EXESRCISES ON PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

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Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).

1 I (not / work) have not w orkedtoday

2 We (buy) a new lamp

3 We (not / plan) our holiday yet

4 Where (be / you) ?

5 He (write) five letters

6 She (not / see) him for a long time

7 (be / you) at school?

8 School (not / start) yet

9 (speak / he) to his boss?

10 No, he (have / not) the time yet

Write questions in present perfect simple.

1 you / answer / the question 2 Jenny / lock / the door 3 Walter / call / us 4 you / see / the picture 5 your parents / get / the letter 6 it / rain / a lot

7 how often / we / sing / the song 8 Maureen / watch / the film 9 how many books / Bob / read 10 ever / you / be / to London

Positive Sentences in Present Perfect Simple

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3 Sue and Walter / wash / their car 4 Andrew / repair / his bike

5 Phil / help / Anne with maths 6 Brad and Louise / watch / a film 7 Tamara / talk to / her best friend 8 Bridgette / draw / a picture

9 Carol / read / a computer magazine 10 Tom and Alice / be / to a restaurant

Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.

1 Sarah / not / wash the dishes 2 Anita / not / clean the kitchen

3 Maureen and Gavin / not / water the plants 4 Joey / not / make his bed

5 David / not / buy milk 6 Lisa / not / be to the baker's

7 Aran and Jack / not / do their homework 8 Jane and Ben / not / tidy up their rooms 9 Alex / not / feed the hamster

Hazel / not / empty the bin

Simple Past or Present Perfect SimpleExercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1 Mother: I want to prepare dinner (you / wash) the dishes yet? 2 Daughter: I (wash) the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)

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3 Mother: (you / do / already) your homework? 4 Daughter: No, I (come / just) home from school 5 Mother: You (come) home from school two hours ago! 6 Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) when I (arrive)

and I (finish / just) the phone call

7 Mother: (you / see / not) Lucy at school in the morning? 8 Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) time to talk then

1 A: I (cycle / just) 50 km

2 B: I (cycle) 100 km last week

3 A: I (write) an essay yesterday

4 B: I (write / already) two essays this term

5 A: I (ring / just) my friend

6 B: I (ring) my friend 10 minutes ago

7 A: Two days ago, I (watch) a Madonna concert on TV 8 B: I (see / already) Madonna live in concert

9 A: I (spend) my summer holiday in Australia last year 10 B: I (be / not) to Australia yet

1 A: (you / be / ever) to London?

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3 A: When (be) the last time you (be) there?

4 B: Last summer I (spend) two weeks in Brighton with my parents and we (go) to London one weekend

5 (you / like) it?

6 Oh yes We really (have) a great time in London

7 Lucky you! I (be / never) to London

1 A: (you / try / ever) haggis?

2 B: Oh, yes!

3 A: How often (you / eat) haggis yet?

4 B: Two times exactly

5 A: When (you / eat / first) haggis?

6 B: That (be) in 2005 We (have) a Scottish festival

in our town and they also (sell) traditional Scottish food So I (buy)haggis

7 A: (you / like) it?

8 B: It (be / not) too bad And I (know / not) anything

about haggis then

9 A: When (you / find out) ?

10 B: When I (be) in Scotland in 2007 I (go) to a

restaurant and (order) haggis Afterwards, the waiter (tell)

me about haggis: it's the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, boiled in the animal's stomach.Well, I (eat / never) haggis again since then

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1 A: (you / buy) the tickets for our journey yet?

2 B: Yes, I (go) to the station yesterday and (buy) the

tickets

3 A: What time (you / go) there?

4 B: I (take) a friend to the station in the morning His train (leave)at 9:45

5 A: (you / pack) your bags yet?

6 B: Of course And I (ask / already) my neighbour to empty my letter box What about you?

7 B: I (pack) my bags two days ago

1 Yesterday, my brother (come) home from school, (switch)on the TV and (watch) TV until dinner (be)ready

2 Oh no, it's raining and I (leave) my umbrella at home 3 Look! There is so much food left Nobody (eat) anything

4 Where (you / be) yesterday? - I (go) to the shopping

centre and (buy) a new computer game

5 Why don't you want to play football with us this weekend? - I (break)my leg

6 The road is closed There (be) an accident

7 I (have) an accident when I (be) in Manchester last

year

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1 A: (you / play / already) the new computer game?

2 B: No, not yet I only (buy) it yesterday and I (have / not)the time yet

3 A: (you / go) to the cinema last night?

4 B: Yes I (be) there with Sue and Louis (you / be) to the cinema recently?

5 A: I last (go) to the cinema two weeks ago 6 B: So you (see / not) the new action film yet 7 A: No, unfortunately not (you / enjoy) it?

8 B: Oh, I really (love) it But Sue (like / not) it - too much action!

9 A: But why (you / take) her with you? She (tell) me

last week that she (hate) action films

10 B: I think she has an eye on Louis She (try) to flirt with him all thetime So he (can / concentrate / not) on the film

1 I (just / finish) my homework

2 Mary (already / write) five letters

3 Tom (move) to this town in 1994

4 My friend (be) in Canada two years ago

5 I (not / be) to Canada so far

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7 Last week, Mary and Paul (go) to the cinema

8 I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy) a new film yet 9 (they / spend) their holiday in New Zealand last summer?

10 (you / ever / see) a whale?

11 My friends (visit) the Grand Canyon National Park last year 12 I (be / never) to the Grand Canyon National Park

13 But I (see) lots of wonderful pictures

14 And yesterday I (buy) a book about the Grand Canyon 15 I (read) 30 pages already It's really interesting

Write the verbs in the correct tense (Simple Past or Present Perfect).

1 My friend (be) to Edinburgh three times 2 Some years ago he (study) English there

3 Last month he (visit) some friends in Edinburgh 4 Unfortunately, I (can / not) go to Edinburgh with him

5 This is a pity They are my friends, too, and I (see / not) them for ages

Form

Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past Present Perfect Simple

I / open

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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

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

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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

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she / liveI / lookyou / buyhe / seethey / takeUse

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

1 William (tidy / already) up his room 2 Caroline (miss) the schoolbus yesterday

3 I (finish / just) my homework

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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?

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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

Simple Past Present Perfect Simplehe / listenthey / speakI / watchshe / growyou / fallUse

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

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

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

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

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1 Last week I (be) very busy and I (have not) the timeto 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