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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

The document provides examples of sentences using simple past and present perfect tenses. It gives 10 exercises with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb form. The exercises cover using context clues like time expressions to determine whether simple past or present perfect tense should be used. It also provides explanations of when each tense is used - simple past for completed actions in the past, and present perfect for actions with relevance to the present.

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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

The document provides examples of sentences using simple past and present perfect tenses. It gives 10 exercises with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb form. The exercises cover using context clues like time expressions to determine whether simple past or present perfect tense should be used. It also provides explanations of when each tense is used - simple past for completed actions in the past, and present perfect for actions with relevance to the present.

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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) washed 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.

5. Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past Present Perfect Simple


he / listen
they / speak
I / watch
she / grow
you / fall

6. When do we use which tense?

1. To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we
use ...
2. To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ...
3. 'so far' is a signal word for ...
4. '5 minutes ago' is a signal word for ...
5. 'recently' is a signal word for ...

7. Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).

1. He (leave / just) his house.


2. We (build) a tree house last week.
3. Two years ago, Fiona (break) her leg.
4. I (wash / already) the dishes.
5. The other day, our cat (bring) home a mouse.

8. Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).

1. We (empty / not) the bin last week.


2. She (be / not) there an hour ago.
3. He (lose / not) any game so far.
4. My brother (pick / not) me up at 8 o'clock.
5. I (make / not) up my mind yet.

9. Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. (you / see) Bob recently?


2. Who (switch) off the lights a minute ago?
3. When (she / become) a teacher?
4. (you / ride / ever) an elephant?
5. (you / hurt) your knee when you were playing football?

10. Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. Last week I (be) very busy and I (have not) the time to
do a lot in the household.
2. On Monday I (work) three hours overtime and (come)
home very late in the evening.
3. From Tuesday to Thursday I (be) on a business trip.
4. On Friday I (go) to a friend's birthday party and at the weekend I
(visit) my grandparents.
5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) them for ages
and they (be / never) at my place before.
6. I (clean / just) my house so I can show them around. Now
everything is perfect.

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