Jeopardy!

Name That Tense

100

I was the king

Simple Past

200

I was going to the supermarket when...

Past continuous

300

I am going to be flying home for Christmas

Future Continuous

400

I had gone there many times in the past

Past Perfect

500

I had been thinking a lot about it

Past Perfect Continuous

Usages

100

This tense is used to describe routines, instructions, and facts

The Simple Present

200

This tense is used for events in the past that are finished.

Simple Past

300

This tense is used for past events that continue into the present

Present Perfect

400

This tense is used for past events that were interrupted by other events

Past Continuous

500

This tense is used for recent and temporary past events that are unfinished

Present Perfect Continuous

Participles

100

Be

Been

200

Go

Gone

300

Begin

Begun

400

Extrapolate

Extrapolated

500

Understand

Understood

When did it happen?

100

Which event came first?

I was buying clothes when I met my girlfriend

I was buying clothes

200

Which event is the cause?

If you pass the test, I will bake you cookies

You pass the test.

300

Which event is finished?

I lived in London for 12 years but now I have been living in Armenia for 3 years

I lived in London for 12 years

400

Which event happened most recently?

Recently I have been eating healthier food but in the past I ate mostly junk.

I have been eating healthier food

500

Which event happened first?

I had been talking to Juan David but then I was interrupted.

I had been talking to Juan DavidI have been eating healthier food

Connectors

100

I wasn't going to the gym _________ to play tennis

Or

200

Peter had visited the United States _________ he had never visited New York

But/Although/However

300

I want to cook Jamaican food __________ Chinese food

And

400

I watched It Part 1 ___________ It Part 2, _____

And, Also/Too

500

____________________ you make me crazy sometimes, I love you kids a lot

Although