James had been doing homework for two hours before Brendan visited.
Random Writing Auction
Writing activity that can be adapted to multiple grammar points. Specific focus on encouraging students to write longer sentences.
Dice sentence activity
Any tenses can be used. It is to practice forming sentences
What Had Happened? Past Perfect Game
Students compete to create the best/funniest explanation for past tense situations using past perfect tense.
One piece worksheet past perfect
In this activity the Children will make a worksheet with ''past perfect'' sentences.
Verb Sugoroku (JHS)
A flexible board game where students change sentences based on target grammar point.
Have you...? Talking with an exchange student
Students roleplay introducing a foreign exchange student to their school. They ask and answer questions using "Have you / Have you ever" and "I have been / I have(n't).
Were you collecting cards?
Card collecting activity based on grammar point 'Was/Were/Yes, I was/No, I wasn't' and past tense verbs.
New Crown 2 - Lesson 1 Get Part 2 + Game
Review of Lesson 1 part 1 followed by introduction of Present Perfect Continuous Question form
Tic-Tac-Toe ( Present Perfect Continuous Version)
This activity was slightly modified from rebvandev`s original activity which was made for the 1st Grade JHS grammar point. The instructions are the same as the original activity.
Tenses of the Verb Practice
The verbs in this PPT are from the back of the NEW CROWN 3 English textbook.
Sentence Making Relay
Students try to make passive sentences from sheets over paper located on the walls of the classroom.
Does this category count as past perfect continuous or present perfect continuous? By definition, its more the latter, no?
To be honest, I always get this grammar point mixed up with Present Perfect! Is there a good way to tell the difference between them?
You can tell the difference between the "past perfect continuous" and "present perfect continuous" with the tense of the auxiliary verb have.
had= past perfect continuous have= present perfect continuous
However, I just discovered that the present perfect continuous tag is not in the tag list.
Maybe all of these should be under present/past perfect tense category instead of the continuous/progressive?
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Does this category count as past perfect continuous or present perfect continuous? By definition, its more the latter, no?
To be honest, I always get this grammar point mixed up with Present Perfect! Is there a good way to tell the difference between them?
You can tell the difference between the "past perfect continuous" and "present perfect continuous" with the tense of the auxiliary verb have.
had= past perfect continuous
have= present perfect continuous
However, I just discovered that the present perfect continuous tag is not in the tag list.
Maybe all of these should be under present/past perfect tense category instead of the continuous/progressive?