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Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
A. Fill in the gaps using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT.
1. I ___________________________ (HAVE) my job for two years.
2. ___________________________ (YOU/GO) to Los Angeles last summer?
3. She ___________________________ (LIVE) in Rome for three years.
4. ___________________________ (YOU/EVER/BE) to China?
5. I ___________________________ (PLAY) tennis yesterday.
6. Tim ___________________________ (BREAK) his leg last year.
7. How long ___________________________ (DAVID/BE) interested in cinema?
8. They ___________________________ (GO) to New York in 1990.
9. She ___________________________ (NOT/PLAY) tennis last Sunday.
10. ___________________________ (YOU/GO) to the cinema last night?
11. ___________________________ (SHE/EVER/BE) to Australia?
12. We ___________________________ (GO) to Canada last summer.
13. She ___________________________ (JUST/TIDY) her room.
14. We ___________________________ (NOT/EAT) yet.
15. Bob ___________________________ (STUDY) French two years ago.
B. Complete the text. Use the PAST SIMPLE or the PRESENT PERFECT.
Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (BE) interested in cinema
since
he
___________________________
___________________________
(MAKE)
(BE)
his
a
first
small
child.
He
film
when
he
___________________________ (BE) just twelve years old. He is now almost 40
and he ___________________________ (MAKE) 30 films. David loves travelling. His
work _________________________ (TAKE) him all over the world. He
___________________________ (BE) to Africa, India, Australia, China, the USA and
South America. Last year he ___________________________ (VISIT) Russia for the
first
time.
David
is
married
to
the
singer,
Leena
Lennox.
They
___________________________ (BE) married for ten years. They live with their
two children on the Greek island of Crete. They ___________________________
(BUY) a house on the island in 1987 and they ___________________________ (LIVE)
there since then.
C. Choose the correct answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
I had / have had my present job for a year.
We were / have been at home last night.
The bus left / have left five minutes ago.
When did you get / have you got married?
I was / have been a teacher since 1980.
Curtis has lived in New York for / since ten years.
D. Translate and write the interrogative and negative forms.
1. We have just written twenty letters. _________________________________
I:
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N:
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2. Her friends forgot the present. ______________________________________
I:
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N:
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3. I have already chosen a new dress. _______________________________
I:
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N:
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4. The mother fed her child. __________________________________________
I:
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N:
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5. He woke at 6 yesterday. ____________________________________
I:
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N:
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6. They have slept together. _____________________________________
I:
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N:
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7. They cried a lot yesterday. ___________________________________
I:
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N:
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8. Ben has already washed the car. ____________________________________
I:
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N:
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9. I met Jenny two years ago. _________________________________________
I:
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N:
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