Past Simple and Past Continuous - Grammar Question Practice
Practise past simple and past continuous through personal questions and paired speaking at B1 level. Includes a model exchange, follow-up support and a communicative task; answers are open-ended.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model exchange
- Topic-based partner questions
- Follow-up support
- Communicative pair practice
Tell past events with background and actions in progress.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use the single learner page in pairs. Personal or invented answers can vary; there is no fixed answer key.
- Read the concert departure and identify the ongoing situation and event.
- Ask about eight last night, journeys, calls and arrivals; extend answers with What happened next?
- Tell a plan-interrupted-by-surprise story and explain what you did instead.
Support and extension
Invented events are welcome. Help learners establish a past moment before describing background; check meaning rather than assuming every when clause needs a continuous tense.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
