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Past Simple vs Present Perfect (level 1)

Form
Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb). Simple Past Present Perfect Simple I / open he / write they / do you / swim she / give

Use
When do we use which tense? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 'Already' is a signal word for ... 'Just' is a signal word for ... '2 years ago' is a signal word for ... 'Yet' is a signal word for ... 'Yesterday' is a signal word for ...

Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. Mary (win) 2. We (prepare / already) 3. James (find) 4. He (come / just) 5. They (buy) home. their car two years ago. the lottery last year. dinner. your ring in the garden yesterday.

Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. I (see / not) 2. Phil (go / not) 3. We (be / not) 4. She (arrive / not) 5. Emily (visit / not) anyone yet. to the cinema last night. to the zoo so far. yet. me last week.

Questions

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. (you / read) 3. When (he / tell) 4. (you / be) 5. How often (you / travel) the book yet? so far? you that? at home last night? abroad till now?

2. How many letters (they / write)

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Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). 1. A: (you / taste / ever) 2. B: Yes, I (eat) 3. A: When (you / eat) sushi? sushi at least five times so far. sushi for the first time?

4. B: I (eat) sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He (invite) the whole family to a Japanese restaurant. 5. A: (you / like) it? so good that we (be) to that restaurant three some sushi and (have) 6. B: Absolutely. In fact, it (be)

times yet. And on my mum's birthday, we (order) it at home.

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