English Tenses Jeopardy
An interactive Jeopardy game focusing on five continuous and perfect tenses. Players answer questions about past perfect continuous, present perfect continuous, past continuous, past perfect, and present perfect tenses through discussion-based prompts.
A free Jeopardy Quiz for Adults at CEFR B1 level. Topic: past perfect continuous present perfect continuous past continuous past perfect present perfect.
Categories
- Present Perfect Continuous
- Past Perfect Continuous
- Past Continuous
- Past Perfect
- Present Perfect
Questions
- Present Perfect Continuous (100): Complete this sentence: I have been working here for three years. What does this tell us about the person's job?
- Present Perfect Continuous (200): Your friend says 'I have been studying English since morning.' Is the study finished or still happening?
- Present Perfect Continuous (300): Describe a situation where you would use 'have been waiting' instead of 'have waited.'
- Present Perfect Continuous (400): If someone has been living in the city for five years, what might they know about it?
- Present Perfect Continuous (500): Explain the difference between 'I have studied' and 'I have been studying' in terms of focus and time.
- Past Perfect Continuous (100): What does 'had been raining' tell us about when the rain started?
- Past Perfect Continuous (200): Complete: When I arrived at the party, my friends had been dancing for two hours. What happened first?
- Past Perfect Continuous (300): Why would someone say 'I had been waiting for an hour when she finally called'?
- Past Perfect Continuous (400): Describe a situation from your life using 'had been working' and explain the time relationship.
- Past Perfect Continuous (500): How does past perfect continuous help tell a story with clear sequence of events?
- Past Continuous (100): What was happening at 8 PM last night? Use the past continuous to describe an activity.
- Past Continuous (200): Your phone rang while you were cooking. Which action was interrupted?
- Past Continuous (300): Explain why we use past continuous to set the scene in a story.
- Past Continuous (400): Create a sentence using past continuous that shows two actions happening at the same time in the past.
- Past Continuous (500): How does past continuous differ from simple past in showing the duration of an action?
- Past Perfect (100): I had eaten lunch before I went to the meeting. Which happened first?
- Past Perfect (200): Complete: She had finished her homework when her mother asked her to help with dinner. What does this show?
- Past Perfect (300): Why is past perfect useful when telling a story with flashbacks?
- Past Perfect (400): Tell a short story using past perfect to show something that happened before the main event.
- Past Perfect (500): Discuss how past perfect helps readers understand cause and effect in narrative writing.
- Present Perfect (100): What is the difference between 'I went to Paris' and 'I have been to Paris'?
- Present Perfect (200): Your friend says 'I have lost my keys.' What is the current situation?
- Present Perfect (300): Why do we use present perfect to talk about life experiences?
- Present Perfect (400): Describe three things you have done this week and explain why present perfect is appropriate.
- Present Perfect (500): Explain how present perfect connects past actions to the present moment and why this matters in conversation.