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Past continuous / past progressive: worksheets, printable exercises pdf, handouts and resources to print. Past simple and past continuous grammar exercises.
PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS. 1. A: How .............................................. (you/break) your leg? B: I fell as I .............................................. (run) to catch the bus. 2. A: Sam .............................................. (not/come) to the cinema with us. B: I know.
To express the idea that an action in the past continuous started before the action expressed by the past simple and continued after it. When she saw me, I was looking at the trees . (These two actions happened at the same time.)
A selection of English ESL past simple vs continuous tense printables.
1. We use the past simple for activities or situations that were completed in the past at a definite time. a) The time can be given in the sentence: I came home at 6 o'clock. When he was a child, he didn't live in a house.
Use the present simple, past simple, present perfect or past perfect. When Kakenya Ntaiya from Kenya was fourteen, she 1 (make) a deal with her father. He would let her finish high school or she 2 (threaten) to run away. Maasai girls didn’t usually finish high school, but her father 3 (accept).
In this lesson, students study and practise the differences between the past simple and past continuous. The worksheet is suitable for both classroom practice and self-study.
