Past Simple and Past Continuous — practice exercises
Interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, and error-correction exercises with instant feedback.
5 exercises
StartPast Simple and Past Continuous - Family Memories
Fill in the blankFill 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.
StartPast Simple and Past Continuous - Travel Experiences
Fill in the blankFill 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.
StartFinished and In-Progress Actions - Build Sentences
Build the sentenceTap the words in the correct order to build each past sentence. One word does not belong.
StartInterruptions, Simultaneous Actions, and States - Build Sentences
Build the sentenceTap the words in the correct order to build each past sentence. One word does not belong.
StartPast Simple and Continuous - Find and Fix
Find the mistakeOne word in each sentence is wrong. Tap it, then choose the correction.
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. Every question is checked instantly, so you can catch mistakes, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence using Past Simple and Past Continuous in real English sentences.
Work through the exercises above in order or jump straight to the one you want. You can retry any exercise as many times as you like, and your score updates as you go. When you want to review the rules first, head back to the Past Simple and Past Continuous 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
- Instant feedback and scoring on every attempt
- Unlimited retries to reinforce Past Simple and Past Continuous
- Suitable for A2-level English learners