Sort into columns

Sort Events, Backgrounds and Past Results

Tap each tile, then tap its column. Sort all the tiles using the context in each prompt.

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Question 1

At a school concert, these actions happened during the performance. Sort completed events from background actions in progress.

Question 2

We reached a campsite and discovered preparations already completed before our arrival. Sort those preparations from the next events in our story.

Question 3

Sort these travel statements by how they present time: a finished past period or experience up to now.

Question 4

These fragments explain problems during a picnic. Sort them by whether their connector introduces a cause or a result.

Practice Sort Events, Backgrounds and Past Results with this interactive word-sorting exercise of 4 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 Sort Events, Backgrounds and Past Results in everyday English.

Looking for more practice? See all exercises for this lesson.