What is the difference between the simple past tense and the past continuous? Help your pupils master these tenses with the information and six grammar exercises included here.

Concepts

the simple past tense, the past continuous tense, the past progressive tense, verb tenses

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pick and choose your favorite exercises or use them all
• Hand out the page that provides defintions and examples as a student reference sheet

Classroom Considerations

• The final page uses past progressive in the directions rather than past continuous; make sure to communicate to learners that these two terms mean the same thing

Pros

• Students practice the verb tenses with a variety of different exercises

Cons

• Answer keys are not provided