PRESENT PERFECT/ PAST SIMPLE

1.-........................................the news on tv last night?

a) Have you seen
b) Did you saw

c) Did you see

2.-I............................my key. I cant find it anywhere.

a)losed
b)lost
c)have lost
d)have losed
3.-Jenny ..........................school in 1991
a) leaved
b)have left
c)left

d)has left

4.-Diane ..................................at work yesterday.

a) didnt be
b) hasnt been c)wasnt
5.-How long ...............................here?
a) have you live
b)did you live
6.-I .............................ten minutes ago.
a)have arrive
b)arrived

d)didnt was

c)have you lived

c) arrivedt

7.-I ...............................a holiday for 5 years

a) didnt have
b) havent had
c)hadnt

d)you lived

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

I (not see ) ..........................you for more than a week.

Columbus (discover).......................America more than 400 years ago+
.......................(You/ find) the last exercise difficult?
They......................... (not pay) the butcher since June.
She (go ).................................. abroad two years ago.
No he isnt here. He................... (just go) out.
I (hear)............................ the news last night but I......................... (not hear)
it today.
8. ( She , start)............................... her project yet?
9. How long ..........................(you/bee) there? I ........................(be) there for
two weeks.
10. He (serve) ........................in the First World War.
11. When (that war/begin).....................................?It ....................(begin) in 1914.
12. I cant goout because I.................... (not finish) my work.
13. It (be).................... very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get
warmer.
14. I (fly)............................ over loch ness last week. ..............................(you/
see) the Loch Ness Monsters?
15. I (meet) ............................Tom last June
16. Susans mother ( lose)......................... her wallet two days ago.
17. (The boys/choose) .....................................the hotel last month?
18. Your parents (lend) .....................................me much money when I (be)
younger.
19. The police (catch).................................. the thief the day before
yesterday.
20.I dont know where Tom is. ..........................(you/ see) him?
21. When I (get)......................home last night, I .........................(be) very tired
and I.................................(go) straight to bed.
22.Is your father at home? No Im afraid he ...........................(go) out.
23.Where ........................(you /live) before that? In London.
24.George (not be)......................very well last week?
25..................................(She/go) to London two days ago?
26.She .........................(work) in a bank for 15 years.
27.My grandfather (die) ......................30 years ago. I ( never/meet) him.
28.We ............................(not do) the exam yesterday.
29.I .............................(never /play) golf in my life.

30.Shakespeare (write) ...................many plays.

31. Look at my sister. She (buy)..............................a new jackect. It looks
very nice.
32.I (see).......................that film. I........................... ( see) it last week.
33.(You / finish)............................. your homework? Yes I .........................(do) it
yesterday.
34.I ........................................(never/eat) octopus. You dont often see it on
menus in England.
35.My best friend (play) .............................with a band a few years ago but he
......................(not have) time recently.
36.I (wait)..................... for a long time and then I .......................(go) to the
cinema.
37.Maria ............................(be) in Paris for a long time. She lives on the Isle
St. Louis
38.............................(you/see) Susan before? Yes I .........................(see) her
three days ago.
39.I(leave).......................... my job last week.
40.I ..................(leave) my job three times this year.
41. The weather ........................(be) terrible last summer.
42.This summer ..........................(be)nice and warm.
43.How long........................(you/live) here?
44.I (know)......................Mary since 1985.
45.Here are your shoes; I ..........................(just/clean) them.
46.He .........................(go) out ten minutes ago.
47.I .......................(meet)him last June.
48.The concert ................................(begin) at 2:30 and ......................(last) for
two hours. Everyone ..............................(enjoy) it very much.
49.Mr.Pound is the bank manager. He ........................(be) here for five years.
50..................................(you/ever/be) here? Yes ,I ..........................(spend) my
holidays here last year.
51. When ............................(your brother/arrive)? He ....................(arrive) at
2:00.
52.How long .........................(you/know) your new assistant? I ......................
(know) him since last year.
53.The clock is slow. It isnt slow, it (stop)....................
54.He ............................(break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.

YET/ ALREADY/JUST
Have you finished with the paper?
When is Sue going on holiday? She has gone.
Jack lost his job a year ago and hasnt found another job.
We have booked our holidays for next year..
Wheres Tom? I have seen it. Hes gone to the supermarket.
Has your visa arrived? No, but I shoud get it next week.
Susan has told me what have happened. Im really surprised!
Colin has got a present but he hasnt opened it.
Have you written your report for the magazine?
My sister has seen the film twice so she isnt going to come to the cinema.

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- Did you like the movie Star Wars?

I dont know. I ..............................(never see) that movie.
- Sam .................................(arrive) in San Diego a week ago.
- My best friend and I ........................(know) each other for over fifteen
years. We still get together once a week.
- Stison is a fantastic writer. He ...............................(write) ten creative
short stories in the last year. One day, hell be as famouts as Hemingway.
- I ............................(have not) this much fun since I .....................(be) a kid.
- Things .................................(change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we
first...................... (start) working here three years ago the
company ...................( have only) sis employees. Since then,
we ............................(expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
- I ,............................(tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but
he ...........................(wander) off into the forest and ............................(be)
bittend by a snake.
- Listen Dona, I dont care if you .........................(miss) the bus this
morning. You .............................(be) late to work too many times. You are
fired!
- 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.
- How sad! George............................(dream) of going to California before
died, but he didnt make it. He ........................(see, never) the Ocean.
- In the last hundred years, traveling ................................(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.
- Jonny, I cant believe how much you (change)..........................since the
last time I ...............................(see) you. You .................................(grow) at
least a foot!

This tree ........................................(be) planted by the settlers

who ......................(found) our city over four hundreds years ago.
This mountain ...............................(be never) climbed by anyone. Several
mountaineers (try)..........................to reach the top, but
nobody .........................(suceed/ ever). The climb is extremely difficult
and many people ...................................(die) trying to reach the summit.
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,
(hike)............................for a week near Machu Picchu
and ......................................(fly) over the Nazca Lines.

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980s
technology ...............................(change) a great deal. The first
computers ...............................(be) simple machines designed for basic
tasks. They (have not)..............................much memory and
they .........................(be not) very powerful. Early computers were often
quite expensive and customers often ............................(pay)thousands of
dollars for machines which actually .........................(do) very little. Most
computers .................................(be) separate, individual machines used
mostly as expensive typewriters or for playinag games.

- Times.............................(change). Computers .......................(become) powerful

machines with very practical applications. Programmers .........................
(create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from
teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video
games, but todays games ..............................(become) faster, more exciting
interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also)................................
users around the world. We ...............................(start)
to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual
machines of the past .......................(evolve) into an international World
Wide Web of knowledge.