Past Simple, Past Continuous Practice

Grammar Worksheets

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Past Progressive

Past Progressive (Past Continuous) Tense
Note: One use of the past progressive tense is to describe an action that was happening (in progress) at a
particular point in time in the past.

The Andersons’ Very Full Day

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The Andersons had a very busy day yesterday. Look at the schedule below and then complete the following
sentences.Time

Mr. Anderson

7:00 – 7:15
7:15 – 7:20
8:00 – 8:30
9:00 - 12:00
12:00 -1:00
1:00 - 2:00
2:00 - 3:00
3:00 - 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
5:30 – 6:00
6:30 – 7:00
7:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 11:00
11:00

showered
shaved
ate breakfast
wrote e-mails
lunch in a restaurant
met with boss
met with secretary
wrote reports
visited clients
played tennis
ate dinner at home
cleaned apartmentwatched a movie
fell asleep

Mrs. Anderson

made breakfast for family
ate breakfast
taught history classes
ate lunch at school
taught math class
met with principal
exercised at gym
bought groceries
made dinner
ate dinner
cleaned apartment
watched a movie
fell asleep

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Ex. At 7:10 Mr. Anderson was taking a shower.
1. At 7:15 Mrs. Anderson______________________________________
2. At 8:15 Mr. and Mrs. Anderson ________________________________
3. At 10:00 Mr. Anderson _______________________________________
4. At 11:00 Mrs. Anderson _______________________________________
5. At 12:30 Mr. Anderson _______________________________________
and Mrs. Anderson ___________________________________________
6. At 1:30 Mrs. Anderson________________________________________
7. At 3:30 Mrs. Anderson ________________________________________
8. At 4:30 Mr. Anderson ________________________________________
and Mrs. Anderson __________________________________________
9. At 8:00 Mr. and Mrs. Anderson _________________________________
10. At 12:30 A.M. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson __________________________

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Past Progressive

Past Progressive Tense – Class Survey
What were you doing at 4:00 yesterday? I was playingbasketball.
Interview the classmates in your group. Find out what they were doing at the specific times mentioned
and complete the chart below.

Time

Classmate #1

Classmate #2

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Classmate #3

4:00 P.M. yesterday

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5:00 P.M. yesterday

6:00 yesterday
evening

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8:00 last night

1:00 this morning

6:00 this morning

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7:45 this morning

8:15 thismorning

8:45 this morning

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Past Progressive

Past ProgressiveTense and Simple Past Tense
Note: The past progressive tense is used to describe an action that was in progress when another action
took place.

He was driving to work when he saw the accident.

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Make sentences using past progressive and simple past to describe the situation below. Follow the
example given.

Yesterday, the students at Calvin High School were all busy doing thingswhen the fire alarm
rang.

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ex. grade 12 boys/ play basketball /in the gym
The grade 12 boys were playing basketball in the gym when the fire alarm rang.

1. school choir/practice for the concert ___________________________________________________

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2. grade 10 class/study Spanish...