Past Perfect & Past Continuous Millionaire
An engaging game where adult B2 learners test their understanding of past perfect and past continuous tenses through contextual multiple-choice questions with increasing difficulty.
A free Millionaire Quiz for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: past perfect and past continuous.
Questions
- When Sarah arrived at the cinema, the film _____ already _____. — A) had started B) started C) was starting D) has started
- While I _____ the report, my colleague called me. — A) had written B) have written C) was writing D) wrote
- By the time they arrived home, it _____ raining for two hours. — A) is B) has been C) was D) had been
- She _____ her homework when her friends _____ to visit her. — A) was finishing, were coming B) finished, were coming C) finished, came D) had finished, came
- The children _____ in the garden when it suddenly _____ to rain. — A) played, started B) were playing, started C) had played, started D) were playing, had started
- By the time the manager arrived, the team _____ the project for three months. — A) has been working on B) had been working on C) worked on D) was working on
- He didn't remember what he _____ because he _____ when I asked him. — A) said, was sleeping B) was saying, slept C) said, slept D) had said, was sleeping
- They _____ to understand the instructions that their supervisor _____ several times before the meeting. — A) failed, had explained B) were failing, explained C) fail, explains D) had failed, had explained
- While the technicians _____ the system, they discovered that someone _____ the password. — A) were testing, changed B) had tested, changed C) were testing, had changed D) tested, had changed
- The report revealed that the company _____ losses for years before investors _____ aware of the problem. — A) had been suffering, became B) suffered, were becoming C) was suffering, had become D) had suffered, became
Printable worksheet
This Millionaire Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
- Write your own question · Write a new question about past perfect and past continuous, with one right answer and three wrong ones.
Part 1: Answer from memory
No options this time. Write the answer.
- When Sarah arrived at the cinema, the film _____ already _____.
- While I _____ the report, my colleague called me.
- By the time they arrived home, it _____ raining for two hours.