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- Past simple and continuous exercises
Practise differences in a number of online exercises.
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Past simple + continuous worksheets PDF
Five PDF exercises to learn the difference.
Past continuous passive worksheets PDF
Positive, negative and question forms.
Past simple worksheets PDF
PDF exercises to learn the simple form.
English grammar worksheets PDF
All PDF exercises on e-grammar.org.
English grammar tests PDF
Marked tests on English tenses and verb forms.
Past continuous PDF exercises:
Past continuous PDF 1 + Key with answers 1
- Look at Jane's diary. What was she doing at these times?
Monday 4.30 - 5.30 p.m. - have an appointment at the dentist's
On Monday at 5 p.m. she ___ an appointment at the dentist's.
Past continuous PDF 2 + Key with answers 2
- The Thompson family. What were they doing at 7 o'clock?
Mr. Thompson ___ (cook) dinner in the kitchen.
Mrs. Thompson ___ (clean) their car in front of their house.
Past continuous questions PDF 3 + Key with answers 3
- Julie saw Tim and Matt at the swimming pool. Complete Sue's questions.
Sue: ___ when you saw them? (what | Tim and Matt | do)
Julie: Tim was swimming in the pool, but I didn't see Matt first.
Sue: ___ in the pool, too? (you | swim)
Past continuous questions PDF 4 + Key with answers 4
- Make questions to ask what Simon and his girlfriend were doing at a restaurant.
Where ___?
At a table by the window.
What ___?
Coffee with milk and a glass of apple juice.
Past continuous negative PDF 5 + Key with answers 5
- Complete short dialogues. Use negative forms of the past continuous.
A: Were you talking to Bob during dinner?
B: I ___ to anybody. I was alone.
Past continuous negative PDF 6 + Key with answers 6
- Make negative statements and questions with words in brackets.
___ a shower at 6 o'clock. (I | not have)
___ computer games when I came back home? (you | not play)
Grammar rules:
Past simple and continuous Online grammar rules.
English tenses PDF Grammar rules on all English tenses in PDF.
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