Teacher Instructions

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Teacher Instructions
Open this resource in presentation (or slideshow) mode to understand how the slides work.
This game includes the following forms:
Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, can, going to and will for
the future, present perfect, the first conditional and the second conditional.
This resource is editable - however, do not change which answer is correct as this will
disrupt the order of the slides.
For example, if the correct answer is on the left, your new correct answer should also be on
the left.

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The tense game to name that tense.
Choose the right direction and find treasure.
Choose the wrong direction and end up in the desert…

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I went to the shop to buy a bottle of milk.
Past simple for a
past event
Past continuous for an
event in progress at a
particular time

5.

I’ve been practising yoga for five years.
Present perfect simple
to focus on quantity
Present perfect continuous
to focus on duration

6.

We’re having a party tonight. Do you want to come?
Present continuous for
a future plan
Present continuous for an
action happening now

7.

I visit my grandparents every Friday for tea and cake.
Present simple for habits
Present perfect for
something that happened
before now

8.

If I had wings, I’d fly to the beach.
2nd conditional for
imaginary events
1st conditional for
future events

9.

Have you heard? The president has come to visit our school!
Present perfect for news
Present perfect continuous
for actions that continue
to the present

10.

Can you help me bake a cake for my sister’s birthday?
‘Can’ for ability
‘Can’ for a request

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Why were you still watching TV at 1am last night?
Past continuous for an
action in progress at a
specific past time
Past perfect for an
action before another
past action

12.

I love chocolate.
Present simple for a habit
Present simple for a fact
that’s always true

13.

When I got home, I saw that the dog had escaped!
Past perfect for an action
that happened before
another past action
Past continuous for an
action in progress at a
particular past time

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I’ve eaten seven slices of cake!
Present perfect to focus
on quantity
Past simple for a completed
action in the past

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If I get home early, I’ll do all the housework for you.
2nd conditional for
imaginary events
1st conditional for
possible future events

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Congratulations!
You found gold!