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1. The document provides a grammar exercise involving the use of simple past and present perfect tenses to complete sentences. 2. A second exercise involves completing sentences using simple past, past perfect, and present perfect tenses. 3. A third exercise has the reader complete sentences using simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses.

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EXERCISE

1. The document provides a grammar exercise involving the use of simple past and present perfect tenses to complete sentences. 2. A second exercise involves completing sentences using simple past, past perfect, and present perfect tenses. 3. A third exercise has the reader complete sentences using simple past, present perfect, and past perfect tenses.

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EXERCISE

1.Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the
appropriate tenses (Simple past or Present Perfect)
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never) __________ that movie.
2. Sam (arrive) ____________ in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) __________ each other for over fifteen years. We
still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ____________ ten very creative short
stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I (have, not) ___________ this much fun since I (be) _________ a kid.
6. Things (change) ____________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first
(start)___________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only)
___________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ____________ to include
more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I (tell) __________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)
_________ off into the forest and (be) __________ bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ________ the bus this morning. You (be)
__________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see,
never) ____________the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
10. How sad! George (dream) _________of going to California before he died, but
he didn't make it. He (see, never) _________ the ocean.
11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) ____________ much easier and
very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) __________ two or three months to
cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) ________ very rough and
often dangerous. Things (change) _____________ a great deal in the last hundred
and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of
hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) _______ since the last time I
(see) ___________ you. You (grow) __________ at least a foot!
13. This tree (be) ___________ planted by the settlers who (found) ___________
our city over four hundred years ago.
14. This mountain (be, never) __________climbed by anyone. Several
mountaineers (try) ________to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever)
__________. The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) __________
trying to reach the summit.
15. I (visit, never) __________ Africa, but I (travel) _______ to South America
several times. The last time I (go) _______ to South America, I (visit) _____Brazil
and Peru. I (spend) ___________ two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) ________ for a
week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) ____________ over the Nazca Lines.
2. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the
appropriate tenses (Simple Past or Past Perfect)
I can't believe I (get) ____________ that apartment. I (submit) _________ my
application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I
(show) ____________ up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other
people who (arrive) __________ before me. Most of them (fill, already)
__________ out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I
could still apply, so I did.
I (try) ________ to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions.
They (want) ________ me to include references, but I didn't want to list my
previous landlord because I (have) ________- some problems with him in the past
and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) ______ up listing my father as a
reference.
It was total luck that he (decide) ___________ to give me the apartment. It turns
out that the landlord and my father (go) __________ to high school together. He
decided that I could have the apartment before he (look) __________ at my credit
report. I really lucked out!
3. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the
appropriate tenses (Simple past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect)
1. When I (arrive) _________ home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)
___________ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) ____________ in two plays, a television
commercial and a TV drama. However, I (speak, never even) ____________
publicly before I came to Hollywood in 2010.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) ___________
without me. My boss (be) ________ furious with me and I (be) _________ fired.
4. When I (turn) ___________ the radio on yesterday, I (hear) ___________ a
song that was popular when I was in high school. I (hear, not) ___________ the
song in years, and it (bring) _____________ back some great memories.
5. Last week, I (run) ________________ into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see,
not) __________ each other in years, and both of us (change) __________ a great
deal. I (enjoy) _____________ talking to her so much that I (ask) ___________
her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
6. When Jack (enter) ___________ the room, I (recognize, not) ___________ him
because he (lose) ___________ so much weight and (grow) _________ a beard.
He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan;
however, their culture (disappear, virtually) _________ by the time Europeans first
(arrive) __________ in the New World.
8. I (visit) __________ so many beautiful places since I (come) ________ to Utah.
Before moving here, I (hear, never) ______________ of Bryce Canyon, Zion,
Arches, or Canyonlands.

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