Simple Past / 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, travelling (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.
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,
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1. A:.. (you / be / ever) to London?
2. B: Yes, I. (be) there three times.
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.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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.
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.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
I (just / finish) my homework.
Mary (already / write) five letters.
Tom (move) to this town in 1994.
My friend.. (be) in Canada two years ago.
I (not / be) to Canada so far.
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?
FOR- SINCE
I haven't phoned home Christmas.
We've been here nine o'clock.
I have worked for International House.. more than eight
years.
I haven't visited my home town .I left school.
I haven't been to the cinema ages.
I have studied non-stop. 9.15.
I have had a driving licence. I was eighteen.
She hasn't had a day off.. 1999.
Johan has been in England .more than two weeks now.
Peter has been my best friend.. we were nine.
already-yet-just-ever-never-for-since
1. Have you finished your homework? That was quick !
3. She hasn't decided what to wear for the party...
4. We are late. The film has. started.
5. I haven't seen that film..
6. I have seen it twice
7. I have.. been to China, but I would like to go.
8. Have you seen a famous actor or actress?
9. They have lived there.. they were born.
10. We were in the camping.. a week and then moved to a hotel.
11. Has Mary arrived..? Not..
12. I've.. told you. They are doing the exam and you cannot go in.
13. Look, George has. arrived, you can talk to him.
14. I have seen anything like that. It's incredible.
complete with ALREADY, JUST, YET, EVER NEVER, FOR or SINCE.
1. We still have 2 kilometres to go, but the fast runners have arrived.
2. Someone has had an accident because the road is blocked and the
police hasn't arrived.
3. Mary has ridden a horse and is really afraid. I think she shouldn't go.
5. Has the teacher arrived..? No, not..
6. 1989, our school has won the basket cup three times.
7. We have studied piano.. many years, but we still can't play too well.
8. Have you got lost in a big city? It's not a nice sensation.
9. You can see that they have got married because they are very
happy.
10. We played for an amateur team. a couple of months and then we
became professionals.
