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When you're writing historical fiction, the past really can become the present — especially if you're writing in the present continuous tense! Cover World War I, verb tenses, censorship, and letter writing with one informative...
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Simple or Continuous
In this past simple and past continuous verbs worksheet, learners answer 14 questions that require them to complete sentence starters and respond to short answer questions regarding verb tenses.
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Simple Past Or Past Continuous?
In this simple past or past continuous worksheet, young scholars choose which verb tense, simple past or past continuous, that completes ten sentences grammatically correct.
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When Can I Use 'When'? (Past and Future Tenses) - Test Your Grammar Skills
In this grammar skills worksheet, learners use three templates to write sentences that fit each pattern. They write 10 sentences using when plus past continuous verbs, 10 sentences using when for definite future plans, and 10 sentences...
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Total English Advanced: Stories...
In this narrative tenses worksheet, students practice past simple tense, past continuous tense, past perfect simple tense, and past perfect continuous tenses as they complete 4 paragraph starters by following instructions.
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A VIP - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Here is an interesting way to teach the present perfect and present perfect continuous. Individuals practice these verb tenses as well as the simple past by asking a partner questions about an imaginary biography. The biography is...
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ESL: Past Continuous or Simple Past?
In this tense worksheet, students use a given verb and re-write sentences using its correct form: continuous or simple past. Links to additional resources are given.
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The Past Perfect Continuous Exercise
In this verb tense worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past perfect simple forms. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Past Tense Worksheet
In this ESL past tense verb activity, students read 10 sentences and using the verb in parentheses, fill the blank with either the past continuous, past perfect simple, or past perfect continuous.
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Verb Tense: Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous
For this verb tense worksheet, student use the verb given and enter it in the proper tense so it agrees with the rest of the sentence, with hints and answers available.
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Talking About the Past
Students explore communications by discussing deceased individuals. In this past tense lesson, students analyze which verbs to use when speaking of a person who is no longer living. Students read a story about the race car driver Michael...
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Talking About the Past
Twelfth graders practice using the simple past and the present perfect. They use a timeline and practice using them. They fill out a worksheet and review it as a class.
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English Exercises: Past Continuous Verbs
In this online interactive English instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions that require them to use verbs appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Time Expressions with Hacer
The verb hacer has many purposes in the Spanish language, one of which is as part of time expressions. Your class can learn how to use hacer in the preterite, present perfect continuous, and past perfect continuous to express different...
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ESL: Continuous and Past Simple
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students select the verbs that correctly fill in blanks in sentences and put a set of pictures in the correct order.
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Christmas and New Year Past Tenses Mimes
In this English worksheet, students, working with a partner, practice acting out one of thirty-three mimes with each other to see if their partner can guess what the other one is miming.
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Simple Past or Past Continuous
For this ESL worksheet, students focus on the past tense. Students complete 16 exercises choosing to use either the simple past or past continuous tense and using the interactive key when finished.
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English in Mind Unit 1: Grammar Practice
In this English grammar worksheet, students complete sentences in the present simple, present continuous, and past simple tenses. Students conjugate verbs in the correct form. Thirty eight fill in the blank questions are asked.
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Cracking the Mirror of the Past
Young scholars compare and contrast two pieces of artwork in regards to their nastalgic elements. Using the internet, they research local religious institutions in their area and note their function in society. They also compare and...
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Verb Tenses
Help your pupils keep their simple, perfect, and progressive tenses straight with a reference page. Each verb tense is paired with a definition and at least one sample sentence.
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Integrating Past Continuous
Students recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Then and Now
Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.
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English in Mind Unit 2: Grammar Practice
In this grammar practice worksheet, students complete sentences in the past continuous tense, make positive sentences negative, identify whether a sentence is written in past simple or past continuous, and form answers from a given...
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Verb Tense Practice Worksheet
Reinforce the indicative, negative and interrogative verb tenses with this straightforward worksheet. Middle schoolers use three parts of a sentence to construct new sentences in each verb tense. A reference section provides exmaples of...