Past Tenses Breakout

Verb Voyage: Unraveling the Past Tenses Mystery?

GO!

Introduction

01 Quiz

02 Find!

Index

Collect all the numbers by completing each of the challenges, and enter them in order in the final section to finish the game.

Reward

03 Correct image

04 Follow the series

INTRODUCTION Let's start with a laugh.

I don't want to use the past simple or Past Perfect tenses since my past was nor simple neither perfect.

The Past, the Present and the Future walked into a bar. It was tense.

Time Travel is... was... is going to have been.... confusing!!

The past of William Shakespeare is Wouldiwas Shookspeared.

Why is English so funny? Because this sentence makes perfect sense: "All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life."

QUIZ

Complete the following quiz, and getthe first number towards your reward!

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QUIZ

question 1/5

By the time we got to the cinema, the movie ________.

started

has started

had started

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RIGHT!

The past perfect tense is used to show an action completed before another past action (arrival at the cinema).

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question 2/5

She realized she ________ her keys at home while she ________ for her car keys for an hour.

had left / had been searching

leaves / has been searching

left / was searching

QUIZ

RIGHT!

Both actions occurred in the past, and the past perfect continuous is used for the longer, ongoing action.

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QUIZ

QUESTION 3/5

While I ________ on the phone, the doorbell ________.

was talking / rang

a) talk / rings

talked / was ringing

QUIZ

RIGHT!

"Was talking" represents an ongoing action, and "rang" is a specific event that happened during that time.

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QUIZ

QUESTION 4/5

Before they moved to the new city, they ________ about it for a long time.

were talking

had been talking

talked

QUIZ

RIGHT!

The past perfect continuous tense is used to express the duration of an ongoing action completed before another past action.

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QUIZ

QUESTION 5/5

She ________ her homework when the power ________.

was doing / went out

did / goes out

does / was going out

QUIZ

RIGHT!

"Was doing" represents an ongoing action, and "went out" is a specific event that happened during that time.

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QUIZ

ERROR!

Oh no! Don't give up. Keep calm and try again!!

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FIND!

From among all the statements you discover,click only on the correct ones

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CLICK ONLY ON THE CORRECT STATEMENT 1/3

She has been to Paris last year.

You can drag the light to search through the darkness

He has already eaten when we called him.

While I am studying, the phone rang.

We visited the museum yesterday.

CLICK ONLY ON THE CORRECT STATEMENT 2/3

While he was reading a book, the thunderstorms start.

They went to the beach every weekend last summer.

While I am cooking, the doorbell rang.

You can drag the light to search through the darkness

RIGHT!

While they are playing chess, the lights went out.

They were tired because they worked for 12 hours straight.

CLICK ONLY ON THE CORRECT STATEMENT 3/3

"She had been waiting for an hour when the bus finally arrived" is an example of past perfect continuous tense.

Past perfect continuous is used for actions that were ongoing in the past and are still happening now.

You can drag the light to search through the darkness

RIGHT!

The action in past simple always happened before another action in the past.

Past perfect is used to describe the most recent past actions.

"While I am walking, it started raining" is an example of past continuous tense.

ERROR!

Wrong! That statement is incorrect

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CORRECT IMAGE

Choose the correct image

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She visited her grandparents every summer. ( Is this sentence correct?)

By the time he arrives, the party had started. (Is this Sentnece correct?)

RIGHT!

She was tired because she was running for hours. (Is this sentence correct?)

RIGHT!

They had finished their homework before the movie. (Is this Sentnece correct?)

RIGHT!

While he cooked, the phone was ringing. (Is this sentence correct?)

RIGHT!

ERROR!

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serieS

Choose the correct shape in the series

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WHAT SHAPE GOES NEXT?

Choose the correct shape:

Option 01

Option 02

Option 03

Option 04

Option 05

Option 06

WHAT SHAPE GOES NEXT?

RIGHT!

Choose the correct shape:

Option 01

Option 02

Option 03

Option 04

Option 05

Option 06

WHAT SHAPE GOES NEXT?

RIGHT!

Choose the correct shape:

Option 01

Option 02

Option 03

Option 04

Option 05

Option 06

ERROR!

ERROR!

Wrong!Oh no! Keep calm and try again!!

TRY AGAIN

GREAT!

THE FIRST NUMBER IS:

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THE SECOND NUMBER IS:

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THE THIRD NUMBER IS:

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THE FOURTH NUMBER IS:

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