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PAST SIMPLE: WHEN, COMPLETED ACTIONS IN THE PAST. ONE ACTION AFTER THE OTHER, -ED / -LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS, My parents called me yesterday., Sam played basketball when he was at university., I woke up early this morning., PAST CONTINUOUS: WHILE, ACTIONS IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST, WAS/WERE + ING, What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying., We were cleaning the house all morning,

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PAST SIMPLE: WHEN, COMPLETED ACTIONS IN THE PAST. ONE ACTION AFTER THE OTHER, -ED / -LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS, My parents called me yesterday., Sam played basketball when he was at university., I woke up early this morning., PAST CONTINUOUS: WHILE, ACTIONS IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST, WAS/WERE + ING, What were you doing at 8 p.m.

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Past Simple and Continuous: Harry Potter

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Past Simple and Continuous: Harry Potter

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Harry potter past simple and continuous worksheet

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Past simple and past continuous online worksheet for 6º. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.

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Game to practice using the past progressive or past continuous tense in English (ing). This Car Racing game is a fun exercise to review using the passive voice in sentences.

This game replaces the previous game which is now phased out due to unsupported technology. The old game had the following description:

Practice the Past Progressive or Past Continuous and Past Simple Tenses, using this ESL Grammar Interactive Monkey Fun Game Activity for pre-intermediate ( was working, was driving, was walking, etc). ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice grammar. This Sentence Monkey activity is great for this type of grammar practice.

Games are great for motivating students to learn. By playing our fun educational games, students can practice and review key English vocabulary, grammar and sentences without the boredom which is usually encountered when doing paper-based gap-fill exercises. Play the game below and do not hesitate to share these resources with other learners. This is the philosophy behind our site - www.eslgamesplus.com.

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Are you a kid learning English and struggling with past tense verb forms? Our ESL Grammar Interactive Activity can help you practice using the past progressive or past continuous tense in a fun and interactive way.

The Car Racing game is designed to review using the passive voice in sentences with ing verb forms. You'll have the opportunity to practice using key verb tenses such as past progressive, past continuous, and past simple.

By practicing with this game, you'll improve your grammar skills, expand your vocabulary, and enhance your overall comprehension of the English language. Whether you're an ESL learner or teacher, this game is a great tool for reviewing English grammar and verb tenses or simply practicing these words.

So, join the race and challenge yourself to master the past progressive and past continuous tenses with our fun and engaging Car Racing game!

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Past Progressive, Past Continuous, Past Simple, Verb Tenses, ESL Grammar Interactive Activity

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Practice the Past Progressive or Past Continuous and Past Simple Tenses, using this ESL Grammar Interactive Monkey Fun Game Activity for pre-intermediate (was working, was driving, was walking, etc). ESL Learners and Teachers can use it to review English vocabulary and grammar or simply practice grammar.

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Past Simple or Past Continuous worksheet

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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1) My family and I ....... having fun at the open-air concert. a) was b) wasn't c) had d) were 2) The girl ...... ........ the souvenirs at the souvenir stall. a) sold b) were selling c) was buying d) was selling e) hasn't got 3) I .... ....... a leather jacket, but the coat. a) was wearing b) weren't wearing c) wearing d) wasn't wearing e) was holding 4) At first, we ..... ....... in a huge mansion. a) wasn't buying b) were living c) buying d) did't have e) goes 5) What ..... Tom and Robert ..... ? a) was ... doing b) weren't ... doing c) were .... doing d) wasn't .... doing 6) Were my parents walking the dog? a) No, they haven't. b) Yes, they were. c) No, they weren't. d) Yes, she is. 7) I ..... ........ dancing at the street party. a) was running b) wasn't dancing c) were playing d) was singing 8) ...... the cat ........ with a ball? a) were ..... sleeping b) wasn't ...... jumping c) was d) was ..... playing 9) When do we use Past Continuous? a) To talk about finished past actions. b) To describe actions in progress in the past. 10) How do we form the Past Continuous? a) Was/Were + subject + verb + -ing b) Subject + was/were + verb + -ing 11) Which sentence is correct? a) I was having lunch tomorrow at 12. b) Yesterday at 12, I was having lunch. 12) Which sentence is correct? a) They weren't watching TV at 7 in the morning. b) They wasn't doing the homework at 9 in the morning.

