Yesterday a friend sent me a song he’d written that uses only the past simple and past continuous tenses. He asked me how I liked it, and I had to admit it was great. A few hours later I encountered a short explanation of the same grammar by Australiaplus.com, and I realised that I wanted to share both with my friends on the Internet. This post is the result.
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In this post there is the song by Chris Barickman, a video explanation, an explanation by Australiaplus.com, an infographic and an interactive quiz.
Past simple and continuous – song
Let’s start with the song. Please listen and complete the lyrics:
The lyrics worksheet:
Past continuous tense lyrics
Past simple and continuous – explanation
Now listen to the following explanation.
And here is another short explanation of the same grammar by Australiaplus.com:
https://soundcloud.com/australiaplus/past-continuous
Past simple and continuous – infographic
Here is a set of infographics created by www.engames.eu.
See how the questions are formed in the past continuous tense
See when you should use the past continuous tense
If you want to download the full infographic in superb quality, you can do that here:
Past continuous tense – full infographic
Past simple and continuous – quiz
The following quiz is in HTML 5 so it will play on all mobile devices and desktop computers. Your task is to choose the correct tense – either the past simple or the past continuous. Enjoy the games if you pass the tests.
Past simple or past continuous? – quiz