Kids english activities online exercises printable ebooks. Past continuous student a discuss the questions below with your partner. There are just some signs to print for the timeline activity. As long as students add full sentences, its great for practising either the past simple, or a wider range of narrative tenses i. The past continuous tense is used to indicate that an activity was going on when another activity took place. Story chain esl activity efl esl activities eslactive. In this challenging past continuous activity, students put a ghost story in order by saying and listening to sentences. Amusing ways of giving students intensive practice of the past progressive tense.
Simon says to introduce the activities on the cards. There is no shortage of great activities for practicing past continuous tense, but it may take some ti. Past continuous tense negative positive negative i was listening to music. These past continuous worksheets include exercises to practice both positive. These past continuous worksheets include exercises to practice both positive and negative sentences. Past simple and past continuousthe past simple is used. We then explain that the past perfect continuous is used to stress duration, or to express an activity that was occurring close in time to another activity. This battleships game is a great speaking activity for practising the past continuous. Download these pdf past continuous worksheets and use them in class today. Past continuous tense examples, exercises worksheets with. Past continuous why speaking activity english esl worksheets for. English esl past simple and past continuous worksheets.
Alibi past continuous speaking activity using past continuous. Download and print handouts, exercises and quizzeseslk12 print more worksheets. Past continuous speaking activity verb tenses, time time, you. Past simple and past continuous 1 write the past simple form of these regular and irregular verbs. English teacher currently living and working in thailand.
To talk about a temporary activity taking place over a limited time. As i was walking in the streets of holland, i met an old friend of mine. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Visit the past progressive continuous section for more resources who was she.
This lesson is based on the premier league skills english podcast. Divide the students into groups of 14 and give each student a sentence card. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about past, simple, and, past, cont. Past continuous speaking activity the worksheet contains a number of situations your students were presumably involved in a day before. When the teacher came in, they were studying english.
The grammar focus is on the past continuous and past simple. This is done through the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense to paint a picture in words of the moment when something important occurred. A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach past simplepast continuous, shared by english language teachers. Esl past continuous exercises pdf reading, matching and writing activity intermediate b1 25 minutes this printable past continuous worksheet helps students learn and practice three ways the tense is used. Understanding grammar the past continuous lesson plan.
Browse past and past continuous activities resources on teachers pay. Past continuous d past simple b fill the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past continuous and past simple. Picture description game using past continuous efl magazine. See below for the pdf worksheets currently available to download. The continuous form is not used with stative verbs such as be, seem, taste, etc.
Esl past continuous game miming, writing and speaking activity. Weve got a resource thats going to help save you some prep time. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about speaking, present, continuous. Learn how to use past continuous progressive through a short story in this video. Exercises free and with help function, teaching materials and grammar rules. Jul 02, 2018 the past continuous and continuous forms, in general, are used with action verbs such as talk, drive, play, etc. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. A nice fun personalised speaking activity for past continuous. In open class ask students to talk about events that have been happening recently in the news. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and games. This sentence is an example of the past perfect continuous tense, also known. Remind them that the past tense clause expresses some kind of interruption into another activity which is the continuous clause.
Present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and past continuous speaking cards pdf. Past continuous games esl activities worksheets teach this. Past continuous progressive tense esl worksheets, english exercises, reading comprehension questions, writing and speaking activities, dialogues and. The story chain esl activity can be a fun warmer or timefiller for any level. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of. Save hours of lesson preparation time with the entire busyteacher library. Past perfect simple and continuous speaking practice. We use the past continuous to talk about a past activity that was in progress at a particular time in the past. I used this activity with my advanced adult class to practice the past continuous, they had to take a slip of paper and tell the other students for 45. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Jan 03, 2019 this lesson is aimed at helping students actively use the past continuous in speaking and writing. An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. The past continuous tense follows a fairly easy pattern, but my students still like to get a lot of practice using it. For more lesson materials for teaching about the past tense, check out these.
Esl conversation questions present perfect continuous. Others have to guess the reason using the past perfect. We were playing volleyball with mary when you called me. Followup activity in open class ask students to talk about events that have been happening recently in the news. Past simple past continuous speaking activities pdf. Lots of great worksheets and activities to keep your students engaged and learning.
Ask one student from the first team to go out of the classroom. In this cover up game students practice speaking in the past continuous tense as they strive to be the first to cover all of the squares on their game board. You can also extend or shorten some of the steps depending on the level and needs of your students. May 19, 2011 to talk about two actions in the past, both happening over a period. Free interactive exercises to practice online or download as pdf to print. Students take it in turns to read out statements using the past simple.
Present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and past continuous. The past continuous is one of the tenses used to tell stories as it describes. Students will read each strip and sequence the conversationstory in order. Past continuous speaking worksheet games to learn english. This sections provides you with downloadable pdf worksheets and keys for grammar. Students then write the story down in a group dictation.
Click the download link to opensave the pdf, then print to your. Past progressive story 1, page 1 past progressive story 1. The past continuous tense denotes an action going on in the past. Teaching resources grammar worksheets verbs verb tenses past simplepast continuous. Past simple vs past continuous interactive activity for a2. You may want to ask them to choose a current event to talk about briefly in the next class and, depending on your curriculum and the interest of the students, you could get students to plan an article on a real news event in a.
We have a teachers copy including teachers notes and an answer key and a student version which you can email to your class for online lessons. Past perfect continuous free esl resources off2class. You wont find endless grammar or reading comprehension worksheets in my uploads as i think many students around the world are already getting an overload of those. It includes a picture matching exercise which can be done before the game. Past simple or past continuous worksheet 1 answers. The children did their homework when after i got home. English grammar past perfect continuous esl activities. Practice the past continuous tense with these past continuous tense worksheets. Aug 23, 2017 there are two different worksheets provided. Past tense exercises and worksheets past tense lessons include exercises practicing the use of verbs in the past tense, pronunciation endings for the ed endings of verbs and speaking and story exercises that encourage students to write and talk about events from their lives or create imaginary scenarios. This is a question and answer worksheet to help students understand how. This use of the past continuous is very common at the beginning of a story. Past continuous tense can be introduced at a fairly low level of language acquisition. My worksheets mainly focus on speaking activities because i think conversation is the most important skill for communication.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the. This is a materials light lesson, there are no student worksheets. Esl activities and games teaching the past simple and past continuous grammar 60 90 minutes. Consequently, it can form the basis of of pretty interesting speaking activities and discussions. Hand each student one situation, give the class some time time to think it over and ask.
Tell the students that they are going to play a game to practice the past continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the past. The lesson focuses on grammar in context, with an emphasis on narrative frameworks and some skimming and speaking practice for your students. The worksheet contains a number of situations your students were presumably involved in a day before. Present perfect continuous from oxford practice grammar basic unit 17 1. Bank materialow pdf bezplatne materialy do pobrania.
Make me say yes, i am make me say no, im notstudents take turns asking yes no questions. Esl past continuous exercises pdf reading, matching and writing activity. More past progressive speaking games, many past cont photocopiable worksheets, another game idea, a song and a story here. The past continuous is an english verb tense used for continuous actions in the past. Past progressive story 1 past continuous by really learn english visit the past progressive continuous section for more resources who was she.
Past perfect simple and continuous speaking practice esl. Use the cue cards and model dialog to practice speaking using past simple. In order to form past continuous tense, we add present participle to was or were. English esl past simple and past continuous worksheets most. Past simplepast continuous worksheets esl printables. More past tenses including the past continuous and used to. Ask the students how to construct the tense and have some reminders up on the board. I was working on my computer and my children were watching television. Past continuous english grammar learnenglishonline.
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