The past continuous, also called the past progressive, is the focus of this section. Right now, there are 216 Past Progressive worksheets listed with more being added regularly by busy teachers just like you. Some worksheets combine more than one tense while others focus solely on the past continuous. This worksheet for elementary students is for practicing the past simple and past continuous tenses. There are some comprehension questions, fill in the blank exercises, and even a section devoted to word order. Each page has its own image and story that students use to complete the exercises. This could be done individually or in pairs but should be check or reviewed as a class so that students have some speaking practice as well. If you do not want to spend too much class time on this, just choose one page of the worksheet. Look at the main tense section for all tense related worksheets or another tense subsection if you want to narrow your search.
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Unit 4 test concentrates on testing of past continuous and past simple, matching the halves of the sentences according to their meaning with past simple and continuous, making questions according ...
The game "Who's the murderer?" introduces the crime scene and the victim. Then there are pieces of evidence and the list of suspects. Read the introduction to the ss. Place the strips with evidenc ...
This has been one of my favorite activities since childhood. A group of ss work in a group to create one story. But each time a student writes something, he/she folds the paper so that the others ...
Any kind of “Alibi” game is perfect for practicing past tenses (esp past simple and past continuous). Make up any story that something was stolen at the party at 10 pm last night. You ...
There are 12 slides in this PPT on past tenses. Students have to look at the pictures and decide which tense to use: past simple or past continuous. The PPT is good for revising and practising the ...
This is a worksheet that focuses on the use of past simple and continuous combined. The first exercise is a gapfill where the students have to write the verb in brackets in past simple or continou ...
In this worksheet students have to complete the sentences with the correct tense (past continuous or past simple). Then they are asked to match the sentences with the pictures. This worksheet is g ...
In this worksheet you will find a handy summary of the rules of the following tenses: present simple, present progressive (continuous), past simple, past progressive (continuous) and future. These ...
This is a worksheet for revising the past continuous at pre-intermediate level. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to complete the sentences with the verbs given, as ...
Three exercises: 1. Past simple vs. past continuous; 2. vocabulary (movies, stories, family themed ex. ghost, engaged etc.); 3. Past simple vs. present perfect. Based on my students' workboo ...
This is a worksheet I have created for students to revise present simple, present continuous, past simple and past continuous. This is accomplished with the completion of these exercises: multiple ...
These worksheets (A & B - version) introduce the formation and use of past continuous. Past continuous is often used together with past simple (which can be confusing to students), so th ...
This table provides explanations on the usage of the most common verb tenses in English. It also includes examples and the time expressions for each tense. You will find present simple, present co ...
It's a simplified version of "Cluedo" board game to practise past simple and past continuous. The teacher sets the scene of the murder case and divides the students in groups. One group takes the ...
I used this worksheet as a test. It tests the knowledge of past simple, irregular verbs, past continuous, and in the last exercise the students have to decide which of the two tenses should be use ...
Activity type: a role play based on a very old idea in which students have to act as criminals and police people. Level: Pre-intermediate and above.This is a very good review of the past simp ...
Great worksheet for practicing past continuous and past simple as well as for describing clothes and commenting on fashion during the 20th century. You can use this worksheet to introduce past con ...
This is a song I use as a round up activity when working with the past continuous tense. You may also want to make some questions about the song, here are some that might be useful: 1. W ...
A powerpoint/boardgame about two verb tenses: past simple vs past continuous. Students are asked to play this boardgame by choosing the correct tense. They should be able to use these two tenses i ...
This grammar worksheet will help your students revise the tense forms such as present simple, continuous and perfect, and also past simple and continuous. There are four exercises where learners w ...
In part 1 the students fill in the verbs into a story using either simple past or past progressive. In part 2 the students insert subordination adverbs into a story. For both sections, multip ...
This is a 2-page worksheet for revising past tenses: past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to choose the correct option, choose the cor ...
This is a worksheet for revising the differences between the past simple and past continuous tense at pre-intermediate level. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to c ...
Hi. This is a power point file that I made to encourage students to practise past continuous. It is basically a sequence of pictures that work as prompts for speaking practice. It is a short activ ...
This PPT contains rules of usage of all the past tenses including examples for each situation. With the help of these sentenses you can elicit these rules from your students if they are upper-inte ...
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