Simple Past or Present Perfect
Riddles
Simple Past or Past Perfect
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He ___ (live) there when he was a child.
He lived there when he was a child.
100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

an egg

100

I ______ (buy) the new Taylor Swift Album yesterday, it's really good. 

bought

100

While I was trying to sleep, the cat jumps on my chest.

While I was trying to sleep, the cat jumped on my chest.

100

I ______ think that the chicken came before the egg. 


used to or would? 

used to 
200
I ____ (not / see) her since last year.
I haven't seen her since last year.
200

What will you find at the end of time?

e 
200

She ______(know) she would marry her boyfriend eventually. 

knew 

200

Around this time last year, I would be a member of the Volunteer Club.

Around this time last year, I used to be a member of the Volunteer Club.

200

What are some time expressions used with the past simple tense?

 ago, yesterday, last ___(month / year / week ) 

300
They ____ (leave) a few minutes ago.
They left a few minutes ago.
300

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

there are no stairs. It's a one-story house.

300
I was late. The teacher ___ (give, already) a quiz when I ___(get) to class.
I was late. The teacher had already given a quiz when I got to class.
300

Last Sunday, I have been studying all day when you called.

Last Sunday, I had been studying all day when you called.

300

what does the prefix trans mean?

across

400
The movie ____ (not, start ) yet.
The movie hasn't started yet.
400

I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?

a fire

400
It was raining hard, but by the time class ___(be) over, the rain ___ (stop).
It was raining hard, but by the time class was over, the rain had stopped.
400

I always suspected that you will say yes to my idea.

I always suspected that you would say yes to my idea.

400

If someone is a misanthrope, that means they:

hate / have an extreme dislike of humanity. 

500

I ____ (give up) smoking last year.

I gave up smoking last year.

500

the more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

Darkness

500

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ____(walk) the earth, but they ___ (become) extinct by the time people first ___ (appear).

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs walked the earth, but they had become extinct by the time people first appeared.

500

Why you no have been in class the last couple of days?

Why haven't you been in class the last couple of days?

500
At what age does the brain stop developing?

25

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