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Practice Past Simple and Past Continuous with a fun illustrated story! Includes grammar charts, comprehension tasks, verb tense exercises, irregular verb tables, and a creative writing task.

This grammar resource helps students strengthen their understanding of Past Simple and Past Continuous through a quirky Fractured Fairytale-style illustrated story, Princess Mustard vs. the Dragon. All grammar activities are based on the story and offer meaningful, high-quality practice - not just drills.

What’s Included:
Grammar Support

• Clear grammar charts for Past Simple and Past Continuous with simple, learner-friendly examples
• Irregular verb chart with three forms of the verbs used in the story and exercises
• Two levels of irregular verb table practice: one partially completed, one fully blank
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  Irregular Verbs Covered:
  be, bring, buy, can, come, do, feed, find, get, go, hear, hit, hold, know, leave, lend, lose, put, run, say, see, sell, send, shut, sing, stand, steal, swim, take, tell, think, throw, understand, wake, wear

The Story: “Princess Mustard vs. the Dragon (and the Naked Prince)”
A fun and slightly absurd Fractured Fairytales-style story filled with unexpected twists. This story helps students see grammar in context while keeping the mood light and engaging.
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Activities Included (each with at least 9 sentences):
Comprehension Practice:

• Fill in the blanks with missing words from the story (new vocab practice)
• Who said or did it? (Princess, Prince, or Dragon)
• True/False statements – correct the false ones
• Put the story sentences in the correct order
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  Past Tenses Grammar Practice:
• Why Past Simple or Past Continuous? (Choose the best explanation)
• One misspelled word per sentence – find and fix it
• Complete the story with the correct verb tense
• Answer questions using the correct past tense
• Write a question for each answer
• Spot and correct the incorrect sentences
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  Writing Task:
  Write your own follow-up story: “Another Princess Mustard Adventure”

• Complete Answer Keys

Looking for a lesson version that blends grammar, listening, storytelling, and speaking? Check out the related resource:
Past Simple & Past Continuous No-Prep Lesson | Spooky Story | Grammar Listening
This immersive A2–B1 lesson includes grammar charts, story-based listening, a picture-based game, speaking activities, and full printable materials. A student favorite!