Exercise Past Simple-Present Perfect

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Present Perfect/Simple

Past
1. Fill in the gaps using either the Present Perfect or the Simple
Past (one verb is in the Past Perfect).

Last week I ___________ (meet) an old lady called Cindy. She

_________ (be) eighty-two. She _________ (be) a beggar. She

__________ (talk) to me and I _______________ (hear) the story of

her entire life. I _________ (feel) so sad when she

____________(finish) it that I almost _________ (cry). As I

___________ (feel) sorry for her, I _____________ (give) Cindy

some money.

This morning something wonderful and amazing __________ (happen)

to me. I ____________ (meet) Cindy again, but, my goodness, she

_________(be) different. She told me the following.

“Since you ___________ (give) me that money my life _________

(change) completely. With the money you _____________ (give) me I

__________(buy) a lottery ticket and I ____________ (win). I

_____________ (buy) myself a house where I’m living now. I

_____________ (also buy) some new clothes, a TV set … you can’t

imagine how happy I am!

I _________ (be) so astonished that I couldn’t even say a word. I

__________(follow) her and … surprise! She ___________ (buy) me a

yellow Ferrari.

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