Past Perfect Simple - Past Perfect Continuous

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

Watch a short video and choose between Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous

Scene summary:

A woman tries to take an egg from a hen but the hen doesn't agree ..............

Video source: CGI 3D Animated Short: "Eggs Change" - by Hee Won Ahn | TheCGBros

Video length: 1 minute 58 seconds

Video genre: Short film (animated or with human actors)

Lesson type: Grammar practice

Level:

Student types:

high school

Grammar:

Past perfect simple vs continuous tense

Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License

First published: 2019-11-04, 19:36:36 (GMT+1)

About the author

Ugeniat

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) The hen ...an egg when she ...

had laid - arrived
laid - had arrived
had been laying - arrived

2) When the baby ... up, she ... to take the egg for quite some time.

had been waking - tried
woke - had been trying

3) The baby .... when she ..... into the bedroom.

had disappeared - walked
disappeared - had walked

4) The hen ... the baby because the woman... the egg.

kidnapped - had taken
had been kidnapping - took
had kidnapped - took

About the author

Ugeniat

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Comments

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KristalUlett

2020-01-13 13:22:08

Thank you for this interesting and real word activity. It really helps and I look forward to using this with my students.

BeatricePuggia

2020-03-29 10:33:51

Thank you, nice idea!

lavero972

2020-04-13 22:39:11

Thank you for this activity

MARIANAREBO

2020-06-28 22:14:23

love it!

paoladaniela2020

2020-09-11 14:32:29

Thanks!!

EmiLia23Meln

2020-10-19 13:42:12

Thank you !!!

LilianeRamos

2020-10-23 13:19:53

Love your job!!!!!

naa460

2020-11-08 20:23:07

great!!!

profi

2021-01-10 17:13:51

Thanks! Nice and funny activity to teach the past perfect. I'll use it with my students.

hasnatel

2021-02-05 10:35:40

Love it really thanx for sharing ❤