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Verb tense exercise 3 simple past and past continuous f t p using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers. We use the past continuous tense to express a long action. 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 continuous. Genitive s vs of expressing possession gerunds and infinitives. All the tickets had been sold before the concert began. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 2 grammarbank. Fill in the verbs in brackets in present continuous or present simple. While i clean my car, someone suddenly knocked at the door. Were you watching watch the football match on tv when i phoned phone. Answers a 1 i was writing letters all day yesterday.
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Structurethe regular verbs form the past simple by adding ed to the base form of the verb. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. Before we reached the station we saw that we had lost our way. English esl past simple vs continuous tense worksheets most. A 2page worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past continuous.
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Past simple and past continuous exercises with answers pdf. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. An intermediate grammar worksheet from anna grammarz 2. Verb tense exercise 4 simple past and past continuous f t p using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the check button to check your answers. Answers to past simple or past continuous exercise 2 1. 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. It includes a brief explanation followed by 4 different exercises in which students are asked to look at the picture and write sentences using the verbs given, underline the correct form of the verbs, use the correct adverb to complete sentences and fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verbs using the past continuous or the. Dec 04, 2017 fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb phrase.