Water Guns, Bombs & Angels: Past Perfect and Continuous (Remix)

A team quiz for B1 teens that practises the past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous, and how they contrast with the past simple.

A free Water Guns, Bombs & Angels Quiz Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Past Perfect and Continuous (Remix).

Questions

1. While I ___ dinner, my friend called. — were cooking · was cooking · have cooked · am cooking
2. What is the past perfect of 'eat'? — was eating · had eaten · had ate · have eaten
3. Say the past participle of 'go'.
4. They ___ football when it started to rain. — were playing · were play · was playing · are playing
5. When we arrived at the cinema, the film ___. — had already started · has already started · was already start · already starting
6. Which sentence is in the past continuous? — She has read a book. · She had read a book. · She was reading a book. · She reads a book.
7. Make this negative: 'She had finished her homework.'
8. Which is the best answer to 'What were you doing at 8 pm yesterday?' — I had done my homework. · I was doing my homework. · I am doing my homework. · I do my homework.
9. 'When I got home, my sister had cooked dinner.' What happened first? — I got home. · My sister cooked dinner. · Both happened together. · We don't know.
10. 'When I got home, my sister was cooking dinner.' What does this mean? — She started after I came. · She was in the middle of cooking. · She cooked every day. · She had finished before I came.
11. Which is the past participle of 'write'? — writed · written · writing · wrote
12. I couldn't get into the house because I ___ my keys. — had lost · was losing · lose · have lost
13. She was tired because she ___ for three hours. — was run · has been running · had been run · had been running
14. Finish the sentence: 'I was walking home when...'
15. Which question is correct? — Did you had ever seen snow before? · Were you ever seen snow before? · Had you ever seen snow before? · Have you ever saw snow before?
16. His eyes were red because he ___. — had been crying · was cried · had cry · has been crying
17. ___ I was sleeping, someone knocked on the door. — While · After · By · Yet
18. Change to the past perfect continuous: 'They waited for an hour.'
19. By the time the teacher came in, the students ___ the classroom. — have cleaned · had cleaned · were cleaned · cleaning
20. Which sentence is correct? — I knew the answer. · I had been knowing the answer. · I am knowing the answer. · I was knowing the answer.
21. Ask your partner a question in the past continuous about 9 pm last night.
22. I ___ three cups of coffee before the exam. — had drunk · was drinking · have drunk · had been drinking
23. We ___ for two hours when the bus finally arrived. — are waiting · had been waiting · have been waiting · waited
24. Say one sentence about something you had done before you came to school today.
25. 'When the party started, Tom had left.' What does this mean? — Tom left before it started. · Tom left after it started. · Tom was leaving during it. · Tom left when it started.
26. The street was wet because it ___ all morning. — had been raining · was rain · has been raining · is raining
27. Correct this sentence: 'When I arrived, the train already left.'
28. What ___ when the teacher walked in? — was you doing · were you doing · did you doing · had you doing
29. She ___ the book before, so she knew the ending. — reads · has read · was reading · had read
30. Join these words with 'when': 'I / cook / the fire alarm / ring'.

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