In this ESL grammar lesson, students read a short, fun story using the past continuous tense. They can then practice writing their own story, using the past continuous tense.
Our writing assignment focuses on using the past continuous tense in various writing contexts. Students will:
The English grammar lesson below gives students a sample story in the past continuous tense and challenges them to write their own story using this tense. Our series of ESL grammar lessons on subjects and verbs introduce these concepts and reinforce them through helpful and instructive exercises.
This lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more English grammar lessons focusing on advanced aspects of English grammar (past continuous tense, present perfect tense, present perfect continuous tense, passive voice, embedded questions, relative clauses) in our comprehensive, intermediate- to advanced-level ESL grammar textbook Great, Great Grammar! (Book 3: Tenses and More!).
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