When Did It Happen? - A Millionaire Game

Millionaire Quiz: When Did It Happen? - A Millionaire Game (B1, Teens, 10 questions)

An interactive ESL game where teens practice using 'when', 'how long ago', and prepositions of time (on, in, from, ago, for) to discuss past events. Players answer 10 questions of increasing difficulty, earning points and using lifelines to reach the top prize.

A free Millionaire Quiz for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Using how, when and prepositions of time to talk about past events.

Questions

  1. When did you last eat breakfast? Which answer is correct? — A) I ate breakfast in the morning. B) I ate breakfast ago the morning. C) I ate breakfast on this morning. D) I ate breakfast from the morning.
  2. How long ago did you start learning English? — A) I started learning English for two years. B) I started learning English two years ago. C) I started learning English ago two years. D) I started learning English on two years.
  3. When was your last birthday? — A) My last birthday was in June 15th. B) My last birthday was from June 15th. C) My last birthday was on June 15th. D) My last birthday was ago June 15th.
  4. How long was your holiday last summer? — A) My holiday was for three weeks. B) My holiday was on three weeks. C) My holiday was in three weeks. D) My holiday was ago three weeks.
  5. Which sentence correctly uses prepositions of time to describe a past event? — A) I lived in Paris ago five years. B) I lived in Paris for five years. C) I lived in Paris for five years ago. D) I lived in Paris on five years.
  6. When did the movie start? Choose the most natural answer. — A) The movie started from 7 o'clock in the evening. B) The movie started in 7 o'clock in the evening. C) The movie started on 7 o'clock in the evening. D) The movie started at 7 o'clock in the evening.
  7. How would you ask about when someone visited a city in the past? — A) When did you visit Paris? How long were you there? B) When did you visit Paris? How long ago were you there? C) When you visited Paris? How long you were there? D) When did you visit Paris? How long was you there?
  8. Which sentence correctly combines multiple time prepositions in one statement? — A) I worked there from 2015 to 2018 for three years. B) I worked there from 2015 on 2018 for three years. C) I worked there on 2015 in 2018 ago three years. D) I worked there ago 2015 from 2018 for three years.
  9. Complete the dialogue: 'How long ago did you graduate?' 'I graduated ___ two years.' — A) for B) on C) in D) ago
  10. Which response best answers: 'When was the meeting, and how long did it last?' — A) The meeting was on Tuesday at 2 PM and lasted for one hour. B) The meeting was on Tuesday in 2 PM for one hour. C) The meeting was in Tuesday ago 2 PM lasting one hour. D) The meeting was from Tuesday on 2 PM for…

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

  1. Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
  2. Write your own question · Write a new question about using how, when and prepositions of time to talk about past events, with one right answer and three wrong ones.

Part 1: Answer from memory

No options this time. Write the answer.

  1. When did you last eat breakfast? Which answer is correct?
  2. How long ago did you start learning English?
  3. When was your last birthday?

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