Here\\\\'s a little story I wrote which uses the past and past continuous tenses. After students read and answer the questions there is a chart to help them practice writing affirmative, negative and interrogatives in 4 tenses. You can choose to erase  the chart if it\\\\'s something you have not practiced with your class. 

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Past and Past Continuous Reading Comprehension and Grammar Practice 

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Let's do English ESL reading for detail (deep reading). Here\\\\'s a little story I wrote which uses the past and past continuous tenses. After students read an…