Do you know how to use the past continuous and past simple? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Learn how to use the past continuous to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using it.

Jun 11, 2024 · Learn how to use the past simple to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using it.

Learn about the different past tense forms (past simple, past continuous and past perfect) and do the exercises to practise using them.

Level: intermediate The past perfect is made from the verb had and the past participle of a verb: I had finished the work. She had gone. The past perfect continuous is made from had been and the -ing …

Nov 27, 2025 · We use both the present perfect simple (have or has + past participle) and the present perfect continuous (have or has + been + -ing form) to talk about past actions or states which are still …

--> The glass 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗. (to be in simple past "was" + past participle of the verbe " broken") 𝟑-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬: - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 on cleaning the public garden these days.

When we backshift, past simple usually changes to past perfect simple, and past continuous usually changes to past perfect continuous. 'We lived in China for five years.'

Learn about the different verb forms you can use to talk about the past, and do the exercises to practise using them.

She has been living in Liverpool all her life. It's been raining for hours. I'm tired out. I've been working all day. They have been staying with us since last week. We do not normally use the present perfect …