PRESENT PERFECT and PAST SIMPLE
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Exercise I: Put the verbs in bracket into the past simple or the present perfect
1. I ______________ (not/play) tennis since I was at school but I _____________ (be) very good at it back then.
2. A: ______________ you ________________ (choose) a dress for the party yet?
B: Yes, I ______________ (buy) one yesterday.
3. I think our teacher ______________ (forget) about the test! He ___________________ (not/ say) anything about it in the last season!
4. A: ____________________ (you/ sell) your house yet?
B: Yes, some people _______________ (see) it last month and ________________ (buy) it.
5. They __________________ (lose) their cat. It ___________________ (run) away last week.
6. __________ Helen ever __________ (try) sushi?
7. __________ you __________ (go) to the wedding last night?
8. I __________ never __________ (be) to Paris
9. This year I __________________ (travel) to Athens 3 times so far.
10. Paul and Judith __________________ (be) married since 1998.
11. __________ you __________ (finish) your homework yet?
12. Last night aunt Betty __________________ (come) by. She __________________ (tell) us that this summer they are going to Hawaii.
13. I __________________ (visit) many different countries so far. Last summer I __________________ (go) to Italy and 3 years ago I __________________ (be) in Spain. I __________________ (not/ visit) Germany yet.
14. When __________ you __________ (come) to Greece?
15. I __________________ (come) in 2007.
16. __________ you __________ (watch) the film E.T. yesterday?
17. They __________ already __________ (leave) the train station
18. How long __________ you __________ (know) Jonathan?
19. I __________________ (meet) him in 2009, so I __________________ (know) him for 3 years
20. What __________________ (happen) to Lucy last night?
21. __________ you __________ (read) “Harry Potter” when you were on holidays?
Exercise II: Fill in the gaps with “yet/ ago/ ever/ last night/ for/ since”
1. My father went to Italy five days ______________.
2. He has known her _______________ 2001.
3. Have you _________________ seen an elephant?
4. She hasn’t finished her work ________________.
5. He has lived in Madrid _______________ ten years.
6. We went to bed at 11 o’clock ________________.
Execise III: Rewrite the sentences using the words given
1. Dorothy has just watered the flowers. (two minutes ago)
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2. We didn’t get ready for the party. (yet)
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3. She has already done the washing up. (an hour ago)
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4. Have you ever visited an orphanage? (last year)
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5. Uncle Tom took me to the school today. (already)
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6. Haven't you put on your jacket yet? (in the morning)
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7. Susan didn't spend her summer in Italy last year. (never)
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