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1) My family and I ....... having fun at the open-air concert. 2) The girl ...... ........ the souvenirs at the souvenir stall.

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Past continuous - was-were + ing worksheet

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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Someone had a problem at level 1. Choose the right one (Past cont.) .

3 minutes ago after 12 seconds of playing.

Someone had a problem at level 1. Choose the right one (Past cont.) .

34 minutes ago after 5 minutes of playing.

Someone had a problem at level 2. Write the right form (Past Cont./Prog.) .

43 minutes ago after 3 minutes of playing.

Practise the usage of past continuous/progressive.

Instructions for Past Continuous/Progressive

Here you can practise the usage of the past progressive/continuous verb tense.

Past continuous/progressive is created by combining was/were + gerund (-ingform). We use the past continuous/progressive when talking about a longer action in the past that was interrupted by a shorter one.

Example: I was reading a book when the phone rang.

The longer activity (reading) was interrupted by the shorter one (the phone ringing). Often we can think of the continuous/progressive form as something happening in the background, whereas the past simple is the main event.

If you find it difficult to decide what verb should be in the gerund form, try adding the word 'suddenly':

I was reading a book when, suddenly, the phone rang.
The phone was ringing when, suddenly, I read.

Level 1

Multiple choice - On each level you will get up to ten questions with or without images, video and audio tracks. For each question you will get two or three possible answers. Only one of these is correct. It's up to you to find the right answer. If you guess incorrectly, you may try again, but you will not get any knowledge points for that round.

Level 2

Questions with text answers - On each level you will get up to ten questions with or without images, videos and audio files. You must type the correct answer by yourself. If you make a mistake, you get to try again until you find the searched word or phrase. Once you figure out the correct answer, you will get knowledge points. If you're having trouble figuring out the correct answer, you can click on the button labelled 'Give Up'. It will reveal the correct answer, but you will not get any knowledge points for that round.

The game creator may have allowed you to get feedback on your typing. If so, the textbox, where you type your answer, will turn red or green as you type. The game creator has also decided if the answer is case sensitive, ie if it is important that you type in correct case. Both of these settings may vary between the levels, which you'll be noticed of when you play a level. You may misspell a maximum of three times per question. On your fourth misspelling, the question will be classified as incorrectly answered.

Level 3

Cloze test - In the game you will see a text in which certain words or numbers have been removed. These have been replaced with blanks in which you either must fill in the correct word, or select the correct word from a list. Sometimes, there's a question mark after the blank - if you click on the question mark you will be displayed a hint. A cloze test usually requires that you understand the context of the text in order to fill in the correct word. It may therefore be necessary to read the text several times. Sometimes you may misspell a maximum of three times per question. On your fourth misspelling, the question will be classified as incorrectly answered.

Calculation of knowledge points

Each completed game level gives 1 knowledge point in Past Continuous/Progressive. The maximum number of points (3 knowledge points) is achieved when you pass all 3 levels. You'll get a bronze medal when you complete a level 2 times and a silver medal after 5 completed rounds. A gold medal will be received after 10 completed rounds. In Past Continuous/Progressive, the maximum number of collectable gold medals is 3. You only earn knowledge points for levels that has not been cleared before. A cleared level has a green background above. Even when you have completed a level, you can continue practicing at that level, but it gives you no more knowledge points.

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Someone had a problem at level 1. Choose the right one (Past cont.) . 3 minutes ago after 12 seconds of playing. Someone had a problem at level 1. Choose the right one (Past cont.) . 34 minutes ago after 5 minutes of playing. Someone had a problem at level 2.

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Free online jumbled sentence game to help English students learn tenses. Past Continuous Game 1. Designed for ESL learners.

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The past perfect tense exercises - write the correct forms 1. Past perfect simple forms. Intermediate level esl

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Past Perfect tense exercises. Explanations and examples along with tests and exercises online to practise Englis grammar.

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MYSTERY STORIES: NARRATIVE TENSES MULTPLE CHOICE worksheet

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Spooky story - Narrative tenses worksheet

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Narrative tenses online worksheet for Other. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.

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Narrative text online activity for INTERMEDIATE. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.

