This document provides a grammar exercise contrasting the simple past and present perfect tenses. It contains 15 multiple choice questions asking the student to use either the simple past or present perfect form of the given verb based on temporal context clues. The questions cover a variety of everyday activities to test the student's understanding of when to use each past tense form.
This document provides a grammar exercise contrasting the simple past and present perfect tenses. It contains 15 multiple choice questions asking the student to use either the simple past or present perfect form of the given verb based on temporal context clues. The questions cover a variety of everyday activities to test the student's understanding of when to use each past tense form.
This document provides a grammar exercise contrasting the simple past and present perfect tenses. It contains 15 multiple choice questions asking the student to use either the simple past or present perfect form of the given verb based on temporal context clues. The questions cover a variety of everyday activities to test the student's understanding of when to use each past tense form.
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Use simple Past or Present Perfect:
1. ……………….Helen ever ……………………. (try) sushi?
( Helen ever tried sushi? )
2. ………………… you ……………………….. (go) to the wedding last night?
( you go to the wedding last night )
3. I ……………….. never …………………………(be) to Paris.
( I have never been to Paris )
4. This year I ………………….………… (travel) to Athens 3 times so far.
(I have traveled 3 times to Athens so far )
5. Paul and Judith …………………………………(be) married since 1998.
( Paul and Judith have been married since 1998 )
6. …………… you ………………………….(finish) your homework yet?
( you already finished the homework )
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Liceo Máximo Mercado Disciplina, Esfuerzo y Cumplimiento “44 Años” 7. Last night aunt Betty …………………………..(come) by. She ………………………(tell) ( she says that aunt Betty came last night )
8. us that this summer they are going to Hawaii.
(we went to Hawaii this summer )
9. I ……………………………….(visit) many different countries so far. Last
summer I ………………………..(go) to Italy and 3 years ago I …………………………(be) in Spain. I ……………………………………(not/visit) Germany yet. (I visited many countries so far, last summer I went to Italy, and three years ago I was in Spain, I still have not visited Germany )
10. When ………………you …………………………(come) to Greece?
(when you arrived in Greece )
11. I……………………(come) in 2007.
(I come from 2007 )
12. …………………..you ……………………(watch) the film E.T. yesterday?
(I watched the movie E.T. Yesterday )
13. They…………………… already ………………………..(leave) the train station.
(They leave the train station )
14. How long ………………….. you ………………………..(know) Jonathan?
(I have known Jonathan for a long time )
15. I ............................... (meet) him in 2009, so I ……………………………(know) him
for 3 years. (I meet him in 2009, so I know him for 3 years.)