Simple Past or Present Perfect SimpleUsing the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.. Things cha
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Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses,
then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
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
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses,
then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change) a great deal The first computers (be) simple machines designed for basic tasks They (have, not) much memory and they (be, not) very powerful Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often (pay) thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) very little Most computers (be) separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games
Times (change) Computers (become) powerful machines with very practical applications Programmers (create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping We are still playing video games, but today's games
(become) faster, more exciting interactive adventures Many computer users (get, also) on the Internet and (begin) communicating with other computer users around the world We (start) to create international communities online In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve) into an international World Wide Web of knowledge
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense.
1 He _ (live) in London for two years and then _ (go) to Edinburgh
2 When I left school I _ (cut) my hair and _ (wear) it short ever since
3 My brother _ (write) several plays He _ (just/finish) his second tragedy
4 I _ (not see) him for three years, I wonder where he is
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6 I _ (do) this sort of work when I _ (be) an apprentice
7 I _ (write) the letter but I can't find a stamp
8 _ you _ (see) the moon last night?
9 The clock isn't slow, it _ (stop)
10 A: Who _ (you/vote) for in the last election?
B: I _ (vote) for Mr Pitt
A: He _ (not/be) elected, _ (be) he?
B: No, he _ (lose) his deposit
11 A: _ (you/like) your last job?
B: I _ (like) it at first but then I _ (quarrel) with my employer and he _ (dismiss) me
A: How long _ you there?
B: I _ there for two weeks
12 A: _ (Mary/feed) the cat?
B: Yes, she _ (feed) him before lunch
A: What _ (she/give) him?
B: She _ (give) him some fish
13 A: I _ (not see) your aunt recently
B: No, she _ (not be) out of the house since she _ (buy) her colour TV
14 A: How _ (you/get) that scar?
B: I _ (got) it in a car accident a year ago
15 She _ (say) she'd ring me this morning, but it's now 12.30 and she _ (not/ring) yet
16 It _ (rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match
_ (be) postponed
17 A: Why _ (you/make) such a horrible noise?
B: I _ (lose) my key and I _ (try) to wake up my wife by throwing stones at her window
A: You _ (throw) stones at the wrong window You live next door
18 He _ (not/stop) since he arrived
19 He _ (ride), that's why he's wearing a riding hat
20 A: How long _ (you/drive)?
B: I _ (drive) for ten years
21 _ (you/lock) the house before you left?
22 I can't go out because I _ (not/finish) my homework yet
23 A: Where _ (you/be or go)
B: I _ (be or go) to the dentist
A: _ (he/take) out your bad tooth?
B: Yes, he _
A: _ (it/hurt)?
24 I _ (ride) all the horses in this stable
25 A: What _ (you/do)?
B: We _ (pick) apples
A: How many _ (you/pick)?
B: We _ (pick) ten basketfuls
26 The car _ (make) a very funny noise ever since it _ (run out) of petrol
27 Originally, horses used in bull fights _ (not/wear) any protection, but for some time now they _ (wear) special padding
28 That pipe _ (leak) for ages We must get it fixed
29 A: _ (you/ever/try) to give up smoking?
B: Yes, I _ (try) last year, but then I _ (find) that I was getting fat so I _ (start) again
30 A: _ (be) the plumber here yet?
B: Yes, but he _ (only/stay) for an hour
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B: He _ (turn off) the water and _ (empty) the tank
Exercise 7
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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 the time So he (can / concentrate / not) on the film
Exercise 8
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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
6 But I (already / travel) to London a couple of times
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?