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Sarja monivalintakysymyksiä.. 1) Jack always _______ soup for lunch. 2) He usually ______ his teeth in the morning. 3) I _______ my homework at the moment.

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous worksheet

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Present simple vs present continuous free online exercise

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¨ It's 7:30 am, and the Wilsons are in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson ____ at the breakfast table. She ____ a newspaper. She ____ the newspaper every morning. Mr. Wilson ____ coffee. He ____ two cups of coffee every morning before he goes to work. There is a cartoon on TV, but the children ____ it. They usually ____ cartoons in the morning, but today they ____ with their toys instead. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson aren'twatching the TV either. They often watch the news in the evening, but they ____ cartoons. ¨

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¨ It's 7:30 am, and the Wilsons are in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson ____ at the breakfast table. She ____ a newspaper. She ____ the newspaper every morning. Mr. Wilson ____ coffee. He ____ two cups of coffee every morning before he goes to work.

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Updated December 2022 - contact me if there are any problems.

You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teacher's section for more information.

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Updated January 2020 - changed 'been' to 'gone' in the first set of content, so that 'go' now matches to 'gone'. The sentence still uses 'been' in the phrase contruction part - 'He has been to America'.

This is a mini-game for practicing perfect tense sentences in English. It is intended to be used by ESL learners to review and reinforce the use of perfect tense.

The game is divided into 3 parts. In the first part, you have to match simple verb forms to their perfect tense conjugations - for example, eat matches to eaten. The aim of this part is to review the verb forms before starting to make sentences and also to remind/cement the idea that perfect tense uses different verb forms. In the second part, you have to look at the image and click on the words to form an accurate perfect tense sentence - for example, 'she has eaten lunch'. The aim here is to practice making accurate sentences and to test the students on word order and grammar issues. In the third part, you have to look at the image and click on one of 3 sentences. The 3 sentences here only have minor differences and the aim to give students practice in noticing correct grammar for perfect tense.

The sentences used in this game are arranged into 4 sets of content. These are grouped according to the different uses of perfect tense. The first set covers basic use of perfect tense to describe things that you have done at a non-specific point in time. For example, 'she has eaten lunch'. Some life experiences are also included in this set, such as 'seen an elephant' and 'graduated from college'. The aim with this set is to cover all the basic verbs and try to get phrases that people are likely to hear in everyday life, such as 'done homework' or 'passed the test'. This set also varies between singular and plural and between positive and negative. The intention with this is to expose students to all the different forms that basic perfect tense phrases can take.

The second set of phrases concerns life experiences - sentences that would answer 'have you ever x?' questions. A contrast was created between sentences stating the number of times something has been done and sentences stating that something has never been done. This is important as the sentence order is different for 'never' phrases. The aim here is to expose learners to these kind of life experience phrases. I tried to use phrases that could be typically be experienced in everyday like - e.g. 'had an injection' or 'failed the test'. But typically these sentences are unusual in nature, such as 'eaten a spider'.

The third set concerns duration and how long you have done something for. This is one of the main uses of perfect tense - to describe an action that you continue to do from the past up until present, for example: 'lived in London' or 'played the trumpet'. The key issue with these sentences is whether they are used with 'for' or 'since'. If there is a specific time mentioned at which the action began, then 'since' is used. Whereas, if you just have a duration - e.g. '5 years', then 'for' is used. This distinction is quite important and so it is important for students to get practice with sentences that contrast this.

The final set concerns phrases involving the words 'just', 'already' and 'yet'. These signify slightly different meanings for perfect tense and so contrasting them is quite useful. Phrases with 'yet' are used for situations in which an action hasn't taken place, but is likely to do so in the future - e.g. "the store hasn't opened yet". 'Just' phrases are used to describe events that have recently happened with evidence showing. For example, 'he has just washed the car' with the car showing as clean and the water and soap visible. Similarly, 'already' phrases describe events that have taken place. I chose to use 'already' for situations when there is evidence in the present. This means that there is a lot of overlap between the 'just' and 'already' phrases, but the options available for students to click on should preclude any confusion. The aim of this content is to practice making phrases using these words, with a particular focus on correct word order. I really think that practicing these phrases like this is useful for learners.

