Past continuous board game cards page 2 past continuous past continuous past continuous i was riding a horse. Oct 04, 2017 fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. Make the policemans questions in the past simple or past continuous. He jump into the river and rescue the drowning man. We use the past continuous see unit 9 for something around a past time or a past action. Past simple or past continuous exercise esl lounge student. A common mistake students make is to use the past continuous when the action was carried out over a long period of time. Past simple past continuous exercises focusenglishschool. I was going go to work when my car broke down break down. Past simple and past continuous interactive worksheet. Past simple and past continuous interactive and downloadable.
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Did your parents call you last night while you were watching tv. Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or past continuous forms. Simple past he went and past continuous he was going intermediate exercise 10. Past continuous exercises for lower intermediade level esl. Past simpleexercises intermediate linkedin slideshare. Feb 10, 2016 pobierz past continuous pastcontinuousexercises. Simple past and past continuous exercises esl worksheet. Helen do her weekly shopping when she meet her old friend, june. When i was young, i watched lots of television every day after school. We use the past simple to talk about the past see unit 8. I began to study at nine last night and i was still studying at eleven.
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