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    This document provides instruction on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives examples of forming sentences in the positive, negative, and interrogative forms in both tenses. It also provides exercises for the learner to practice filling in verbs in brackets using the correct past tense. Finally, it distinguishes between using the past simple to indicate facts versus using the past continuous to indicate ongoing actions in the past.

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    This document provides instruction on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives examples of forming sentences in the positive, negative, and interrogative forms in both tenses. It also provides exercises for the learner to practice filling in verbs in brackets using the correct past tense. Finally, it distinguishes between using the past simple to indicate facts versus using the past continuous to indicate ongoing actions in the past.

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    This document provides instruction on the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives examples of forming sentences in the positive, negative, and interrogative forms in both tenses. It also provides exercises for the learner to practice filling in verbs in brackets using the correct past tense. Finally, it distinguishes between using the past simple to indicate facts versus using the past continuous to indicate ongoing actions in the past.

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    Past Simple and

    Past
    Continuous
    Aims:
    Past Simple Practice
    Past Continuous Practice
    The difference between the
    tenses
    Past Simple
    Positive
    S+V2
    Negative
    S+didn’t +V1
    Interrogative
    Did+S+V1?
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.

    He _______ his


    homework yesterday. (do)
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.

    He did his homework


    yesterday.
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.
    My mother _______ a
    cake yesterday. (not
    make)
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.
    My mother didn’t make a
    cake yesterday.
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.

    _________ a film
    yesterday? (you/watch)
    Open the brackets using
    Past Simple.

    Did you watch a film


    yesterday?
    Past Continuous
    Positive
    S +was/were +V1ing
    Negative
    S+was not/ were not +V1ing.
    Interrogative
    Was/ Were +S+V1ing ?
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    He _______ the English
    words yesterday evening .
    (learn )
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    My sister was learning
    the English words
    yesterday evening .
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    They _______ a film
    yesterday evening . (not
    watch)
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    They were not watching
    a film yesterday evening .
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    ________ a book
    yesterday evening ?
    (your father/ watch)
    Open the brackets using
    Past Continuous .
    Was your father watching
    a book yesterday
    evening?
    Past Simple v/s Past Continuou

    Past Simple Past Continuous


    a fact a process
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

     When I _____ (come)


    home yesterday my mother
    ________ a delicious soup
    (make).
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

    When I came home


    yesterday my mother
    was making a delicious
    soup.
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

    I _____ in England
    last year. (be)
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

    I was in England last


    year.
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

    My sister _______ a
    book yesterday at 5
    o’clock.
    Open the brackets using Past
    Simple or Past Continuous .

    My sister was reading a


    book yesterday at 5
    o’clock.
    Correct the mistakes.

    He were reading a
    book yesterday
    evening.
    Correct the mistakes.
    He was reading
    a book
    yesterday
    evening.
    Correct the mistakes.

    She not make


    a salad
    yesterday.
    Correct the mistakes.

    She did not make


    a salad yesterday.
    Correct the mistakes.
    My mother not was
    watching a film
    yesterday afternoon
    .
    Correct the mistakes.
    My mother was not
    watching a film
    yesterday afternoon
    .
    Correct the mistakes.
    Did they bought a
    book last
    weekend?
    Correct the mistakes.
    Did they buy a
    book last
    weekend?
    Correct the mistakes.
    Was my sisters
    reading a book
    yesterday
    morning?
    Correct the mistakes.
    Were my sisters
    reading a book
    yesterday
    morning?
    Thank
    you

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