Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. When i left university, i went to work for a private school. Present simple vs present continuous exercises pdf. One student from the first team goes out of the classroom. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Here are three great activities to practice past continuous tense to get your wheels turning. Here is an entertaining free past continuous game for students to play in class. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card. Once upon a time in mid winter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a beautiful queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood.
The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version. In this lively free present continuous activity, students play a game of taboo where they describe present continuous sentences. Present simple and past simple passive voice interactive worksheet a nice activity to practice present simple passive and past simple passive voice. May be freely copied for personal or classroom use. British broadcasting corporation 2007 grammar challenge present perfect continuous practice activities. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Past simple and past continuous inspiration macmillan. It is a very structured activity in which students write a short newspaper article about a robbery. It is used to talk about something that is happening now. Lesson plans for esl kids teachers esl kidstuff lesson plan. Present continuous activities games esl worksheets grammar games.
The best way of teaching the present tenses is to compare and contrast them. English esl past simple past continuous worksheets most. The first person should make a question with when did you last. Classify the verbs in the box according to their pronunciation. An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. Tenses in english past continuous english lesson plan a2. Pronunciation as you already know there are three ways to pronounce a regular verb in the past simple. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 grammarbank. Gran explains that there are regular past simple forms and irregular past simple forms. Before class, download and print off the reader silly willys great day from our website. Write these past simple forms from the video in the correct group. Download and print download a pdf version of this activity for classroom use with teacher notes. Students then write the story down in a group dictation. Past simple past continuous answers a 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 b b 1 saw 5 stopped 2 were playing 6 were.
We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. A police officer is interviewing a witness to a bank robbery. Limit this to either the simple past or past participle. Download any of our worksheets with the click of a button. Everyone starts miming or doing the action on their card and the student outside comes in. The aim of the game is for a player to get his or her teammates to say a present continuous sentence on a card, but the player cannot say the sentence or use the three words on the card. Esl puzzles provides free quality pdf worksheets for esl, efl and tesol learners and teachers. Simple present vs present continuous present continuous simple present now at the momentat present this morningevening e. Present continuous anna grammar worksheet present continuous elementary an elementary grammar worksheet from anna grammar the present continuous has these uses.
Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous. Students get one point for each correct past tense and two points for each correct answer. Exercise 2 make the present simple or present continuous. Present simple and present continuous free online games.
Past simple worksheets kids worksheets esl puzzles free. Past continuous and past simple interrupted activities english speakers often use the past simple and past continuous together to say that something happened in. When the teacher came in, they were studying english. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Past simple and past continuous cambridge university press. Present simple vs present continuous exercises pdf multiple.
This is an easy worksheet contrasting the past simple and past continuous tense. Oct 02, 2014 past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. Finally, click here to download this exercise in pdf with answers. English esl past simple worksheets most downloaded 2143. Board game a terrible day simple past worksheet free esl printable worksheets. I am not very good so i am learning with a trainer. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous of the verbs in brackets. Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the past simple or the past continuous. I got my richard scarrys book out for the actions one. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to 1. I felt sick yesterday morning so i went to the doctor. Past continuous bluffing card game rules of the game deal out the cards so that each person in your group has about the same number. The grammar focus is on the past continuous and past simple. Ten things about me past simple statements you will need.
Some verbs for talking about emotions, thinking, the senses, etc. Formal and informal english politeness or colloquial language future continuous tense. Description download past simple vs past continuous comments. Esl puzzles past simple worksheets kids worksheets. If you fall on a forward or backward sign, you move in that direction. My tutors are big on reactive teaching so im going to throw my students straight into a communicative exercise and then im going to correct them as i go and clear up any issues they have afterwards. In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. Complex test simple present or present progressivecontinuous. As she sewed, she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Students complete sentences by choosing verbs from a list, and then make corresponding questions. To practise using the present simple and present continuous tenses. Past simple and past continuous pdf exercises with answers. Simple past vs past continuous exercises tolearnenglish. There are two types of english verbs in the past simple regular and.
Past simple vs past continuous elementary worksheet ii. These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities, all of them done in simple and entertaining ways. One student makes general or specific statements about what people do with the thing they have chosen e. The verb walk not only expresses an action, but it also tells us the time of action. As soon as heshe is done, heshe gives the marker to the next student in line. The object is for the team to write the irregular past forms for all the simple forms. Anna grammar worksheet present continuous elementary. As you go through each page, point to the different things silly willy did yesterday and elicit the past tense verbs, as well as eliciting what is strange about each activity he does, for example. Secondary two 70 minutes past continuous tense objectives.
An esl worksheet to practise using the present continuous and present simple. This twopage worksheet has lots of practice of the past continuous progressive. Show students a list of things that people use in different ways, e. Rosa took take her two children to the cinema yesterday. Past tense rules printable grammar rules to download for free. Past continuous and past simple interrupted activities bbc. I play tennis every weekend and i watch tennis matches on tv every time there is one. Actions present continuous page 3 of 8 copyright esl kidstuff. Report past simple vs past continuous please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as. Simple present and simple past past present now read these sentences.
The past past simple and past continuous 1 an exercise by montse morales for the english learning website. Check your answers online or send them to your teacher. Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs provided. So its my second observed class tomorrow and ive prepared the following lesson plan to teach present perfectpast simple to the same group. You will notice that the form of the verb walk changes in these sentences. There is a conversation, grammar exercises, and plenty of speaking practice. Each student can do only one new past form, but may correct any of the answers previously written. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, simple, past, continuou.
Irregular past simple tense verbs do not end in ed. Lesson planofpastcontinuoustense linkedin slideshare. Pay attention to the tense past simple or past continuous and write the answer in the same tense. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. What i love most is that your activities provide an opportunity to contrast past simple and past continuous. Past simple vs past continuous past simple past continuous a. We often use the present continuous for things happening right now.
We can use the present continuous for future arrangements. Tenses in english past continuous english lesson plan. Past continuous level intermediate answer key note following the quiz, have your learners correct the wrong sentences see below. Future perfect simple and continuous progressive tense. Right now i am looking for information about famous players on the internet. Tell students they are going to write a newspaper article about a robbery in a public place. Practise the past continuous tense by landing on a space and creating the other. Pdf past simple vs past continuous free download pdf. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. 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. You can look at all your cards, but dont show the other people. Nov 17, 2006 past continuous and past simple interrupted activities english speakers often use the past simple and past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else. These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities.
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