishschool. Past simple past continuous past perfect englishteststore. Past simple, past continuous exercise 1 was doing, i broke was playing, was doing he drank, he ate i was having, i suddenly heard. Narrative tenses new english file advanced, past simple, past. Grammar test past simple endings learnenglish kids. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. It was eight oclock and after that i couldnt even finish my homework.
A simple past crossword pdf a crossword pdf b crossword pdf b crossword pdf c crossword pdf c crossword pdf. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant. Fill in the blanks with the correct version of wither the past continuous or simple past. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 answers. Find out with this exercise if you know when to use the past continuous and when to use the simple past. Past simple or continuous other english exercises on the same topic. Before we reached the station we saw that we had lost our way. Past simple and past continuous tense english grammar lesson learn english with michelle duration. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. Our plane fly over scotland when the accident happen. This is a worksheet i prepared last year for my elementary students as an introduction of these tenses.
Past simple or present perfect placement test 1 modal. Narrative tenses new english file advanced a powerpoint by ana flores 2. Check the answers to this exercise on past continuous tense write the words in capital letters at the end of sentences in past continuous or past simple tense. Grammar test past simple endings do the test then write down your score. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Learn english with lets talk free english lessons 37,648 views. Past simple questions learnenglish kids british council. Past continuous test exercise worksheet ea english. Past simple past continuous past perfect simple aws. Yesterday i went to the post office, bought some fruit at the supermarket and read a book in the park in the afternoon. English grammar practice exercise, for preintermediate and intermediate level.
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. Ea english tenses in urdu presents online tenses test with urdu translation an exercise of worksheet to practice free tenses with pdf and online test of present past future indefinite perfect continuous tenses with all sorts of examples simple and progressive way. You can check the answers and learn the result of your quiz after you finish the test. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect test english. We look at how to form the past continuous in the affirmative, negative and question forms. Questions in the past continuous english grammar exercises. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present.
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 simple answers a 1. When the boys arrived at the cinema, the film had already started, 3. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or past progressive. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. 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. In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Past simple and past continuous english as a second language esl worksheet. Play our grammar games and have fun while you learn. B complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Dec 03, 20 narrative tenses new english file advanced, past simple, past continuos, past perfect simple, past perfect continuous, action state verbs, used to would, time clauses 1.
Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Test past continuous simple past continuous and past simple worksheet. Last month i was on holiday in ireland with my mum and dad. If from a certain time in the past we look back to what had happened before, we use. Pdf past simple vs past continuous free download pdf. Home grammar verb tenses simple past and past progressive exercise about we are dedicated to creating and providing free, highquality english language learning resources. Choose either the past simple or past continuous for each space in this. Exercise on simple past and past progressive default. Simple past simple past correct the mistakes in these sentences. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise englis grammar.
Marvin come home, switch on the computer and check his emails. Past simple or continuous headway students site oxford. Nobody listen while the teacher explain the tenses. After submitting your answers, you will see how well you have done in the test. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven. May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. Christine was eating dinner last night when you knocked on the door. Simple past vs past continuous grammatical tense verb. There are two types of english verbs in the past simple regular and. On april 1st i was staying with some friends in the country. Simple past vs past continuous free download as powerpoint presentation. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.