Practice · A2 Elementary
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Past Simple and Past Continuous.
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Fill in the blankUp nextExercise 1 of 5 · 19 blanks
Past Simple and Past Continuous - Family Memories
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Click on each blank and choose the correct option from the dropdown menu. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so complete all of them.
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Fill in the blankExercise 2 · 13 blanks
Past Simple and Past Continuous - Travel Experiences
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Click on each blank and choose the correct option from the dropdown menu. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so complete all of them.
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Build the sentenceExercise 3 · 10 sentences
Finished and In-Progress Actions - Build Sentences
Tap the words in the correct order to build each past sentence. One word does not belong.
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Build the sentenceExercise 4 · 10 sentences
Interruptions, Simultaneous Actions, and States - Build Sentences
Tap the words in the correct order to build each past sentence. One word does not belong.
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Find the mistakeExercise 5 · 12 corrections
Past Simple and Continuous - Find and Fix
One word in each sentence is wrong. Tap it, then choose the correction.
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About this practice
Put Past Simple and Past Continuous into practice with 5 interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, and error-correction exercises at A2 (Elementary) level. Submit each exercise to get detailed feedback, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence in real sentences. Retry any exercise as many times as you like. Want the rules first? Back to the lesson.
- Fill-in-the-blank questions with multiple-choice answers
- Sentence-building questions: tap the words into the correct order
- Error-correction questions: spot the wrong word, then choose the fix
- Feedback after submission