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Past Perfect & Simple Past double the points
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100

Surprise challenge! Challenge another team to an arm wreslting competition. The loser has to answer the question. If the loser gets it right = you get the points. If the loser gets it wrong = he loses the points.

Damir ____ already ____ (paint) his jersey.

Damir HAD already PAINTED his jersey.



100

She was happy because she _____ (not meet) her friend in a while. 

She was happy because she HAND'T MET her friend in a while. 


100

Hugo/ turn off the TV before leaving to work?

HAD Hugo turnED off the TV before leaving to work?


100

After they ____ (see) the Tower, they ____ (go) to Westminster Abbey.

After they HAD SEEN the Tower, they WENT to Westminster Abbey.


100

Jane had read a lot about elephants _________ she went to the zoo.
BEFORE / AFTER

Jane had read a lot about elephants BEFORE she went to the zoo.


200

Aslan and Damir______ (take) English lessons.

Aslan and Damir HAD TAKEN English lessons.

200

Invent a story a in the past perfect including the following elements. Erika, party, nachos, accident

Double the points if it's funny AND appropriate.


Answers will vary but should look like :

Erika had had an accident so she didn't get a chance to eat nachos at the party.

200

Messi / win a World Cup before?

HAD Messi WON a World Cup before?

200

Jake____ (phone) Dad at work before she ____ (leave) for her trip.

Jake HAD PHONED Dad at work before she LEFT for her trip.

200

He had played in a big stadium _________ he was 13.

BY THE TIME / AFTER

He had played in a big stadium BY THE TIME he was 13.

300

The siblings_____ (be) ill, that's why they weren't here on Tuesday.

The siblings HAD BEEN ill, that's why they weren't here on Tuesday. 


300

You failed the exam because you ______ (not prepare) for it.

You failed the exam because you HADN'T preparED for it. 


300

they / learn a foreign language by the age of 14?

HAD they LEARNT a foreign language by the age of 14? 


300

She ____ (watch) a video after the children ____ (go) to bed

She WATCHED a video after the children HAD GONE to bed


300

__________ the man had come home he fed the cat.

BEFORE / AFTER

AFTER the man had come home he fed the cat.


400

Alex _____ (switch) the projector ON before the teacher arrived.

Alex HAD SWITCHED the projector ON before the teacher arrived.

400

Complete the sentence in the past perfect, negative form. If you guess right, double the points.

By the time the kids went to bed, the teacher (get) the chance to...

Answers will vary but should look like : 

By the time the kids went to bed, the teacher had not gotten the chance to eat, to pee, to correct the students' homework, to kiss her boyfriend, to watch TV, to relax

400

J. K Rowling / write a bestseller before 'Harry Potter'?

HAD J.K. Rowling WRITTEN a bestseller before 'Harry Potter'?

400

I ____ (be) very tired because I ____ (study) too much.

I WAS very tired because I HAD STUDIED too much.

400

All passengers had boarded ________ the plane took off.

BEFORE / AFTER

All passengers had boarded BEFORE the plane took off.

500

My parents _____ (arrive) home before I could tidy up. 

My parents HAD ARRIVED home before I could tidy up.


500

We ______ (not leave) Almaty, when it stopped snowing.

We HADN'T LEFT Almaty, when it stopped snowing.


500

Surprise challenge!

Challenge another team. While doing the chair on the wall, one of your teammates has to whisper the answer in your ear and you then have to say it out loud. Complete the question


you / pour the sauce over the chicken before roasting it?


500

When she _____ (arrive) the match ____ already ____ (start)

When she ARRIVED the match HAD already STARTED.


500

____________ the flight attendants had completed the safety demonstration, the plane took off.

BEFORE / AFTER

AFTER the flight attendants had completed the safety demonstration, the plane took off.