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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I prepared 24 mixed questions to exercise past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. At the end of the worksheet, there is a joke which I took from one of my books. Wanted my worksheet ...
This is a simple worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past continuous tense. recommended for intermediate students who are asked to put the words in order and write sentences and fill in ...
Hi :) I tried to prepare a worksheet which can be used while teaching Past Simple and Past Continuous. The students are given a short story about a robbery at a bank. After reading and examining t ...
This is a simple to read and understand fact sheet about the basic structure of a Past-Continuous sentence/s. Indispensable in any TEFL/ESL classroom. Teachers may hand it out at the end of the ...
In this worksheet you can find a short comparison between Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses: their uses, structures, examples, particles and some links to practise them on-line. If you like t ...
This worksheet helps students differentiate between the simple past and past continuous tenses in use and form. Students can differentiate between the use of 'when' that is followed by a short act ...
The worksheet consists of 14 pictures and 14 small texts. The students have to choose verbs from the list to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the simple past or continuous. The key to the ...
Thankful as I am for this great website, I'd like to share this simple worksheet for practicing Past Simple and Continuous. It is a popular song which I find adequate for teenagers between 13-16 y ...
The worksheet consists of two exercises to practise the use of the present and the past simple and continuous. The students have to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. ...
It's Halloween season. If your students are fed up with pumpkins and costume parties, maybe they will be interested in reading a spooky story. However, they will have to complete it by choosing th ...
Two part, past simple, past continuous, and questions, police and suspect activity cards. The first is a 'partner' reading or role play activity. The second is a speaking, gap fill role play activ ...
Reporting a crime. Past simple, past continuous, and questions activity. Reading, speaking, gap fill writing & role play activity cards. The first card is a reading dialogue for partners. The ...
General work-sheet on tenses ( simple present " prefrences" simple past " what did you do?" "YN questions") (past con. and present con). It helps the students in putting all the tenses in one fra ...
Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense worksheet for intermediate ESL learners. It is divided into two sections: Vocabulary section to review past form of verbs, and Grammar Section to comprehend s ...
This practical worksheet is about K-Pax movie. First at all, you MUST watch the film with your students. Target areas: vocabulary, multiple choice questions and writing. The worksheet is for ...
This is a very interesting handout because your students can practice simple past, past continuous and direct speech. They have to complete the bubbles of a comic. Also they have to make up a stor ...
Here's the 5th poster in our new 'Grammar' series. It'll come in handy when you need to practice or review the Past Progressive. Click the image to view the full resolution poster for printing. If ...
Students have to fill in the blanks with correct answer based on the questions given.They also must rewrite the following affirmative statements as questions, negative statements, negative questio ...
This worksheet is useful to practice How long ...(duration of activities and tenses ...)
It's an exercise with questions about duration of daily activities. You can develop a conversation about i ...
In this worksheet there are 2 exercises to revise the present & the past both in the simple and continuous form. In 1, the students have to fill in the gaps with the correct simple or continuo ...
This is a 2-page worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past continuous. There are simple explanations at the top of the page followed by 2 different activities in which students are asked ...
Hi all, this a really nice activity I use to motivate my students to write an original and interesting story using musical ideas. All you need is pick four different musical pieces. You might want ...
My worksheet is for practicing past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses. There are 27 questions which are required to be answered in these 3 tenses. Students will notice the different ...
A pre-intermediate worksheet with mixed tenses. There are 4 parts in here, starting from easier to hardest. The tenses included are: present, present continuous, past, past continuous, present per ...
This is a 2-page worksheet contrasting the simple past and the past continuous. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to write sentences according to the picture and fill in bla ...
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![The Robbery [Past Continuous & Past Simple]](https://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-11/1352906329_robbery.png)
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