Past Simple or Past Continuous - Grammar Question Writing
Practise past simple or past continuous at A2 level by completing questions, writing personal answers and putting words in order. Includes a model, partner practice and a separate key with sample answers and guidance on alternatives.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model and grammar reminder
- Question completion and personal answers
- Word-order practice
- Answer key with sample responses and teacher guidance
Distinguish completed past actions from actions in progress.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Give learners page 1 and keep the teacher key on page 2 separate. Personal answers in the key are examples, not required responses.
- Complete questions about class starting, after class, an alarm, a call, clothing and getting home.
- Write answers that fit the time relationship in each question.
- Reorder the rain, bus-arrival and purchase questions.
Support and extension
Accept another tense when it changes the meaning sensibly: what someone did when class started may be a subsequent action, rather than ongoing background.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
