In this exercise you will practise the past simple tense. I to take took a shower, then i to get dressed got dressed and to leave left. Complete it using the past simple, past continuous, present perfect, future simple and present continuous for future tenses. Past simple form other verbs mixed exercise 2 make the past simple, positive, negative or question. Present simple, past simple and present continuous. Upper intermediate level tense revision busy teacher. The level of the exercise is rather high and there are some doubtful sentences, which. English esl past simple worksheets most downloaded 23.
Add s to the verb for he, she, it, and singular subjects. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. The past continuous and the past simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets in past simple or present perfect. The penguin story a nice story about a friendly penguin. Home page grammar exercises pre intermediate past simple or past continuous exercise past simple or past continuous exercise. Past simple tense fully editable with key by zsuzsapszi fill in the sentences with the correct form past simple of the appropriate verb, and then match the sentences to the pictures. We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The underlined words are the answers to the questions. Fun pdf past simple affirmative and negative games, esl activities, and interactive and printable worksheets for teachers to use with a1, a2 and b1 levels. Wed finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable worksheet. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, simple, reading, past s. Heres another english grammar exercise about the past simple positive, negative and question.
Fill the gaps with either the present perfect or the past simple. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Present simple exercises negative forms exercises questions exercises mixed forms exercises intermediate level home. I n te r m e d i a te g r a m m a r e x e r c i s e. Past simple or continuous headway students site oxford. Simple past to be exercises intermediate level esl.
Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Use the words in brackets to complete each of the following. Past simple affirmative negative games activities esl worksheets. Shed published her first poem by the time she was eight. Students headway students site intermediate fourth edition grammar unit 3 past simple or past perfect. Choose either the past simple or past continuous for each space in this. Remember that some of the verbs belong to regular verbs and the others to irregular verbs. Simple present tense simple present tense in the negative. Simple past english tenses and english grammar worksheets, grammar rules, grammar exercises. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, simple, past simple. Complete the following sentences with the verbs in brackets.
The past simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. It is not necessary to mention the specific time but it is implied in the verb form. He was the greatest writer in the english language and is known around the world. Past perfect grammar intermediate to upper intermediate. Past simple or past continuous interactive worksheet. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous. In this exercise you will practise using the past simple and present perfect tenses. Past simple tense also known as the simple past tense regular verbs, irregular verbs, past simple be waswere. I to eat was eating cornflakes while dad to read was reading the newspaper.
A collection of english esl past simple tense, intermediate b1 worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teac. It doesnt matter in which order we say the two events. Watch all of our pre intermediate level english video lesson. But how much do you really know about william shakespeare and his life. Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense. Jul 14, 2016 learn the difference between past simple and present perfect with jonathan. It hurt a lot at the time but now he uses it to help him teach you about narrative tenses the grammar we use to tell stories. Before getting into the details of the ppp style lesson plan, i will first cover the context of the lesson, target language that will be used, model sentencing and function.
To be past simple exercises intermediate level esl. Past continuous and past simple grammar beginner to pre. Students headway students site intermediate fourth edition grammar unit 3 past simple or. Watch all of our intermediate level english video lessons here.
To be past simple 01 to be past simple 02 intermediate exercises home. English grammar practice exercise, for pre intermediate and intermediate level. Learning english online simple past or present perfect test page 3. Preintermediate grammar past simple or past continuous. Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. English esl past simple tense, intermediate b1 worksheets. Past simple present perfect simple amazon web services. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Past simple lesson plan preintermediate, ppp the celta faq. In this exercise you will practise forming questions in the past simple tense. This exercise focuses on the difference between the past simple and the past perfect. Present perfect vs past simple english grammar lesson.
Past simple or past perfect headway students site oxford. Past simple or past perfect upperintermediate and advanced. Jun 22, 2015 past simple lesson plan preintermediate, ppp this lesson, and all other lessons in the series, will cover the core of lesson, namely the ppp section. E x e r c i s e i ns t r u c t i o ns use the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense the past simple or past. Instructions play the video in class after delivering a warmup activity first. In this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses. This worksheets contains nice sentences to have a further and deeper practice in using these two tenses. Click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. How long, for, since, already, yet, before, ever, never, etc. Grammar explanation time up to a point in the past. Apr 07, 2016 learn about the past continuous tense in english grammar. In this exercise you will practise the past simple tense exercise instructions. English esl past simple worksheets most downloaded 22. This worksheet has different types of exercises such as a cloze text, finding mistakes, actives or passives as well as an answer key in the end.
All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. English grammar practice exercise, upper intermediate advanced level. John the stuntman john the stuntman has an interesting life. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise past simple tense in english. Helen do her weekly shopping when she meet her old friend, june. English grammar practice exercise, for preintermediate and intermediate level. Before we reached the station we saw that we had lost our way. There are several uses functions of the past simple. Simple present tense information questions use the correct question word who, what, where, when, why, how many and the simple present tense to make information questions. Learn when to use the present perfect or the past simple tense. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. Use the simple present to talk about habits or routines, schedules, and facts. Past continuous english grammar lesson preintermediate.
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