Sort into columns

Past Perfect —
Sort Events and Viewpoints.

Read each prompt. Tap a tile, then tap its column to sort every tile.

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Question 1

Read this story: We had booked a room and had paid online. On Friday, we collected the key and carried our bags upstairs. Sort the events by their place in the story’s timeline.

Question 2

Read: Ben was cold because he had forgotten his jacket. His shoes were wet because he had stepped in a puddle. Sort the clauses into earlier reasons and past results.

Question 3

Sort these verb phrases by their form: past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.

Question 4

Read: On Monday, Amy said she had sold her bike. On Tuesday, Dan told us he had found a new flat. Sort the events into earlier reported events and later reporting events.

Question 5

These phrases describe knowing a person or owning a home for years before a move. Sort them by whether the verb form is normally used for these states.

Practice Past Perfect — Sort Events and Viewpoints with this interactive word-sorting exercise of 5 questions. Tap each word into the column it belongs in, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every set.

Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Past Perfect — Sort Events and Viewpoints in everyday English.

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