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PAST SIMPLE TENSE
several easy exercises to practise the use of Past simple tense of both regular and irregular verbs

Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Author:jecika

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Tenses: Past Simple vs Past Perfect. (Author-Bouabdellah)
Practice or revise the use of the past simple and past perfect ---1---rite a sentence ---2---Put the verb in the correct form. Paragraph completion.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Author:Bouabdellah

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The Passive
It�s an activity for students to revise the use of the passive in the present, past, future and present perfect. I hope you find it useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Author:Nuria Ortiz

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Mixed Tenses & Irregular Verbs (Present Perfect Simple - Present Perfect Continuous - Past Simple)
Students choose the correct answer from a drop-down menu.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Author: Regina V.

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Verb Tenses Review
Verb tense review exercise covering Present and Past simple, continuous, perfect; and future with will and going to.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Author: Philip Roeland

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Places in Town
This is an exercise to practice the verb to be in simple present and simple past, making sentences related to the town: "we are at the cinema", "they were at the zoo", etc.

Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Author:santi

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Simple Past or Past Continuous?
Short exercise on Simple Past or Past Continuous verb tense with examples.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Author:Charlotte Linder

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Past Simple or Past Continuous
1. students put the verbs in brackets into past simple or past continuous tense 2. students write what Disney characters were doing yesterday afternoon second exercise cannot be seen on the preview but when I open the exercise it is there

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Author:jecika

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3 exercises (30 sentences) Past Simple regular verbs only
Past simple for beginners. 3 exercises using only regular verbs. Practice drill.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Author:Jelena

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Simple Past and Present Perfect
Some gap filling and multiple choice exercises to help students with the differences between present perfect and simple past. Hope it�s useful :)

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Author: Cristina

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