Past simple & going to — Meetings That Move Things Forward
Grammar: Past simple and going to — reporting what happened and planning next steps
Free ESL grammar exercise on past simple & going to themed around meetings that move things forward. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on work, practising past simple and going to — reporting what happened and planning next steps. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Last Monday, the platform went down for two hours. The team fixed it by 10 a.m. After the update, Sofia said: "We are going to test the new version on Friday." She added: "I am going to send the notes after this call."
Grammar: Past Simple and Going to
- Past simple — positive
- Use did + verb for finished actions. The team fixed the error yesterday.
- Past simple — negative
- Use did not + base verb. We did not find the problem on time.
Sample items
- The team ______ the incident before noon.
- We ______ a database error last week.
- Sofia ______ the meeting at 9 a.m.
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