Past Perfect Simple and Continuous ESL Worksheets, Games and Activities

In this fun past perfect simple or past perfect continuous game, students race to match sentence halves together and complete them using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. In pairs, students take turns reading each sentence beginning to their partner, who listens and chooses a suitable ending from their worksheet. Their partner then reads the letter and ending, putting the verb in brackets into the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous as appropriate. If both students agree it's correct, the other student writes down the letter and ending next to the sentence half on their worksheet, and they move on to the next sentence. If not, their partner reads other possible endings to find the right one. The first pair to finish and correctly match and complete all the sentences wins.

This free past perfect simple or past perfect continuous worksheet helps to teach students how these two tenses are different and how to use them. Students begin by reading sentences and completing rules about the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. Next, students match past perfect simple and continuous sentence halves together. Students then complete sentences with verbs in brackets in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. After that, students complete each sentence with a verb from a box in its past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form. Students then complete sentences with their own ideas using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Finally, in pairs, students play a miming game using the sentences. Students take turns reading the first part of the sentence and then miming the part they wrote. Their partner then tries to guess what they wrote from their mime. For each correct guess, students score one point. The student with the most points wins.