English Exercises: Past Simple and Past Contnuous

Downloadable worksheets:

PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
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THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
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Past simple - Past continuous
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 2986

When-While
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 2470

Bank Robbery Game - A role play
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 2282

Past Continuous and Past Simple
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 2506

Fill in the blanks with simple past or past continuous form of the words in brackets.

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^{One day, Delphi woke up early in the morning and 1.}^{(make) a great yawn. While she 2.}^{(brush) her teeth, the phone 3.}^{(ring). When she 4.}^{(put) down her toothbrush, the ringing 5.}^{(stop). So she 6.}^{(continue) to clean her face. She 7.}^{(comb) her hair 8.}^{(when/while) the phone 9.}^{(cry) again. Delphi immediately 10.}^{(pick) up the phone. Yet, no one 11.}^{(speak) after she had said hello. While she 12.}^{(wonder) who that was, her brother 13.}^{(walk) into the room. Her brother 14.}^{(hold) a polystyrene box. He 15.}^{(look) very happy}.