EXERCISE 1
Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. Mary (win)…………… the lottery last year.
2. We (prepare / already)………………….. dinner.
3. James (find)………………… your ring in the garden yesterday.
4. He (come / just)…………………. home.
5. They (buy)…………………. their car two years ago.
Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. I (see / not)…………………. anyone yet.
2. Phil (go / not)……………….. to the cinema last night.
3. We (be / not)……………… to the zoo so far.
4. She (arrive / not)…………………. yet.
5. Emily (visit / not)…………………… me last week.
Questions
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple:
1. (you / read)………………….. the book yet?
2. How many letters (they / write)………………………. so far?
3. When (he / tell)………………………. you that?
4. (you / be)……………………….. at home last night?
5. How often (you / travel)………………………… abroad till now?
Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. A: (you / taste / ever)……………………… sushi?
2. B: Yes, I (eat)……………………….. sushi at least five times so far.
3. A: When (you / eat)……………………. sushi for the first time?
4. B: I (eat)…………………………. sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He
(invite)…………………………… the whole family to a Japanese restaurant.
5. A: (you / like)………………………… it?
6. B: Absolutely. In fact, it (be)…………………. so good that we (be)………………… to that
restaurant three times yet. And on my mum's birthday, we (order)…………………….. some sushi
and (have)…………………….. it at home.
EXERCISE 2
Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. William (tidy / already)………………….. up his room.
2. Caroline (miss)………………………. the schoolbus yesterday.
3. I (finish / just)……………………… my homework.
4. I cannot go out tonight. My grandparents (come)………………….. to see us.
5. In 2004, the Olympic Summer Games (take)…………………….. place in Athens.
Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. We (watch / not)…………………………….. TV last night.
2. Joanna (read / not)……………………….. the book yet.
3. Collin (not / go)………………………. on holiday last year.
4. I (have / not)………………………….. any problems so far.
5. They (learn / not)…………………………… the new words yet.
Questions
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. (they / be / ever)……………………….. to New York?
2. (you / see)…………………….. Catherine a minute ago?
3. What time (you / get)………………………….. up today?
4. (he / hear)…………………………. the news yet?
5. How often (you / play)…………………………… that game up to now?
Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple):
1. A: I (see / not)………………………….. you for a long time. Where (you /
be)…………………….. ?
2. B: I (come / just)…………………………… back from Canada.
3. A: Oh really? What (you / do)………………………… in Canada?
4. B: I (take)……………………………….. a nature tour.
5. A: Wow! (you / see)………………………… many wild animals there?
6. B: Of course. I (watch)………………………… bears, wolves and whales in the wild. That
(be)………………………. so interesting. (you / spend / ever)………………………… a holiday
in Canada?
7. A: Yes, I (travel)………………………… around Canada twice so far.
8. B: When (you / go)…………………….. there?
9. A: The first time I (go)…………………………… there (be) in 1997 and the second time in
2004.
10. B: (you / enjoy)………………………………. it?
11. A: I absolutely (love)……………………….. it, especially the west coast.
Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect):
1. My friend (eat)……………up all the biscuit we (bake)……………….
2. The teacher (correct)…………….the tests we (write)…………………….
3. I (give)……………..them some of the candies I (buy)……………...
4. My sister (see / not)………………the note that I (lay)……………on the kitchen table
for her.
5. We (want)………………..to watch a film that we (see / not)……………..before.
Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect simple):
1. When he (wake up)…………………, his mother (already / prepare) ………………..breakfast.
2. We (go)………………to London because the Queen (invite)……………………us for tea.
3. He (hear)…………………the news, (go)…………….to the telephone and (call)………………………a
friend.
4. When she (start)…………………..to learn English, she (already / learn)…………………………..French.
5. Jane (already / type)………………………..ten pages when her computer (crash)…………………….. By
the time he (arrive)…………………………….at the pub, they (run)……………………………out of beer.
6. Before that day we (never / think)………………………..of going to Japan.
7. I (know)………………………..him for a long time before I (meet)…………………………..his family.
8. They (not / know)…………………………..where to meet because nobody
(tell)……………………………….them.
9. It (be)………………………cloudy for days before it finally (begin)……………………………..to rain.
