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Exercises On Past Simple and Present Perfect

This document contains two multiple choice grammar quizzes testing knowledge of the past simple and present perfect tenses. It includes 20 questions for the first quiz and 20 questions for the second quiz, with answer options for each question. The questions cover a variety of verbs and tense usage, with contexts like completed actions in the past, unfinished actions, and continued relevance into the present.

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Exercises On Past Simple and Present Perfect

This document contains two multiple choice grammar quizzes testing knowledge of the past simple and present perfect tenses. It includes 20 questions for the first quiz and 20 questions for the second quiz, with answer options for each question. The questions cover a variety of verbs and tense usage, with contexts like completed actions in the past, unfinished actions, and continued relevance into the present.

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PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

Multiple-choice grammar quiz 3

Q1. I went to bed very late last night.


went
was going
have gone
go

Q2. I played tennis yesterday.


will play
played
play
have played

Q3. My brother is an author. He has written many books.


wrote
write
is writing
has written

Q4. My brother, who died last year, was an author.


He wrote many books.
wrote
writes
was writing
has written

Q5. I flew to New York last Christmas.


have flown
fly
flew
am flowing

Q6. My grandparents live in the USA so I have flown to New


York many times.
have flown
flies
flew
am flying

Q7. I have played tennis three times already this week and it's
still only Wednesday.
was playing
played
play
have played

Q8. Student to the teacher: " I`ve finished ! What shall I do


now?"
I`ve finished
I finished
I am finishing
I am finish

Q9. I went to bed very late last night.


went
was going
have gone
go
Q10. This tree has grown really fast. Last year it was only half
this size.
will grow
has grown
grows
grew

Q11. I went to the theater many times when I lived in London.


went
was going
have went
have gone

Q12. Where's my calculator? I put it on the desk a minute ago and


now it`s disappeared !
it`s disappearing
it`s disappeared
it disappears
it disappeared

Q13. My father worked in a bank for 10 years, then he became a


computer programmer.
works
worked
was working
has worked

Q14. My father has worked at his bank for 10 years. He really


likes his job.
worked
was working
is working
has worked

Q15. My grandfather died 10 years before I was born, so I did not


meet him.
was not meeting
meet not
have not met
did not meet

Q16. I'm very hungry. It's 11.30 and I haven`t eaten anything
yet today.
haven`t eaten
don`t eat
didn`t eat
am not eating

Q17. Did you see the football match on TV last night?


Were you seeing
Have you seen
Do you see
Did you see

Q18. Last week was very wet, but it hasn`t rained once yet this
week.
isn`t raining
haven`t rained
hasn`t rained
didn`t rain

Q19. I`ve bought a new computer. Do you want to see it?


I`ve bought
I was buying
I buy
I bought

Q20. I`ve lost my dictionary. Have you seen it?


I`ve lost
I`m lost
I lost
I lose

Multiple-choice grammar quiz 4

Q1. I bought a new computer last week, but it didn`t work so I took it back to the shop.
worked not
hasn`t worked
don`t work
didn`t work

Q2. I tried to find you before school today. Where were you?
Where were you?
Where was you?
Where have you been?
Where did you be?

Q3. My math teacher wasn't happy yesterday. I forgot to bring my calculator to class.
was forgetting
have forgotten
forgot
forget

Q4. Have you seen my pencil? It was here a minute ago and now it`s gone . .
it`s gone
it went
it was going
it have gone

Q5. I haven`t gone to the cinema since I came to Germany.


went not
haven`t gone
hasn`t gone
didn`t go

Q6. I like your watch. How long have you had it?
you have
have you had
did you have
are you having

Q7. Have you ever ridden a horse? - No, but I rode a camel when I visited Egypt last year.
was riding
rode
ride
have ridden

Q8. My big sister has had a baby. She's going to call it Yoshi.
was having
has had
has
had

Q9. I went to the school dance last Friday, but I didn`t enjoy it very much
haven`t enjoyed
don`t enjoy
didn`t enjoyed
didn`t enjoy
I didn`t sleep very well last night. There was loud music coming from a house down
Q10.
the road.
wasn`t sleeping
haven`t slept
didn`t slept
didn`t sleep

Q11. I haven`t slept very well since I bought a new bed. I don't find it very comfortable.
was sleeping
haven`t slept
haven`t sleep
didn`t sleep

Q12. I injured my foot playing tennis last week, and now I can hardly walk.
was injuring
injured
injure
have injured

Q13. I`ve cut my hand on a piece of glass. Do you have a Band-Aid?


I`ve cut
I was cutting
I cutted
I cut

Q14. Have you seen my calculator? I can't find it anywhere?


You seen
Have you seen
Did you seen
Did you see

Q15. I was in a big hurry so I had no time to phone you.


was having
have had
have
had

Q16. My grandmother smoked for 62 years before dying at the age of 89!
was smoking
smoked
have smoked
has smoked

My grandmother has smoked for 62 years and she never even coughs. What a lucky
Q17.
woman!
smokes
smoked
is smoking
has smoked

Q18. I arrived late for school again this morning. The teacher was not happy!
have arrived
arrived
arrive
am arriving

Q19. "Where's Emiko?" - " She`s gone to the library!"


She`s gone
She went
She is going
She goes

Q20. I haven`t drunk anything since breakfast so I feel very thirsty now.
wasn`t drinking
haven`t drunk
don`t drink
didn`t drink

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