PRACTISE
a) Read and choose the correct alternative:
1. He has waited/waited for the lift for over 10 minutes.
2. Has he found/Did he find any gold yet? - Yes, he has.
3. Richard has bought/bought the tickets for "Avatar"
yesterday.
4. He still hasn't had/didn't have a shower.
5. My football team won/has won the cup twice so far.
6. The alarm clock rang/has rung at 7 a.m.
7. Kevin didn't catch/hasn't caught the school bus last
Monday.
8. I already finished/have already finished my paperwork.
9. Have you taken/Did you take a lot of pictures when you
visited Paris?
10. He has been/was United's best football player in 2008.
b) Read and complete the sentences with either the
Present Perfect or the Simple Past of the verbs in
brackets:
1. I (not go)to school last week
because I (be) sick.
2. Paul (just/start)reading a new
book.
3. He (never/eat) such delicious
cookies.
4. Michael (drink) too much last
night.
5. (you/ever/be) late for school?
6. I (already/do)the laundry. Now I
need to do some ironing.
7. (they/wash) their father's car
on Sunday?
8. I (arrive) from Italy yesterday
morning.
9. Linda's husband only (leave) 5
minutes ago and she already misses him.
10. Sarah (work)in this company
since she was very young.
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1 I (visit) Bob last month.
2 We (promise) to help them
already.
3 She (never/do) anything bad.
4 She (go) on holiday three weeks
ago.
5 We (not/do) our work yet.
6 She (see) the film three times.
7 They (swim) in the sea last
summer.
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1 She (read) the book yesterday.
2 Three people (come) to visit
him so far.
3 They (just/visit) me.
4 When (she/promise) you to do
it?
5 She (bring) pizza at 9 oclock.
6 They (buy) a bike last month.
7 She (teach) many children since
she finished school herself.
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1 We (sing) a song on Monday.
2 The children (sit) still during the
lesson.
3 He (wait) for 3 hours.
4 Then she (want) an ice-cream.
5 They (sleep) a lot today.
6 While I (speak) to you he came
home.
7 She (stand) at the bus stop the
other day.
8 We (take) three books from the
library recently.
9 His grandfather is dead. He
(make) the bench.
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PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST TENSE SIMPLE
1. Three weeks ago Jack (go) to
Madrid.
2. She (wash) her bike. Look,
now it is really clean und looks like new!
3. Mr Clinton (work) for the
company since 1997.
4. I (get) my bike in November. So
I (have) it for five months.
5. Jenny (go) to India last
summer. you ever (be) to India?
No, I havent.
6. she ever (be) to Dallas? She
(go) there in 2001 and 2003.
7. I (learn) English for six years.
8. Yesterday our cat (have) a
fight with the neighbours dog.
9. Where he (go) in 2006? He
(visit) his uncle in Canada.
10. My mum (buy) a video game
last Saturday.
11. The dog (just, eat) the dog
food. Its bowl is empty.
12. Patrick (have) his snowboard
since Christmas.
13. They (be) married since 2003.
14. Last summer we (visit) our
friends in Chile.
15. Sally and Mary (ride) their
bikes for 3 hours. They are really tired now.
16. It (rain) since 5 oclock. The
streets are still wet.
17. you ever (see) the Empire
State Building?
18. He (clean) the shoes. They
look like new now.
19. Last night I (not find) the
keys. I (cannot open) the door to our house.
20. She (write) five books this
year.
21. Last spring we (travel) to
Italy. We (like) it there, because
the weather (be) nice and the
people (be) very friendly.
22. George (be) here for three
days . Hes going to stay another five days.
23. Mike (be) collecting stamps
since 1999. Hes got really nice stamps. Would you like to
see his collection?
24. Some weeks ago my brother
(read) Twilight. Really?
25. My family (have) a dog when I
was a baby.
26. you already (do) your
homework?