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Reading Comprehension Past tenses
Read the text, answer true and false and complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
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A2 Past simple and past continuous tense practise
Students read the sentences looking for markers to indicate which tense should be used, they then complete the gap-fill using either the past simple or past continuous tense and the past of infinitive in bold. You could make it more challenging by removing the infinitive in () and let them complete it with another suitable verb. Answers on page 2.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
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Making Questions - Mixed tenses
Short activity to practice making questions (mixed tenses) with a small reminder of word order (question word, auxiliary, subject, verb) in the form of a mnemonic strategy. Key and B&W version included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Simple Past Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Minimal Exercise
A minimal exercise that contains simple past continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-12
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Test: Present and Past
Practice the different verb tenses (present and past).
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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General Review
a review for intermediate alumns
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type:

 


 
Past simple and continuous, future exam

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type:

 


 
reading &writing worksheet (simple past, past con and used to)

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-14
Type:

 


 
Speaking Exercise- Simple Past and Past Continuous
Easy Speaking exercise (which can also be used as a writing task) where students can talk about their experiences.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type:

 


 
Retelling the plot of the movies - Past Simple and Past Continuous part 2
This ESL activity - is to help student to describe what he/ she has watched, a student needs to use past tenses to retell the plot of the movie.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
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Retelling the plot of the movies - Past Simple and Past Continuous
This ESL activity - is to help student to describe what he/ she has watched, a student needs to use past tenses to retell the plot of the movie.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type:

 


 
THE PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE TENSES
Just a printable with the basic information about these three tenses, organized in a way most students will find useful and easy to digest.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type:

 


 
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:

 


 
Present simple vs. Present continuous. Past simple. Comparative and superlative
It is a revision worksheet, containing the rules, formation and key words of the present simple, present continuous and past simple tenses. Also, there is the forming of comparative and superlative of adjectives
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: grammar-guide

 


 
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Students complete the text by choosing the right vertb tense and then watch the video "The Misterious Stalker" on YouTube to correct the exercise. Students practise the difference betwenn Past Simple and Continuous.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
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INTERRUPTED ACTIONS
This is a speaking activity. First, the students look at each picture and try to produce sentences using an action in progress interrupted by another action in the past simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Grammar in use 6 Simple past and Simple past continuous
This is a grammar series I started for my middle to high school students based on the Grammar in Use text book. Hope you will find it useful! You can find other lessons in the series here as well.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Past and Past Continuous
Hello there! This is a fun activity to revise past simple and past continuous. First you have a word search and then some sentences to complete with these two tenses. Extra! Three idiomatic expressions/idioms to incorporate to speaking conversation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Present and past simple and continuous

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


narrative tenses RECAP and "The One Million Pound Bank-note" by M. Twain
Recap lessons on narrative tenses (B1+: form, meaning, use) through the short story (graded reading) "The One Million Pound Bank-note" by M. Twain
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS FORMS
NOTES ON USES AND SOME EXERCISES
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Review Simple past and Past Continuous
This is a review of Simple Past and Past Continuous for pre intermediate students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Make a story Part 2 - tenses practice and game for EGE, OGE
This is part 2 for a lesson on practicing tenses in a fun form, using a story as a context. This is an exercise and game for practice. Choose a hero and setting if needed. In part 1 there is pattern and example of a ghost story. In part 3 there is practice based on a Frozen cartoon.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Let�s revise: present simple and continuous; past simple and past continuous
Power point to revise some tenses (present simple and present continuous; past simple and past continuous). Form and Use. Some exercises are provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple and Past Continuous

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Game: Tenses
You can save this PPt as *jpg and print. Play this game with 1-4 pupils checking their knowledge about tenses. In my printable there will be cards with different verbs. The child will throw the dices, choose the card with the verb and make sentence using correct tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


verb tenses revision and explanation
revise the verb tenses with this presentation there are examples and a time line simple present, past, continuous, perfect
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past and past continuous Tense
You may change the photos with your students� ones. They will find it more interesting.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-16
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple and Past Continuous
A simple PPT to introduce and practise Past Continuous with Past Simple. You can find also my ppt introducing Past Continuous. I used on my lessons and my students were very active. I hope you will find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past vrs. Past progressive
Simple past vrs. Past progressive Used to and Would
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


yes/no question: present simple, present continuous and past simple
yes/no question: present simple, present continuous and past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


The Raising of Lazarus (Irregular Verbs and Mixed Tenses)
This text is taken from The�Gospel of John 11:1-45 (King James version). It describes the Raising of Lazarus. It is one of the most important events before Easter. The text contains a lot of Irregular verbs. Besides Past tenses are presented there quite well. The text is religious (Christianity) so keep it in mind.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100

 


CRIME AND LAW - PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS TEST
Complete the test about crime and law vocabulary. Past simple / past continuous practice
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14

 


PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Students choose WHILE or WHEN to complete sentences.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100

 


PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Students watch a video with a story and explanation. Students complete a transcript of the story and answer some grammar questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Past tenses and Present Perfect advanced
Designed with a CAE/Cambridge Advanced class in mind (Complete Advanced coursebook), this game is supposed to help revise past tenses and Present Perfect in a fun way. Hope pictures draw the attention, too ;-) enjoy
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100

 


All tenses game
A test of verb tenses. Present Simple and Continuous, Past Simple and Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Will, Be going to
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Present simple and continuous, past simple
A short story as a cloze test with the verbs in the three tenses, mentioned above.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-12

 


past simple and past continuous
past simple and past continuous
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-11

 


past simple and past continuous
a very simple exercise for past simple and past continuous
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14

 


GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY GAME FOR INTERMEDIATE
MAINLY REVISE FOR EXAMS.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Body Parts and Past Tenses. English with John Galsworthy. The Forsyte Saga.
This is a listening exercise to revise such topics as Body Parts, Prepositions and Past Tenses (Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect), based on an extract from John Galsworthy�s novel The Forsyte Saga. Pupils should read the text and choose the necessary tense forms and prepositions, after that they should listen to the recording and fill ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100

 


Active and Passive (Past Tenses)
Active and Passive (Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100

 


Revising adjectives and verb tenses
It�s an activity for students to revise adjectives with negative prefixes and verb tenses. I hope you find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Verb Tenses in Context
This is a paragraph to make our students work with tenses in context. The tenses they have to complete with are: PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, PRESENT PERFECT, PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS. I HOPE IT�S USEFUL FOR YOU!
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 

 

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