The images used in this game are quite specific in nature. The problem with creating images for perfect tense is that it is quite a hard concept to represent visually. For something like 'he is flying a kite', it is quite easy to represent - you just show a boy flying a kite and it directly matches the meaning; however, for something like, 'he has already flown a kite', the meaning is much more subtle and difficult to show visually. The solution used in this game is to have the actions separated from the person. For example, in the sentence 'she has eaten lunch', the action of eating lunch is shown in a bubble and then person to whom the sentence refers is shown next to the bubble, with a thumbs-up to signal having done this action. I think that this is a good solution as I think this closely resembles the way the meaning is understood. In perfect tense, the action is not really being performed by the person, rather it exists as a concept that they relate to, so I think it makes sense to separate it off in this way. To further explain, in the simple sentence 'he is flying a kite' you have the boy as the subject and the kite as the object being flown. The sentence is about how the boy relates to the kite. Conversely, in the perfect tense sentence 'he has flown the kite' the boy is still the subject and the kite the object; however, the sentence is more about how the boy relates to the action of flying the kite. And, to some extent, the action of flying the kite can be thought of as like an object in the sentence.

So in accordance with this perspective, the images are split into 2 with the action in a bubble and subject of the sentence shown next to the bubble. The subject/person, also indicates how they relate to the action. In the first set, this is done with a thumbs-up to indicate something has been done, and a no-hands to show that something hasn't been done. In the second set, the person holds up fingers to indicate the number of times they have done the action (also with a number displayed in a circle). For the 3rd set, each person holds up a sign showing the time to be used in the phrase - the task then is for the student to work out which word (for/since) to use with that time. Finally, for the last set of content, the phrases used are somewhat different. They are more concerned with things that have happened with evidence clear in the present. Because of this, they don't use the split bubble type images.

The game gives points for each correct answer and takes points for incorrect clicks. The maximum scores possible is 23000.

I hope your students can find this game useful. Email me with any feedback - use the contact form linked below or leave a message.

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Practice perfect tense online. A simple game for ESL students to learn perfect tense verbs and phrases. Practice forming sentences using perfect tense.

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1) What's the past participle of BE? a) was b) been c) be d) were 2) What's the past participle of BUY? a) buyed b) baught c) bought d) buyyed 3) What's the past simple of BE? a) was b) been c) be d) were 4) What's the past participle of MAKE? a) made b) maked c) maden d) make 5) What's the past participle of SING? a) sing b) sang c) singed d) sung 6) What's the past simple of SING? a) sing b) sang c) singed d) sung 7) What's the past participle of TAKE? a) take b) taken c) took d) taked 8) What's the past simple of TAKE? a) take b) taken c) took d) taked 9) What's the past participle of READ? a) read b) readen c) readed d) roden 10) What's the past participle of EAT? a) eat b) eaten c) ate d) eated 11) What's the past simple of EAT? a) eat b) eaten c) ate d) eated 12) What's the past participle of GET? a) get b) got c) gotten d) geted

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1) What's the past participle of BE? 2) What's the past participle of BUY? 3) What's the past simple of BE? 4) What's the past participle of MAKE?

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Review ESL English vocabulary and grammar related to the present perfect tense using this mountain climb game. This game is also great for classroom teaching and home learning.

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This game replaces the old game. The old game had the following description: Teachers can aid students with this vocabulary review for elementary ESL, EFL Learners. The game can be played in single player mode. It can be used to create an interactive classroom climate that fosters a growth mindset, whilst improving English lexis. Please check out our other games to make your class more inviting. Review present perfect grammar like: subject + has/have + past participle etc.

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1) I.......to England 3 times. a) Have been b) Have go c) Have went 2) I.....hurt my knee while playing socer. a) Have just b) Will c) Got 3) I....in this company for many years. a) Worked b) Have worked c) Will work 4) Lulu......in Argentina for 12 years. a) Lived b) Has Lived c) Will Live 5) My baby Brother has been alive.....2015 a) For b) Since 6) Tommy has had the same routine.....3 years. a) Since b) For

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1) I.......to England 3 times. a) Have been b) Have go c) Have went 2) I.....hurt my knee while playing socer. a) Have just b) Will c) Got 3) I....in this company for many years. a) Worked b) Have worked c) Will work 4) Lulu......in Argentina for 12 years.

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Free online jumbled sentence game to help English students learn tenses. Present Perfect Game 1. Designed for ESL learners.