Past continuous activities pdf

In the brainpop ell movie, suddenly it started l2u4l1, something very strange is going on with the weather. Grammar worksheet past continuous last saturday look at the pictures and answer the questions below. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Heres a free online exercise about making the past continuous positive and negative.

Practice the past progressive or past continuous and past simple tenses, using this esl grammar interactive monkey fun game activity for preintermediate was working, was driving, was walking, etc. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. The activities and exercises to practice this tense cover the different uses. We could also say, i used to watch lots of television. Students can use their imaginations to answer the questions while hopefully using the correct grammar.

Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. This is not only a classic activity for the past continuous, but also an all time classic tefl game. The past perfect progressive in english exercises for intermediate and advanced level esl. Live worksheets english english as a second language esl past continuous past continuous past continuous students have different activities to practice past. English esl past continuous worksheets most downloaded. Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous.

Use the cue cards and model dialog to practice speaking using past simple. Click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, continuous, past contin. Use your imagination to answer the questions in the simple past. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. The lesson focuses on grammar in context, with an emphasis on narrative frameworks and some skimming and speaking practice for your students. An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. This lesson introduces the past continuous tense through a grammar formula along with a brief description of its uses. First step in teaching the past continuous verb tense. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. More past tenses including the past continuous and used to. Students will read each strip and sequence the conversationstory in order. Open a file, rightclick, then print or save as to save first if print is not possible.

This is a question and answer worksheet to help students understand how to use the past continuous tense. We watching tv they swimming was 2 write questions. The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. Inspiration 2 worksheet 2 past continuous i using my mobile phone you listening to music he eating a sandwich at 8pm. Simon says to introduce the activities on the cards. Each worksheet has a total of thirtyfive words written in code, a decoding box. After reading through the grammar introduction, students do a gapfill exercise where they. This sentence monkey activity is great for this type of grammar practice. Give each group of four a set of activity cards and a set of picture cards. Past progressive story 1, page 1 past progressive story 1.

Tell the students that they are going to play a game to practice the past continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the past. A single life past simple vs past continuous practice. Rewarding past continuous pdf games, esl activities, and interactive and printable worksheets for teachers to use with a1, a2 and b1 level students. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper. Choose the verb from the list that best fits in the sentence below. Students are given a list of strange actions and ask their partners to come up with innocent reasons why they were doing those things, e. 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. Past continuous mixed exercise 2 make the past continuous choose positive, negative or question. Esl past continuous worksheet reading, matching and writing activity intermediate b1 25 minutes. Past continuous english activities, grammar activities.

The birds were singing, the sun was shining, and the children were playing games peacefully. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to. Try making the past continuous or past progressive tense this exercise includes the positive and negative forms. One moment its warm and sunny, and the next theres a blizzard.

Read each situation below and answer the following questions. Before a grammar lesson focusing on past continuous verbs, esl teachers should ensure that students remember how to conjugate the irregular verb to be in the past tense. A fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous tense. The past perfect continuous exercise at autoenglish. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs provided. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense past simple or past continuous. For exercises, you can reveal the answers first submit worksheet and print the page to have the exercise and the answers. Ask one student from the first team to go out of the classroom. When telling a story or talking about a true event, we can use both the continuous and simple forms of the past tense. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left.

Past continuous and past simple grammar principiante a. Past progressive story 1 past continuous by really learn english visit the past progressive continuous section for more resources who was she. The pictures are story pictures with two actions happening at the same time. Displaying past simple and continuous activities and answers. In this imaginative past continuous game, students connect the past continuous and past simple together with the words when, while and as. Past continuous 16 question strips adapted from the below bottom of this page pair work activity. Past simple and past continuous the past simple is used.

Grammar board game past continuous 36 squares, each asking about what that person was doing at a specific time speak for at least 1minute per roll. This past continuous worksheet helps students learn and practice three ways the tense is used. Write the verb in its correct parts in the boxes, then press enter to check. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. In this session, you will put events from the animated video in. This lesson is based on the premier league skills english podcast. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. Past continuous exercise 1 perfect english grammar. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Begin teaching the past continuous by telling a story with exaggerated details through the use of the past continuous. Pdf exercises worksheets with answers on the past continuous tense. Here you can find past continuous interactive and downloadable worksheets. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press.