Tag Archives: English as a Second Language

May 17 2012

Present Continuous exercise

This is a straightforward gap-fill grammar exercise for the Present Continuous tense (aka Present Progressive). It is a relatively simple exercise the only degree of difficulty being that the students are not supplied with a list of possible answers.

For elementary – pre-intermediate studetns, and will take about 5/10 minutes.

Present Continuous exercise click here for free downloadable pdf sheets, including an answer key.

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Mar 10 2012

Past Simple, verb “to be” grammar exercise

This is a very straightforward gap-fill grammar exercise for the Past Simple tense of the verb to be. The main area of difficulty is that the students are not provided with the words to fill the gaps, so they will probably need to collaborate to confirm their answers.

It is for basic or elementary level students and will last about 5 or 10 minutes.

Past Simple, verb to be grammar exercise: click here for pdf sheets, including answer key.

Please find a snapshot of the activity below.