Exercise on Simple Past and Present PerfectExercise 1: Put since, for, ago in the following expressions of time.. Put the verbs into the correct tense simple past or present perfect si
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Exercise 1: Put since, for, ago in the following expressions of time.
…….ages
…… the last weekend
…… we last met him
……….the last three months
………….I was in Hanoi.
……….a few minutes
………then
………a long time
………a while
……….a moment
Two years ……
………we left here ………Monday last week Three hours………
…… a week 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? Questions in Present Perfect Simple 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 ………
Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple). 1 I (not / work) ………today 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 Test1 Write the participle forms of the following verbs. 1. shut → ………
2. spend → ………
3. give → ………
4. teach → ………
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Test 2Write sentences in present perfect simple. 1 we / reach / our goal - ………
2. our team / lose / the match - ………
3 she / underline / the word - ………
4 they / not / discover / the treasure - ………
5 Ron / not / talk / about the problem - ………
3 Write questions in present perfect simple. 1 you / knock / at the door - ………
2 the teacher / mark / the tests - ………
3 she / buy / a new computer - ………
4 they / rescue / the girl - ………
5 Brad / wear / a blue shirt - ………
4 Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence. 1. They have seen him at the library - ………
2. Robby Robber has robbed another bank - ………
3. Bill has ordered three desserts - ………
4. Clara has repeated the sentence five times - ………
5. Jane has asked a question - ………
REVISION-TENSES I.Present simple, present continuous or present perfect 1.It’s 5:00 pm now John ( have) dinner with his family He usually ( eat) dinner at that time After dinner he always ( take) a dog for a walk with him 2 Mary ( do) an exercise on the present tense at this moment and she ( think) that she (know) how to use it now 3 Be quiet! The baby ( sleep) in the room I just( put) him in bed for sleeping 4 Joan (come) from Turkey He ( speak) Turkish, But right now he ( speak) French with his friends He( learn) French for two months so he ( not/ speak) well He ( just/ take) a Turkish exam 5.Excuse me! You( know) what Peter ( do) for his living now? ~ Yes, he( work) as an engineer 6 The children (be) upstairs Go and see what they ( do) now 7 She always ( have ) a glass of milk for breakfast, but this morning she ( have ) a cup of coffee 8 How he ( get) to university everyday? He usually (take) a bus and sometimes he ( go) by bicycle II Rewrite the sentences 1.Alan last visited his parents in May → Alan hasn t ’
2.It s over six months since he last had his hair cut ’ → He hasn t ’
3 James last shaved the day before yesterday → James hasn t ’
4 I last ate meat five years ago → I haven t ’
5 We haven t seen each other for three weeks ’ → We last
6 Jane bought this house a year ago → Jane has
7 I last ate raw fish when I was in Japan → I haven t ’
8 My brother finished all his homework then he went to bed → Before
9 The plane took off and soon after that I heard a terrible explosion As soon as
10 We ll finish the exams then we ll enter a university When we ’ ’
III Write sentences in present perfect simple Place 'never' before the main verb.In a contest, people get the chance to do something they've never done before This is what the participants told the jury: 1 Fergal / never / sail / on the Pacific
2 Rebecca / never / stay / at a five-star hotel
3 Jason / never / watch / a world-cup final
-4 Elaine / never / see / a whale
-5.Ruth / never / spend / her holiday in Mexico
-6 Connor / never / be / to Canada
-7.Lisa and Holly / never / cycle / around England
-8 Barry / never / drive / a Ferrari
-9.Rachel and Gareth / never / climb / Mount Kilimanjaro
-10.Clare / never / meet / Mickey Mouse