Write a second sentence that has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
Darlene is a long-distance walker. Look at this part of her diary describing a morning’s walk along the coast. Write the missing words. Use one word only in each space.
In this worksheet, students practice the use of the past and the past continuous tenses. The fill in the blanks with appropriate words. The worksheets has an answer key.
Let’s delve into the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses. I’ll provide detailed explanations, examples, and tables to help students understand these concepts effectively.
Past Simple
The past simple tense describes actions that occurred at a specific point in the past. It emphasizes completed events. Regular past simple verbs end in “-ed” (e.g., called, played, arrived), while irregular verbs have unique forms (e.g., wake → woke, break → broke, feel → felt).
Structure:
Subject | Verb (Past Simple) | Example |
---|---|---|
I/You/We/They | called | My parents called me yesterday. |
He/She/It | woke | I woke up early this morning. |
Usage:
- Completed Actions:
- Use the past simple to describe actions that happened and ended in the past.
- Example: “Sam played basketball when he was at university.”
- Form the negative with “didn’t” + infinitive verb.
- Example (Negative): “I didn’t wake up early this morning.”
- Form questions with “did” + subject + infinitive verb.
- Example (Question): “Did you wake up early this morning?”
- Use the past simple to describe actions that happened and ended in the past.
Past Continuous
The past continuous tense shows actions that were already in progress at a specific time in the past. It emphasizes ongoing activities. We form it using “was” or “were” + the “-ing” form of the verb.
Structure:
Subject | Verb (Past Continuous) | Example |
---|---|---|
I/You/We/They | were studying | What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying. |
He/She/It | was working | She couldn’t come to the party. She was working. |
Usage:
- Actions in Progress:
- Use the past continuous to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific past moment.
- Example: “We were cleaning the house all morning.”
- It can also show activities in progress for some time, not just a moment.
- Example: “Three years ago, we were living in my hometown.”
- Use the past continuous to describe actions that were ongoing at a specific past moment.
Past Continuous and Past Simple Together
When we use these two tenses together, it indicates that the past simple action happened in the middle of the past continuous action, interrupting it.
Examples:
- “While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy.”
- “I broke my leg when I was skiing.”
- “As I was going to work, I saw an old friend.”
Difference in Meaning:
- “When the guests arrived, Jane was cooking dinner.”
- Jane started cooking before the guests arrived (past continuous).
- “When the guests arrived, Jane cooked dinner.”
- The guests arrived first, and then Jane started cooking (past simple).
Encourage students to practice using both tenses to express different aspects of past events! ????????
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