EXESRCISES ON PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

Alex / not / feed the hamster Hazel / not / empty the bin Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or present perfect simple.. Si

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

1 I (not / work) have not w orkedtoday

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

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

1 Bob / visit / his grandma

2 Jimmy / play / on the computer

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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 Simple

Exercise 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)

the time yet to do it today

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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

Exercise 2

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

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

Exercise 3

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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

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

Exercise 4

2 B: Oh, yes!

4 B: Two times exactly

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

haggis

about haggis then

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

Exercise 5

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

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

tickets

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

at 9:45

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

Exercise 6

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

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

year

8 Come on, let's celebrate! Our team (win) the match

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Exercise 7

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!

last week that she (hate) action films

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

Exercise 8

2 Mary (already / write) five letters

6 But I (already / travel) to London a couple of times

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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?

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

he / write

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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

3 James (find) your ring in the garden yesterday

Negative Sentences

2 Phil (go / not) to the cinema last night

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4 She (arrive / not) yet

Questions

2 How many letters (they / write) so far?

5 How often (you / travel) abroad till now?

Text

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

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 / 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

1 William (tidy / already) up his room

2 Caroline (miss) the schoolbus yesterday

4 I cannot go out tonight My grandparents (come) to see us

5 In 2004, the Olympic Summer Games (take) place in Athens

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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

5 How often (you / play) that game up to now?

Text

1 A: I (see / not) you for a long time Where (you / be)

?

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

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8 B: When (you / go) there?

second time in 2004

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

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4 '5 minutes ago' is a signal word for

5 'recently' is a signal word for

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

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

Questions

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

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 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

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