Past Perfect Simple & Continuous ESL Worksheets, Games & Activities

ESL Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous Game - Grammar: Matching, Sentence Completion - Pair Work In this fun past perfect simple or past perfect continuous game, pairs race against each other to match sentence beginnings with endings and complete the verbs in the correct past perfect form. In pairs, students take turns reading each sentence beginning to their partner, who listens and chooses a suitable ending from their worksheet. Their partner then reads the letter and ending, putting the verb in brackets into the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous as appropriate. If both students agree it's correct, the other student writes down the letter and ending next to the sentence half on their worksheet, and they move on to the next sentence. If not, their partner reads other possible endings to find the right one. The first pair to finish and correctly match and complete all the sentences wins. show less

ESL Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Sentence Completion - Grammar Game: Miming, Guessing In this free past perfect simple and past perfect continuous worksheet, students compare the two forms and practice choosing and forming them in context. Students begin by reading sentences and completing rules about the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. Next, students match past perfect simple and continuous sentence halves together. Students then complete sentences with verbs in brackets in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. After that, students complete each sentence with a verb from a box in its past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form. Students then complete sentences with their own ideas using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Finally, in pairs, students play a miming game using the sentences. Students take turns reading the first part of the sentence and then miming the part they wrote. Their partner then tries to guess what they wrote from their mime, scoring one point for each correct guess. The student with the most points wins. show less

ESL Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Gap-fill, Matching, Asking and Answering Questions, Information Gap - Pair Work In this past perfect simple and past perfect continuous speaking activity, students describe party damage, match each problem to a place in the house, and then complete an information-gap chart by asking and answering questions. Explain that Mila and Carlo came home to find that their teenage children had had a party in the house while they were away and that there was a lot of damage. Working alone, students complete issues the parents found with verbs in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Students then match the issues with six places in the house. Finally, students take turns asking a partner about the damage to the other parts of the house and completing a chart with their answers. show less

ESL Past Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Matching, Identifying, Gap-fill, Writing Sentences, Sentence Completion In this productive past perfect simple vs. past perfect continuous worksheet, students review how the two forms differ and practice using them in context. First, students match sentence halves together to form past perfect simple or past perfect continuous sentences. Students then underline the past perfect simple and circle the past perfect continuous forms in the sentences. Next, students complete sentences with the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets. After that, students answer questions using words in brackets in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous tense. Finally, students complete sentences with their own ideas using the past perfect simple or continuous. show less