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Home > English grammar and vocabulary exercises > Intermediate exercises (1) > English grammar practice exercise, for pre-intermediate and intermediate levelIn this exercise you will practise the past simple and past continuous tenses.Exercise instructionsUse the words in brackets to put the following into the correct tense – the past simple or past continuous. Are you a teacher? Need a PDF handout of this exercise for your classroom or for your online teaching? Get printable version positive negative question I you he she it we theyarrived. I you he she it we they didnt arrive. DidI you he she it we theyarrive? I was reading a book. He was reading a book. She was reading a book. It was raining. I wasnt reading a book. He wasnt reading a book. She wasnt reading a book. It wasnt raining. Was I reading a book? Was he reading a book? Was she reading a book? Was it raining? You were reading a book. We were reading a book. They were reading a book. You werent reading a book. We werent reading a book. They werent reading a book. Were you reading a book? Were we reading a book? Were they reading a book? I was work in London. I worked in London. In positive sentences, a helping verb such as was or did is not used. He worked in London? Did he work in London? The helping verb did is used in past simple questions. Worked he in London? Did he work in London? The helping verb did is used in past simple questions. Did he wrote a letter? Did he write a letter? The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. He didnt wrote a letter. He didnt write a letter. The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. He writed a letter. He wrote a letter. Some verbs are irregular. Not all verbs end in -ed in the past simple form. I waiting for him almost two hours. I was waiting for him almost two hours. To form the past continuous we use waswere + verb (-ing). What did he doing when you saw him? What was he doing when you saw him? To form the past continuous we use waswere + verb (-ing). We were playing tennis every morning. We played tennis every morning. We mostly use the past simple tense (we played) for repeated actions in the past. They watched TV when I came. They were watching TV when I came. We use the past continuous when we want to say what was happening (what was in progress) at a particular time in the past. Past simple and past continuousPDF worksheetsOnline exercisesGrammar rules PDF Our tip:English grammar books PDFAll PDF exercises and grammar rules from this website. Past simple and continuous worksheets PDFPast simple tensePast continuous tensePast simple vs. past continuous:Past simple and continuous PDF 1 (affirmative)Key with answers 1 Past simple and continuous PDF 2 (affirmative)Key with answers 2Find mistakes and correct them.Past simple and continuous PDF 3 (negative)Key with answers 3 Past simple and continuous PDF 4 (questions)Key with answers 4Make questions with verbs in brackets.Past simple and continuous PDF 5 (story, part 1)Key with answers 5Complete a story. (James and the dog on the road.)Past simple and continuous PDF 6 (story, part 2)Key with answers 6Make negative sentences. (Correct the wrong information about the story.)Past simple and continuous PDF 7 (story, part 3)Key with answers 7At the police station. (Make the policemans questions about the story.)Online exercises with answersPast simple and continuous exercise 1 A multiple choice test.Past simple and continuous exercise 2 Complete the story about James and the dog.Past simple and continuous exercise 3 Make the policemans questions about James and the dog.Past simple and continuous exercise 4 Make negative forms.Past simple and continuous exercise 5 Correct mistakes in sentences.Past simple and continuous exercise 6 Complete a dialogue about a car accident.Grammar rules PDF:Past simple and continuous rules PDFTenses PDF Grammar rules with examples on all English tenses.English grammar PDF All PDF grammar rules on this website.top English Exercises > verb tenses exercises

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