WEEK 10 – HW1

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE VS. PAST SIMPLE

1) Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
1. I’ve lost my key. I can’t find it anywhere. …………………………………..
2. Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child? …………………….
3. I’ve bought a new car. You must come and see it. ………………………….
4. I’ve bought a new car last week. ……… I bought a new car last week…….
5. Where have you been yesterday evening? - Where were you yesterday evening?
6. Lucy has left school in 1999.… Lucy left school in 1999………..
7. I’m looking for Mike. Have you seen him? … Have you seen him? ………
8. “Have you been to Paris?” “Yes, many times.” ……………………………..
9. I’m very hungry. I haven’t eaten much today. … I have eaten much today..
10. When has this book been published? … When has this book been published? ..

2) Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or the past simple.
1. (it / not / rain / this week) …It has not rained this week…….
2. (the weather / be / cold / recently) …the weather has been cold recently
3. (it / cold / last week) …It was cold last week .
4. (I / not / read / a newspaper yesterday) … I did not read a newspaper yesterday ….
5. (I / not / read / a newspaper today) … I have not read a newspaper today...
6. (Emily / earn / a lot of money / this year) …Emily has earned a lot of money this year ….
7. (She / not / earn / so much / last year) … She did not earn so much last year..
8. (You / have / a holiday recently?) …… Have you had a holiday recently? ……

3) Put the verb into the more suitable form, present perfect simple or past simple.
1. I don’t know where Lisa is. …Have you seen .. (you / see) her?
2. When I …got… (get) home last night, I ..have been .. (be) very tired and I …have gone…. (go)
straight to bed.
3. A: …Have you finished. (you / finish) painting the bedroom?
B: Not yet. I’ll finish it tomorrow.
4. George …did not was. (not / be) very well last week.
5. Mr Clark …has worked… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.
6. Molly lives in Dublin. She …has lived…. (live) there all her life.
7. A: Did you go.. (you / go) to the cinema last night?
B: Yes, but it …was… (be) a mistake. The film …was… (be) awful.
8. My grandfather …died… (die) before I was born. I … never met.. (never / meet) him.
9. I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ..have never met. (never / meet) him.
 WEEK 10 – HW2

Make the present perfect simple. Choose positive, negative or question:

1. (she / pass the exam?)
___Has she taken pass the exam ? __________________________________
2. (you / eat lunch yet?)
___Have you eaten lunch yet?______________________________________
3. (he / read the newspaper today?)
___Has he read the newspaper today? _______________________________
4. (you / not / study French for ten years)
___You have not Studied French for ten years _____________________________
5. (they / be in London for six months)
___They have been in London for six months.__________________________
6. (where / you / be?)
___Where have you been?___________________________________________
7. (we / not / go to Paris)
____We have not gone to Paris.________________________________________
8. (she / not / see ‘The Lord of the Rings’)
____She has not seen ‘The Lord of the Rings’ ___________________________
9. (he / not / meet my mother)
___He has not met my mother ____________________________________________
10. (they / not / visit St. Paul’s Cathedral yet)
___They have not visit St. Paul’s Cathedral yet _________________________________
Choose the present perfect or past simple:
1. I __have never gone _____ (never / go) to Vienna.
2. My great great grandfather __has had___ (have) five sisters
3. He __has live__ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student.
4. Oh no! I _have lost _ (lose) my wallet!
5. _Have you seen_ (you / see) Julie today?
6. At the weekend, they _have played__ (play) football, then they
_have gone_ (go) to a restaurant.
7. I _have read_ (read) six books this week.
8. Amy __has lived_ (live) in Portugal when she was young.
9. She _has visited_ (visit) her grandmother last month.
10. The Vandals _have invaded__ (invade) Rome in the year 455.
 WEEK 10 – HW3

1. Fill in the gaps using either the Present Perfect or the Simple Past (one verb is in the Past
Perfect).

Last week I _have met_ (meet) an old lady called Cindy. She __has been__ (be) eighty-two. She _has

been_ (be) a beggar. She _has talked__ (talk) to me and I _have heard__ (hear) the story of her entire

life. I _have felt__ (feel) so sad when she _has finished_(finish) it that I almost _have cried_ (cry). As I

_have felt__ (feel) sorry for her, I __have given__ (give) Cindy some money.

This morning something wonderful and amazing _have happened_ (happen) to me. I __have met_

(meet) Cindy again, but, my goodness, she _has been__(be) different. She told me the following.

“Since you _have given_ (give) me that money my life _has changed__ (change) completely. With the

money you _have given_ (give) me I _have buy _(buy) a lottery ticket and I _have win____ (win). I

__bouhgt__ (buy) myself a house where I’m living now. I __also bought_____ (also buy) some new

clothes, a TV set … you can’t imagine how happy I am!

I _________ (be) so astonished that I couldn’t even say a word. I _followed__(follow) her and …

surprise! She __has bought___ (buy) me a yellow Ferrari.

2. Fill in the gaps using the following adverbs.

already – never – always – yet – ever – since -

for
a) She is a cold, unfeeling woman, she has ________ showed any affection.

b) __Always__ her husband’s death, Anne has become a cold-blooded woman.

c) Paul doesn’t want to go to Paris as he has _________ been there.

d) They have been engaged __for___ two months.

e) The young boy hasn’t eaten his dinner _yet_.

f) I’ve _ever__ been a warm-hearted person. And you?

g) She has been laughing ________ ________ she saw that woman.
 HW4
WEEK 10 – HW5

Complete the email with Past Simple or Present Perfect.

Dear Mum and Dad,

Sorry I __have written_ (write) in a while, but things are crazy here. I can’t believe it _was__ (be) three

months ago that I left and that we _did not see__ (not see) each other fot that long.

This trip __was__ (be) fantastic so far, at least until a few days ago, when things __took__ (take) a turn for

the worse. We __arrived__ (arrive) hear in Istambul and __checked_ (check) into the first hotel we

__saw___ (see). Now, you know I ____ stayed___ (stay) in a lot of 1-star hotels in my life, but this one

_was___ (be) really bad, so we _went_ (go) straight out to see the city.

Unfortunately, we __have forgotten__ (forget) to lock our room and when we _have got back__ (get back),

our luggage and most of our money was gone. We __called___ (call) the police right away, and I

_went____ (go) back to the police station several times since then, but no one __handed___ (hand) in any

of our things.

Could you send me $1000 please?

Thanks and love,

Joanna

Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets.

1) They ___climbed_ (climb) Everest twice before they are going for the third time.

2) __Have__ you ever _ridden_ (ride) a camel?

3) I _have visited_ so many countries in all my life that I don’t remember them.

4) Is there something that you _have__ always _______ to do but somehow _________________ (not

never manage) to?

5) Since then it __has become___ (become) possible for ordinary people.

6) What other dreams __have__ you __made_ (make) true recently?

7) Lately, I __flew__ (fly) to China, but last summer, I __have flown_ (fly) to New York.

8) He _has already done__ (already do) this homework, but yesterday, he _did not do _ (not do) them.

9) Before I _have gone__ (go) to school I _have thought__ (think) I hadn’t done my homework, but

then I _have seen_ (see) I _have already done_ (already do) them.