All about London
Simple Past
Present Perfect
Present Perfect Progressive
Vocabulary
100

You can ride this huge ferris wheel to get a great view over the city.

What is the London Eye?

100

This ending is used for regular verbs in the simple past.

What is -ed?

100

Complete the question: "_______ you ever seen the Crown Jewels?"

What is have?

100

This tense is formed with have/has + been and a verb ending in these three letters.

What is -ing?

100

This is another name for a bar in England.

What is a pub?

200

This nickname is used for the Underground train network in London.

What is the Tube?

200

The simple past form of the verb "to go".

What is went?

200

These are two signal words for the present perfect.

What is never, already, before, just, yet?

200

Fill in the missing word: "We have been _______ (wait) in this queue for an hour!"

What is waiting?

200

The opposite of "empty" or "quiet" when describing a place full of people.

What is crowded?

300

This famous castle next to the River Thames is home to the Crown Jewels.

What is the Tower of London?

300

Correct this sentence: "Yesterday, Sarah see a huge crowd in front of the ticket office."

What is "Yesterday, Sarah saw a huge crowd in front of the ticket office."? 

300

Form a correct sentence in the present perfect: "they / already / post / a new blog entry"

What is "They have already posted a new blog entry"?

300

Complete the sentence: He has been learning English _____________ he was 10 years old.

What is since?
300

A line of people waiting for something, for example at a ticket office.

What is a queue?

400

These iconic (colour) taxis are a famous way to travel in London.

What is black taxis? 

400

Complete: "While we were in London, we _______ (not / wait) in the long queue."

What is didn't wait (or did not wait)?

400

Complete the sentence: "I ______________ (never be) to London."

What is have never been?

400

Finish the rule: The present perfect progressive is used for actions that started in ________ and continue to ____________.

What is the past and the present?

400

To go from one Underground train line to another, you have to do this.

What is (to) change lines?

500

This is the number of people living in London.

What is 9 million?

500

Turn this sentence into a question in the past: "They reserved a table."

What is "Did they reserve a table?"?

500

This is one difference between when to use the simple past and the present perfect.

What is specific point in time is important vs. specific point in time is unimportant?

What is action finished in the past vs. action is important for the present?

500

 Complete the question: "How long _______ you _______ _______ (try) to improve your vocabulary?"

What is "How long have you been trying...?"

500

Complete the sentence with a vocabulary word: "The view from the top of the London Eye is amazing – it is definitely _______ visiting!"

What is worth?