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Jokes: Past Simple or Past Continuous
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ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
5253
MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5165
THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
4114
TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES.
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
3516
FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
3529
Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
3135
Jokes
Simple Past or Past Continuous?
Moira
struggled
struggle
was struggling
struggling
�to get the tomato ketchup out of the bottle. As she
tired
was trieing
was trying
tried
, �the phone
ring
rang
rung
was ringing
�and her 4 year old daughter, Mia,
was answering
answers
answer
answered
�it saying, 'Sorry, mummy Moira�can't come to the phone at the moment because she's hitting the bottle.'
Chris
was driving
drived
drove
drives
his 4 year old, Betsy, to the beach one summer when a woman in a cabriolet in front
stand up
standed up
stands up
stood up
and
waved
waves
was waving
waving
. She was absolutely naked and as Chris
recovering
was recovering
recovered
recover
� from the shock he
heared
heard
was hearing
hear
� Betsy shout,' Look, daddy, that woman isn't wearing a seat belt.'
Steve, age 6 years,
get
got
was getting
has got
� lost in�a sports complex. Seeing a ladies' locker room [changing facility] in front of him he
darts
darting
was darting
darted
�in to ask for help. When he was spotted, the room
burst
bursted
was bursting
were bursting
into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. Steve
watching
watches
watch
watched
� in amazement and then
asked
was asking
has asked
asks
, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'
A nursery school teacher
observed
observing
was observing
were observing
�her classroom of children while they
was drawing
were drawing
draw
drew
� Christmas scenes. She� occasionally
walked
was walk
walking
walk
� around to see each child's work. As she
get
was getting
has got
got
to little Sarah who
worked
was work
was working
was worked
�diligently, she asked what the drawing was. Sarah
replyed
replied
was replied
was replyed
, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher
paused
past
pause
passed
�and
sayed
said
was said
sad
, 'But no one knows what God looks like.' Sarah replied, 'They will in a minute'.
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