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Present Perfect or Past Simple

The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. There are 20 sentences with blanks to choose either the past simple or present perfect form of the verb. The answers are provided at the end.

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Present Perfect or Past Simple

The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. There are 20 sentences with blanks to choose either the past simple or present perfect form of the verb. The answers are provided at the end.

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Past Simple and Present Perfect

Choose the past simple or the present perfect:

1. Last night I __________________ (lose) my keys I had to call my flatmate


to let me in.
2. I __________________ (lose) my keys can you help me look for them?
3. I __________________ (visit) Paris three times.
4. Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris.
5. I __________________ (know) my great grandmother for a few years - she
died when I was eight.
6. I __________________ (know) Julie for three years we still meet once a
month.
7. I __________________ (play) hockey since I was a child Im pretty good!
8. She __________________ (play) hockey at school, but she
__________________ (not / like) it.
9. Sorry, I __________________ (miss) the bus, so Im going to be late.
10. I __________________ (miss) the bus, and then I __________________
(miss) the aeroplane as well!
11. Last month I __________________ (go) to Scotland.
12. Im sorry, John isnt here now. He __________________ (go) to the shops.
13. We __________________ (finish) this room last week.
14. I __________________ (finish) my exams finally Im so happy!
15. Yesterday, I __________________ (go) to the library, the post office and the
supermarket.
16. I __________________ (go) to the supermarket three times this week!
17. She __________________ (live) in London since 1994.
18. She __________________ (live) in London when she was a child.
19. I __________________ (drink) three cups of coffee this morning.
20. I __________________ (drink) seven cups of coffee yesterday.

Answers:
1. lost
2. have lost
3. have visited
4. visited
5. knew
6. have known
7. have played
8. played / didnt like
9. have missed
10. missed / missed
11. went
12. has gone
13. finished
14. have finished
15. went
16. have been
17. has lived
18. lived
19. have drunk
20. drank

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