Present Perfect - Past Simple - Extensive Practice

Form

Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past Present Perfect Simple

I / open

he / write

they / do

you / swim

she / give

Use

When do we use which tense?

1. 'Already' is a signal word for ...

2. 'Just' is a signal word for ...

3. '2 years ago' is a signal word for ...

4. 'Yet' is a signal word for ...

5. 'Yesterday' is a signal word for ...

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


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


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


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.

Form



she / live

I / look

you / buy

he / see

they / take

Use


1. 'How often so far' is a signal word for ...

2. '... ago' is a signal word for ...

3. 'Until now' is an signal word for ...

4. 'Yesterday', 'last week' und 'in 2006' are signal words for ...

5. 'Just', 'already', 'yet' are signal words for ...

Positive Sentences


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


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


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


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.

Form



he / listen

they / speak

I / watch

she / grow

you / fall

Use


1. To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we use ...

2. To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ...

3. 'so far' is a signal word for ...

4. '5 minutes ago' is a signal word for ...

5. 'recently' is a signal word for ...

Positive Sentences


1. He (leave / just) his house.

2. We (build) a tree house last week.

3. Two years ago, Fiona (break) her leg.

4. I (wash / already) the dishes.

5. The other day, our cat (bring) home a mouse.

Negative Sentences


1. We (empty / not) the bin last week.

2. She (be / not) there an hour ago.

3. He (lose / not) any game so far.

4. My brother (pick / not) me up at 8 o'clock.

5. I (make / not) up my mind yet.

Questions


1. (you / see) Bob recently?

2. Who (switch) off the lights a minute ago?

3. When (she / become) a teacher?

4. (you / ride / ever) an elephant?

5. (you / hurt) your knee when you were playing football?

Text


1. Last week I (be) very busy and I (have not) the time to do a lot in the household.

2. On Monday I (work) three hours overtime and (come) home very late in the evening.

3. From Tuesday to Thursday I (be) on a business trip.

4. On Friday I (go) to a friend's birthday party and at the weekend I (visit) my grandparents.

5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) them for ages and they (be / never) at my place

before.

6. I (clean / just) my house so I can show them around. Now everything is perfect.

Have Been – Have gone

1 Have you ever to Cappadocia.It's breathtaking?2 I have to Antalya 6 times.3 My sister isn't at home at the moment.She has shopping.4 Excuse me.Can you tell me the way to the Disneyland?I have never

there before.5 You are late.Where have you ?

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6 You are tanned.Have you on holiday somewhere?7 Mom will be home soon.She has to my brother's school.8 They have to Izmir for ten days.They have just returned home.9 Pýnar won't be with us at the party.She has toVienna.10 This is the first time I have ever abroad.It is exciting.11 I know Tarsus very well.I have there many times.12 Nadia left Mark two weeks ago.She has away with another boy.13 Where is my bike?It's away.14 They have to Rome.They will return next week.

Past Simple – Present Perfect

1. I (not go) to school last week because I (be) sick.

2. Paul (just/start) reading a new book.

3. He (never/eat) such delicious cookies.

4. Michael (drink) too much last night.

5. (you/ever/be) late for school?

6. I (already/do) the laundry. Now I need to do some ironing.

7. (they/wash) their father's car on Sunday?

8. I (arrive) from Italy yesterday morning.

9. Linda's husband only (leave) 5 minutes ago and she already misses him.

Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple

1 I (visit) Bob last month.2 We (promise) to help them already.3 She (never/do) anything bad.4 She (go) on holiday three weeks ago.5 We (not/do) our work yet.6 She (see) the film three times.7 They (swim) in the sea last summer.

Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple some sentences might require Continuous form, but this time, please, form only Simple tenses:)

1 She (read) the book yesterday.2 Three people (come) to visit him so far.3 They (just/visit) me.4 When (she/promise) you to do it?

5 She (bring) pizza at 9 o’clock.6 They (buy) a bike last month.7 She (teach) many children since she finished school herself.

Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple

1 We (sing) a song on Monday.

2 The children (sit) still during the lesson.

3 He (wait) for 3 hours.

4 Then she (want) an ice-cream.

5 They (sleep) a lot today.

6 While I (speak) to you he came home.

7 She (stand) at the bus stop the other day.

8 We (take) three books from the library recently.

9 His grandfather is dead. He (make) the bench.

PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST TENSE SIMPLE

1. Three weeks ago Jack (go) to Madrid.

2. She (wash) her bike. Look, now it is really clean und looks like new!

3. Mr Clinton (work) for the company since 1997.

4. I (get) my bike in November. So I (have) it for five months.

5. Jenny (go) to India last summer. you ever (be) to India? – No, I haven’t.

6. she ever (be) to Dallas? She (go) there in 2001 and 2003.

7. I (learn) English for six years.

8. Yesterday our cat (have) a fight with the neighbour’s dog.

9. Where he (go) in 2006? – He (visit) his uncle in Canada.

10. My mum (buy) a video game last Saturday.

11. The dog (just, eat) the dog food. Its bowl is empty.

12. Patrick (have) his snowboard since Christmas.

13. They (be) married since 2003.

14. Last summer we (visit) our friends in Chile.

15. Sally and Mary (ride) their bikes for 3 hours. They are really tired now.

16. It (rain) since 5 o’clock. The streets are still wet.

17. you ever (see) the Empire State Building?

18. He (clean) the shoes. They look like new now.

19. Last night I (not find) the keys. I (cannot open) the door to our house.

20. She (write) five books this year.

21. Last spring we (travel) to Italy. We (like) it there, because the weather

(be) nice and the people (be) very friendly.

22. George (be) here for three days . He’s going to stay another five days.

23. Mike (be) collecting stamps since 1999. He’s got really nice stamps. Would you like to see his collection?

24. Some weeks ago my brother (read) “Twilight”. – Really?

25. My family (have) a dog when I was a baby.

26. you already (do) your homework?

Exercise – Homework:

A difficult week

I ………………….. (not / have) a very good week this week. On Monday I …………… (lose) my

purse. It only ……………. (have) about £3 in it, but I …………. (be) upset, because I …………….. (love)

that purse. It ……………. (be) like an old friend. It’s the first time I ……………….. (ever / lose) a purse.

On Tuesday, I …………… (miss) the bus and …………. (be) late for work. That’s something I

……………… (not / do) since last winter, when there ……….. (be) lots of snow. Of course, when I

……………. (walk) in late, my boss ………… (give) me a good telling off. What about you,

……………………. (you / ever / be) late for work?

Which brings me to today: for a start, I ………………. (have) a headache all day, and I still

have – it ………………… (not / go) away. I’m leaving the office in a few minutes, and I can tell you, I

………………… (have) problems from the moment I …………….. (arrive). At 9.05 my word processor

…………… (refuse) to work. I …………….. (call) one of the technicians, and she ………………. (manage)

to sort it out – but that …………… (take) half the morning. They …………………. (promise) me a new one,

but it …………….. (not arrive) yet. At lunch, I ………….. (eat) something that ……………….. (not agree)

with my stomach, and I …………….. (have) stomach ache all afternoon – it’s still not finished.

So now it’s 5.25 on Wednesday evening and I’m feeling rather nervous – I ………………..

(have) enough trouble already this week, and I don’t need any more! I …………….. (not / leave) the office

yet – I hope nothing else happens in the last five minutes!

COMPLETE THE SENTECES USING PAST SIMPLE 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.

twice

for never lately

once

recently

yet

already

just

ever

since

three times

2 weeks ago

Last Christmas

Yesterday

When I was a child

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