The past past simple and past continuous 1 an exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. Actions present continuous page 3 of 8 copyright esl kidstuff. I am not very good so i am learning with a trainer. Past simple worksheets kids worksheets esl puzzles free. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs in brackets.
There are two types of english verbs in the past simple regular and. Simple present vs present continuous present continuous simple present now at the momentat present this morningevening e. Present simple vs present continuous exercises pdf multiple. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. There is a conversation, grammar exercises, and plenty of speaking practice. The verb walk not only expresses an action, but it also tells us the time of action. Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet ii. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor. Download and print download a pdf version of this activity for classroom use with teacher notes. As she sewed, she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Report past simple vs past continuous please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as. Students then write the story down in a group dictation.
Future perfect simple and continuous progressive tense. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous.
We can use the present continuous for future arrangements. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. So its my second observed class tomorrow and ive prepared the following lesson plan to teach present perfectpast simple to the same group.
Irregular past simple tense verbs do not end in ed. It is a very structured activity in which students write a short newspaper article about a robbery. My tutors are big on reactive teaching so im going to throw my students straight into a communicative exercise and then im going to correct them as i go and clear up any issues they have afterwards. The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version. Present continuous activities games esl worksheets grammar games.
Ten things about me past simple statements you will need. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. The aim of the game is for a player to get his or her teammates to say a present continuous sentence on a card, but the player cannot say the sentence or use the three words on the card. Rosa took take her two children to the cinema yesterday. Anna grammar worksheet present continuous elementary. Practise the past continuous tense by landing on a space and creating the other. Tenses in english past continuous english lesson plan a2. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Past simple past continuous answers a 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 b b 1 saw 5 stopped 2 were playing 6 were. To practise using the present simple and present continuous tenses. Write these past simple forms from the video in the correct group. Formal and informal english politeness or colloquial language future continuous tense.
Pdf past simple vs past continuous free download pdf. Everyone starts miming or doing the action on their card and the student outside comes in. Past continuous and past simple interrupted activities bbc. The best way of teaching the present tenses is to compare and contrast them.
These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities. If you fall on a forward or backward sign, you move in that direction. You can look at all your cards, but dont show the other people. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. Past continuous bluffing card game rules of the game deal out the cards so that each person in your group has about the same number. Esl puzzles past simple worksheets kids worksheets. The object is for the team to write the irregular past forms for all the simple forms. Lesson planofpastcontinuoustense linkedin slideshare. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. When i left university, i went to work for a private school. Pronunciation as you already know there are three ways to pronounce a regular verb in the past simple.
As you go through each page, point to the different things silly willy did yesterday and elicit the past tense verbs, as well as eliciting what is strange about each activity he does, for example. British broadcasting corporation 2007 grammar challenge present perfect continuous practice activities. Pay attention to the tense past simple or past continuous and write the answer in the same tense. Tenses in english past continuous english lesson plan. Past simple and past continuous pdf exercises with answers. English esl past simple worksheets most downloaded 2143. Past continuous level intermediate answer key note following the quiz, have your learners correct the wrong sentences see below. Download any of our worksheets with the click of a button. Nov 17, 2006 past continuous and past simple interrupted activities english speakers often use the past simple and past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else.
Complex test simple present or present progressivecontinuous. Lesson plans for esl kids teachers esl kidstuff lesson plan. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs provided. This is an easy worksheet contrasting the past simple and past continuous tense. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. Present simple and present continuous free online games. Here is an entertaining free past continuous game for students to play in class.
You will notice that the form of the verb walk changes in these sentences. Before class, download and print off the reader silly willys great day from our website. Description download past simple vs past continuous comments. Tell students they are going to write a newspaper article about a robbery in a public place. I play tennis every weekend and i watch tennis matches on tv every time there is one. Classify the verbs in the box according to their pronunciation. One student makes general or specific statements about what people do with the thing they have chosen e. One student from the first team goes out of the classroom. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, simple, past, continuou. English esl past simple past continuous worksheets most. Once upon a time in mid winter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a beautiful queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood.
An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to 1. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. Some verbs for talking about emotions, thinking, the senses, etc. In this lively free present continuous activity, students play a game of taboo where they describe present continuous sentences. May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. Exercise 2 make the present simple or present continuous. Secondary two 70 minutes past continuous tense objectives.
Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. The grammar focus is on the past continuous and past simple. Limit this to either the simple past or past participle. An esl worksheet to practise using the present continuous and present simple.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Students complete sentences by choosing verbs from a list, and then make corresponding questions. The first person should make a question with when did you last. This twopage worksheet has lots of practice of the past continuous progressive. It is used to talk about something that is happening now. These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities, all of them done in simple and entertaining ways.
Board game a terrible day simple past worksheet free esl printable worksheets. Past tense rules printable grammar rules to download for free. Present simple vs present continuous exercises pdf. We often use the present continuous for things happening right now.
As soon as heshe is done, heshe gives the marker to the next student in line. Simple past vs past continuous exercises tolearnenglish. Esl puzzles provides free quality pdf worksheets for esl, efl and tesol learners and teachers. I got my richard scarrys book out for the actions one. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. Oct 02, 2014 past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a.
Simple present and simple past past present now read these sentences. What i love most is that your activities provide an opportunity to contrast past simple and past continuous. Present simple and past simple passive voice interactive worksheet a nice activity to practice present simple passive and past simple passive voice. Past continuous and past simple interrupted activities english speakers often use the past simple and past continuous together to say that something happened in. Each student can do only one new past form, but may correct any of the answers previously written. Present continuous anna grammar worksheet present continuous elementary an elementary grammar worksheet from anna grammar the present continuous has these uses. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. Check your answers online or send them to your teacher. Right now i am looking for information about famous players on the internet. Gran explains that there are regular past simple forms and irregular past simple forms. Show students a list of things that people use in different ways, e. Students get one point for each correct past tense and two points for each correct answer. A police officer is interviewing a witness to a bank robbery.
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