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The document provides exercises for practicing the Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple tenses, including multiple-choice questions, sentence completion, error correction, and a passage to fill in. It includes answers for each section to facilitate learning. The exercises cover various contexts to help learners understand the appropriate usage of these tenses.

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Grammar-PastSimplePresentPerfect - 2665 2.0

The document provides exercises for practicing the Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple tenses, including multiple-choice questions, sentence completion, error correction, and a passage to fill in. It includes answers for each section to facilitate learning. The exercises cover various contexts to help learners understand the appropriate usage of these tenses.

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Past Simple / Present Perfect Simple

A Choose the correct answer.


1. I’m really hungry. I (haven’t eaten / didn’t eat) yet.
2. They (arrived / have arrived) a week ago.
3. We (have worked / worked) here for three years.
4. They (didn’t recognise / haven’t recognised) me at yesterday’s meeting.
5. Our neighbour (was / has been) in hospital since Friday.
6. (Have you travelled / Did you travel) abroad many times?

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect
Simple.
hasn´t called (not call) me recently.
1. John ...........................
bought
2. They ........................... (buy) a new car last month.
3. The teacherhasn´t returned(not return) the tests yet.
...........................
has
4. How long ........................... known
she ........................... (know) about this problem?
have
5. ........................... heard
you ever ........................... (hear) such an unbelievable story?
lived
6. When I was a child, I ........................... (live) in England for two years.
bought
7. He ........................... (buy) me a beautiful gift for my birthday.
have always wanted (always / want) one.
8. I am so excited to have a dog. I .........................................

C Correct the error in each of the sentences.


1. Have you ever eat Chinese food? 5. Mr Brown already left the office.
Have you ever ate Chinese food?
............................................................................ Mr Brown has already left the office
............................................................................
2. She has moved to another city last year. 6. We haven’t been abroad since a year.
She moved to another city last year
............................................................................ We haven´t been abroad for a year
............................................................................
3. They have sent out the invitations yet. 7. The lesson has started ten minutes ago.
They haven´t sent out the invitations yet
............................................................................ The lesson started ten minutes ago
............................................................................
4. Jack hasn’t seen Jill since she has graduated. 8. Did she just leave?
Jack hasn´t seen Jill since she graduated
............................................................................ Has she just left?
............................................................................

D Complete the passage with suitable words.


have
I 1.............................. never
always been very fit and healthy, and I have 2.............................. had a serious illness.
ago
However, a couple of weeks 3.............................. , I caught the flu. I must admit that until then, I
had
4.............................. not realised just how unpleasant the flu could be. I had a high temperature for nearly a
ever
week, and my whole body hurt. I don’t think I have 5.............................. felt so miserable. It’s taking me ages to
since
get my strength back. It really bothers me that I haven’t had enough energy to play football 6..............................
already
I got ill. In fact, I have 7.............................. been to the doctor to ask if it’s normal to feel weak for so long. He
says I’ll soon feel better. Apparently I’m lucky. For some people, especially the old and the weak, the flu can be
for
very serious. Doctors have tried 8.............................. years to find a cure for the flu, but they haven’t found one
yet
9...............................
. Fortunately, researchers have developed a vaccine which gives effective protection against
already
the disease. According to my doctor, most of his elderly patients have 10.............................. received their flu
shots.

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Past Simple / Present Perfect Simple – Answers
A 1. haven’t eaten 4. didn’t recognise
2. arrived 5. has been
3. have worked 6. Have you travelled

B 1. hasn’t called / has not called


2. bought
3. hasn’t returned / has not returned
4. has … known
5. Have … heard
6. lived
7. bought
8. have always wanted

C 1. Have you ever eaten Chinese food?


2. She moved to another city last year.
3. They haven’t sent out the invitations yet.
4. Jack hasn’t seen Jill since she graduated.
5. Mr Brown has already left the office.
6. We haven’t been abroad for a year.
7. The lesson started ten minutes ago.
8. Has she just left?

D 1. have 6. since
2. never 7. already / just
3. ago 8. for
4. had 9. yet
5. ever 10. already

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