WorksheetsPAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 11mins
When do we use PAST CONTINUOUS?
Past continuous shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.
Past continuous (also called past progressive) is used to talk about actions in progress (happening) around a particular time in the present.
Past continuous (also called past progressive) is used to talk about actions in progress (happening) around a particular time in the past.
Past Continuous is a tense which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past.
If a verb ends with W, X or Y just add –ing.
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Rule #2
If a verb ends with "ie"...
Just add -ing.
Take off the "e" and add –ing.
Double the last letter and add –ing.
Change ie to "y" and add –ing.
Rule #3
If a verb ends with just one "e"...
Take off the e and add –ing.
Just add –ing.
Change "ie" to y and add –ing.
Double the last letter and add –ing.
Rule #4
If a verb ends with CVC word.
CVC (consonant–vowel–consonant).
If a verb has stress on the beginning of the word, we add –ing.
Double the last letter and add –ing.
If a verb does not fit into these rules #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 just add –ing.
Just add –ing.
Rule #5 Stress rule. (Stress is when we say part of the word stronger than the rest).
If a verb has stress on the beginning of the word...
Take off the "e" and add –ing.
Double the last letter and add –ing.
If a verb does not fit into these rules #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 just add –ing.
We add –ing.
If a verb does not fit into these rules #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 just add –ing.
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save
saveing
saving
savying
savving
tap
tapping
taping
tapeing
tapying
carry
carring
carreing
carrying
caring
dream
dreaming
driming
dreamming
dreamin
cut
cuting
cutting
cutying
cuteing
see
seing
siing
seeing
seying
open
openning
opening
openying
openin
have
hasing
haveing
having
havying
lie
lieing
liing
lying
liying
die
dying
dieing
diying
dyingg
bat
bating
bateing
batting
batying
When do we use past simple?
The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.
The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the future.
The simple past is a tense which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the present
The Past Simple is used to talk about actions in progress (happening) around a particular time in the past.
In English there are two kinds of verbs IN PAST SIMPLE:
PRESENT AND PAST
REGULAR AND ING
WAS AND WERE
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR
BE
WAS - WERE
BEED
BED
ARRIVE
ARRIVED
ARRIVET
ARRIVE
CUT
CUTTED
CUT
CUTED
GIVE
GAVED
GIVED
GAVE
BUY
BUY
BOUGHT
BUYED
WORK
WORKED
WORK
WORKT
We played/were playing volleyball with Mary when you were calling/called me.
PLAYED / WERE CALLING
WERE PLAYING / CALLED
PLAYED /CALLED
WERE PLAYING / WERE CALLING
.When the teacher was coming/came in, they were studying/studied English.
CAME / STUDIED
WAS COMING / WERE STUDYNG
WAS COMING / STUDIED
CAME / WERE STUDYING
The baby was sleeping/slept when the telephone was ringing/rang.
SLEPT / RANG
WAS SLEEPING / WAS RINGING
WAS SLEEPING / RANG
SLEPT / WAS RINGING
As I was walking/walked in the streets of Holland, I was metting/met an old friend of mine.
WAS WALKING / MET
WAS WALKING / WAS MEETING
WALKED / MET
WALKED / WAS METTING
I lost/was losting my car keys.
LOST
WAS LOSTING
My uncle was taking/took me to the airport yesterday.
WAS TAKING
TOOK
My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
WAS HAVING / SPILLED
HAD / SPILLED
WAS HAVING / WAS SPILLING
HAD / SPILLED
What were you doing yesterday at 7 o´clock?
We (play) ____ _______ tennis, when suddenly John hurt his ankle.
(a)
I was sitting in a coffee shop, when suddenly you (a) (call)
He ___ ______ (live) in Russia, when suddenly the Revolution (start)
(a)
He _______(work) in a bank, when he ______ (meet) his wife.
(a)
While I ___ _______(drive), I had an accident.
(a)
They were living in Germany, when suddenly they (a) (be) young.
