Past Simple or Past Continuous

Such a creative game idea, this activity might actually make grammar fun! Learners play a modified game of connect-four by identifying the grammatical name for different words and phrases and then working them into simple sentences to...

This worksheet serves a dual purpose. First, teach your class the 12 vocabulary words provided. Then, after they identify which word belongs in each sentence, have them identify which verb tense each sentence uses. They distinguish...

Practice, practice, practice! Your young grammarians write the past tense form of irregular verbs (The present tense form is given in parentheses.) in the blank space in 25 sentences. Space between the sentences is very small, so I'd...

Enhance your simple past tense verb instruction with this video that clearly demonstrates when to use I was and you were through song and engaging graphics.

Here is a basic online interactive practice page for 10 common irregular verbs. Learners find the present tense forms in a word search, conjugate them in the past and past participle, and fill in the blanks with the correct past tense...

Does the sentence require the present perfect or the past simple tense? Meant to be an online resource, you could easily print this to complete in the classroom. Learners fill in each blank with the correct tense. Ten questions are...

These 10 sentences, in which your learners choose the correct of two options for the verb, provide practice with the tricky, finer points of distinguishing when to use the past simple form or the present perfect. Learners click on a box...

In this interactive grammar activity, students complete each of the ten sentences by typing in the correct past simple tense of the verb.

Help English learners tell the difference between the past tense and the past perfect tense with a grammar instructional activity. As kids read twelve sentences, they change the given verbs to the correct tense based on context clues.

Learners practice, through repetition, the past tense forms of the irregular verbs teach, wear, win, and write. It is an interactive online resource, so have your elementary fast finishers in the computer lab work on it while you...