Present Perfect Tense Vs. Simple Past Tense Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb provided, simple past or present perfect. 1. Aan slic tO aii hh is __ to your boyfriend yet? (write) to him last week. Yes, I hae art nv your parents a new car yet? (buy) \ | ie Yes, they hy bo iN _.They____boxah one last month, \ 3, Uhew Ellen Wore her new dress yet? (wear) ess ves, soot Henn Je She pore __it last night. faM eee a egous ein ) Yes,1_hove foun) the corblerf. 1 fe them on the shelf in the kitchen, 5. A the children. wer rt to bed yet? (go) your car keys yet? (find) | | Yes, they gone eo lelemey went to bed an hour ago. 6 as . Mrs, Stewart su the doctor yet? (see) ves whe “hor “segs BE i saw him yesterday. i, . he re the president 320) Ve to the reporters yet? (speak) / Yes, he has sishow He sols to them a few minutes ago. 8 When your soccer team lost a game yet? (lose) ves we nee arenes Los the game last Saturday. 9. van Sami eh a Spanish course yet? (take) Yes, he tor tabhn seni caste eae one last semester. 10. erat ee you me { your new neighbors yet? (meet) Yes,1_havc mal ots necNosf1 bon them last week. 2 ‘Copyright 2008, This eBook is produced and distrbuled by Red Rivar Press inc. Ali rights reserved. The contents within this e-bookdocument may ooly be Photocopled by members of ESLibrary.com In accordance with membership terms and condions, Contact inogbestibran.cam for completa details,Present Perfect Tense Vs. Simple Past Tense (2) Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb provided, simple past or present perfect. 1 | 1. We : __(move) to Vancouver last April. We > @ vv (live) there for six months now. (g0) to every hockey game this season. I (g0) to Pisa z the game last night with my brother 3.1 (lose) my house key last week and I still fing cL __ (not/find) it. 4. When you ni (quit) smoking? 1_haue (not/smoke) for over five years now and I will never smoke again. 5. Nora cl (buy) a lot of souvenirs yesterday, She hae never ral (buy) this many souvenirs on a vacation before, 6. “Would you like another cup of coffee?” 4 i “No thanks. | c already Aol (have) three cups. 7. Frank ¢. orl __(work) for ABC Electric from 1990 to 2002. Now he owns his own business, He i ss He bad (have) it forsix uit hal, a (break) her hip last week. She 8. Grandma _ all all (fall) and (be) in the hospital since ae ‘ Cen 9. My former teacher of (be) Mr. Blair. My present teacher is Mrs. Carter. I a6 (be) in her class for three months now. Odin my whole (eo eRalety ecu menerer ‘ (meet) a famous person, but my brother | (Gpeak) to three famous actors when he was in Hollywood last year ji 11. Last year we _ Crave (drive) through three Canadian provinces. Now we are traveling inEurope We haw already ___Ovoue (drive) through eight countries. 12. This French course sl ad J ____(Start) three months ago. We ha AB Sees already fay (learn) several verb tenses and thousands of new words. 13. Mr. Bames Pe dit “Cdie) last year. Mrs. Barnes have rune. (move) into her daughter's house shorly after thatand tog been (be) there since then, SS Copyright 2008. i etoca ccd dt yd Fa Pro “aight Ta corans wnin odour ey 2% notocopied by members of ESLibrarycom n accordance wih membership toms and candhions. ContactPresent Perfect VS. Simple Past Tense 1. Complete the sentences using the verbs in parentheses. Use the present perfect where possible. Otherwise use the past simple. 1. Ican‘tlog ontothesite.|_‘veforgotten tforeet) my password. 2. The box is empty now. Somebody a. ate {eat} all the chocolates. 3, Iwas supposed to bring the movie yesterday, but|_hae lef} (leave) it at home. 4 Beverly__bar cone ___(g0) to the store for some bread, but she’s back at work now, 5. “Is everything ok?” | “Yes.|__nave bib ___ (stub) my toe earlier, but its fine now” 6 Can you call an ambulance? 1__ha. ve toK ers (break) my leg. 2. Are the underlined parts of the sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. Here’s some news! Ban's closed his store. don't have my pendrive right now. I've lent it to ae ok . Where has Rachel gone to school as a child? . Gone +=. Who has made the first TV? ov ee Corruption has become a big issue in Brazil. j His math bookisn’t here. He's forgotien it at school. Ho’e f 5c My great grandfather has worked in a paper mill a The intemet has gone down so | can't send emails._O Elvis has been the singer who has sold the most albums. oA 3. Complete the email with the past simple or present perfect of the verb in parentheses Hi there Mom and Dad!! ) Vy brave od Lee (not / be) sure about the Girl's Science Summer Camp hve fea when | first heard about it, but | 2 (have) the most amazing time since | got here! And to think that ihwasn’t so long ago that | » ve aac k (pack) my bags and 4) Yrscod (kiss) you goodbye! Two weeks down and three to go! Every day we have new quest speakers and the talks s)_ wat (be}, fascinating so far, at least until yesterday when Neil Degrasse Tyson » had (have) to cancel because of a cancelled flight. Our camp leaders then 7 de Ciget) (decide) to bring us to the laboratory, and we a Lo (make) eggshell geode crystals instead. Well, you know that | =) (do) a lot of different experiments in my life. but this one i war (be) truly cool, ery unlike my chemistry experiments gone wrong, nothing a __exv ie (explode)!!! The world of science sure 121 chansed {change) a lot in the last few years! 13) , “e ies lea (you / hear) about the discovery of on Mars? Last August the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 14) ied (use) an imaging)spectrometer and a5} a Be of (detect) signs of hydrated minerals. This ci what NASA 16 {long / suspect)!!! We 27) (learn) so much abdut our Solar System since we first 1 (land) on the Moon and these are things that 19)__ gree, (seem) impossible to study just one hundred years back! This 2) __3C (be) such an amazing opportunity and | love every minute Lots of love.