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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

The document provides exercises to practice using the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. There are 7 exercises with multiple parts each that provide sentence frames to fill in with the correct verb form. The exercises cover a range of topics and scenarios to illustrate when to use the simple past versus present perfect tenses.

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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

The document provides exercises to practice using the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. There are 7 exercises with multiple parts each that provide sentence frames to fill in with the correct verb form. The exercises cover a range of topics and scenarios to illustrate when to use the simple past versus present perfect tenses.

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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1.Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash) . the


dishes yet?
2.Daughter: I ..(wash) the dishes yesterday, but
I (have / not) the time yet to do it today.
3.Mother: (you / do / already) ..your homework?
4.Daughter: No, I .(come / just) home from
school.
5.Mother: You (come) home from school two hours
ago!
6.Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) when I (arrive)
. and I (finish / just)
the phone call.
7.Mother: (you / see / not) Lucy at
school in the morning?
8.Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) .
time to talk then.

Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.A: I (cycle / just) 50 km.
2.B: I (cycle) ..100 km last week.
3.A: I (write) .an essay yesterday.
4.B: I (write / already) two essays this term.
5.A: I (ring / just) my friend.

6.B: I (ring) ..my friend 10 minutes ago.


7.A: Two days ago, I ..(watch) a Madonna
concert on TV.
8.B: I (see / already) .Madonna live in
concert.
9.A: I (spend) .my summer holiday in
Australia last year.
10.B: I (be / not) . to Australia yet.

Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.A: (you / be / ever) ..to London?
2.B: Yes, I (be) . there three
times.
3.A: When (be) .. the last time you (be).
there?
4.B: Last summer. I (spend) two weeks in Brighton with my
parents and we (go). to London one
weekend.
5.(you / like) it?
6.Oh yes. We really (have) .a great time in
London.
7.Lucky you! I (be / never) to London.

Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.A: (you / try / ever) . haggis?
2.B: Oh, yes!
3.A: How often (you / eat). haggis yet?

4.B: Two times exactly.


5.A: When (you / eat / first) .haggis?
6.B: That (be) .in 2005. We (have)
. a Scottish festival in our town and they also (sell)
. traditional Scottish food. So I (buy)
.. haggis.
7.A: (you / like) .. it?
8.B: It (be / not) too bad. And I (know / not)
anything about haggis then.
9.A: When .(you / find out) ?
10.B: When I (be).. in Scotland in 2007. I (go)
to a restaurant and (order)
haggis. Afterwards, the waiter (tell) . me about haggis:
it's the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, boiled in the animal's stomach. Well, I
(eat / never) ..haggis again since then.

Exercise 5
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.A: (you / buy) . the tickets for our journey
yet?
2.B: Yes, I.. (go) to the station yesterday and
(buy) the tickets.
3.A: What time (you / go) there?
4.B: I (take) a friend to the station in the morning.
His train (leave) . at 9:45.
5.A: (you / pack) your bags yet? 6.B: Of course. And I
(ask / already) my neighbor to empty my letter box.
What about you?
7.B: I (pack) my bags two days ago.

Exercise 6

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.Yesterday, my brother (come) ..home from
school, . (switch) on the TV
and. (watch) TV until dinner (be)
.ready.
2.Oh no, it's raining and I . (leave) my umbrella at
home.
3.Look! There is so much food left. Nobody (eat) .
anything.
4.Where (you / be) .yesterday? - I (go)
. to the shopping centre and (buy)
. a new computer game.
5.Why don't you want to play football with us this weekend? - I (break)
.my leg.
6.The road is closed. There (be) .an accident.
7.I . (have) an accident when I (be)
. in Manchester last year.
8.Come on, let's celebrate! Our team (win) .the
match.

Exercise 7
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.A: (you / play / already).. the new computer game?
2.B: No, not yet. I only (buy) it yesterday and I (have /
not) .the time yet.
3.A: (you / go). to the cinema last night?
4.B: Yes. I (be) there with Sue and Louis. (you / be)
.. to the cinema recently?
5.A: I last (go) to the cinema two weeks ago.
6.B: So you (see / not) .the new action film yet.
7.A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) it?

8.B: Oh, I really (love) it. But Sue (like / not)


it - too much action!
9.A: But why (you / take) her with you? She (tell)
.. me last week that she (hate)
action films.
10.B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try) to flirt with
him all the time. So he ..(can / concentrate /
not) on the film.

8. Complete the sentences.


I ______________________________(go) to the cinema last night.
What film ______________________________(you-see) ?
I ______________________________(see) The Lord of The Rings .
Really? ______________________________(you-like) it?
It ______________________________(be) really fantastic.
I ______________________________(think) you should go and see it.
You know, I never ______________________________(go) to the cinema ,
I ______________________________(prefer) to read a book ;
I ______________________________(read) a romantic story last week, and
yesterday, I ______________________________(go) to the opera.

9. Type your answers:


Malaria? In Canada?
Have you ever had malaria? If you have, the chances are that you (get)
the disease in a hot country. Malaria is most common in
tropical countries, especially those with wet and humid climates, where the
mosquitos which carry the disease can flourish. However, recently, malaria
(become) more common in Canada. According to a
recent report, over 1000 people (contract) . the
disease in Canada in 1997, and the number (rise)

every year since 1994. This is an alarming


trend.

Why is the incidence of malaria rising here? The answer is travel. More and more
Canadians travel abroad every year, and some of them catch malaria. However,
when a Toronto woman (become) sick last year, her doctor
(discover) . that she (never travel)
abroad in her life. She must have been
bitten by a mosquito which (get) . the disease
from another sick Canadian.

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