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TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Combinations
Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this engaging past perfect continuous activity, students
Game: forming sentences play a pelmanism style game where they combine past perfect
from prompts, freer continuous and past simple sentence halves together with when
practice (group work) to make logical sentences.
Procedure
Focus
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Past perfect continuous
Past simple Give each group a set of past perfect continuous cards and a set
of past simple cards.
Aim Ask the students to shuffle each set of cards separately and then
spread them out face-down on the table in two sets.
To play a game where
you combine past perfect The aim of the game is to make logical sentences, combining
continuous and past a past perfect continuous sentence half card and a past simple
simple sentence halves sentence half card with the word when. The student who makes
together with when to the most logical sentences from the cards wins the game.
make logical sentences.
Students take it in turns to turn over one card from each set.
Preparation If a student can combine the two sentence halves with when to
Make one copy of the make a logical sentence, the student keeps the two cards and
two sets of cards for scores a point, e.g. 'He hadn't been riding the elephant for long
each group of three or when it suddenly started raining hard'.
four. Cut the cards out as
indicated, keeping each If a logical sentence cannot be made, the student turns the cards
set separate. back over, keeping them in the same place.
Group members can challenge another student if they think a

Level sentence is wrong.
Upper-intermediate (B2) If a student can justify their answer, they score the point. If not,
no points are awarded.
Time Students should try to remember the location of the sentence
20 minutes halves as this will help them make more sentences.
The game continues until all the cards have been matched.
If a few cards remain that cannot be combined together, students

can add to each sentence half with their own ideas.
So, if a remaining sentence half uses the past perfect continuous,

the student completes the sentence with when and a past simple
sentence half of their own, or vice versa.
The student with the most points at the end of the game is the
winner.
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PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Past Perfect Continuous Cards
He hadn't been riding the elephant for The baby had been crying for about 15
long... minutes...
He had been texting... They had been studying all morning...
She had been studying English for three We had been waiting in the wrong line for
years... 20 minutes...
They had been working for over an hour.... We hadn't been expecting them...
My friends and I hadn't been listening to

She had been training for almost a year...
music for long...
They had been walking in the mountains for The passengers had been waiting for almost
a while... three hours...
She had been cooking in the kitchen for I had been travelling through Asia for a
hours... month...
The dog had been barking for over an

I had been sleeping...
hour...
She had been working at the company for

It had been raining all day...
five years...
The film had been playing for 30 minutes... I hadn't been flying for long...

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Past Simple Cards
...it suddenly started raining hard. ...his mother woke up.
...the car crashed into a tree. ...they decided to take a break.
...she went to Australia on holiday. ...we realized our mistake.
...I arrived at the factory. ...they suddenly appeared.
...there was a loud knock at the door. ...she got her chance to compete.
...the earthquake happened. ...the plane finally took off.
...we got home. ...I met my girlfriend.
...the alarm went off. ...my neighbour finally let him in.
...she got promoted. ...the sun came out.
...they arrived. ...one of the airplane engines caught fire.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Combinations

Activity Type Introduction

Group members can challenge another student if they think a

If a few cards remain that cannot be combined together, students

So, if a remaining sentence half uses the past perfect continuous,

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Combinations

Past Perfect Continuous Cards

He had been texting... They had been studying all morning...

My friends and I hadn't been listening to

The dog had been barking for over an

She had been working at the company for

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Combinations

Past Simple Cards

...it suddenly started raining hard. ...his mother woke up.

...the car crashed into a tree. ...they decided to take a break.

...she went to Australia on holiday. ...we realized our mistake.

...I arrived at the factory. ...they suddenly appeared.

...the earthquake happened. ...the plane finally took off.

...we got home. ...I met my girlfriend.

...she got promoted. ...the sun came out.

...they arrived. ...one of the airplane engines caught fire.

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