English 3 – Teacher Mariana

Student: ________________________________________________

Choose the present perfect or past simple:

1. I ___________________ (never / go) to Vienna.
2. My great great grandfather ___________________ (have) five sisters
3. He ___________________ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student.
4. Oh no! I ___________________ (lose) my wallet!
5. ___________________ (you / see) Julie today?
6. At the weekend, they ___________________ (play) football, then they _____________(go) to a
restaurant.
7. I ___________________ (read) six books this week.
8. Amy ___________________ (live) in Portugal when she was young.
9. She ___________________ (visit) her grandmother last month.
10. The Vandals ___________________ (invade) Rome in the year 455.
11. She ____________ (live) in seven different countries, so she knows a lot about different
cultures.
12. I ___________________ (go) to the cinema last night.
13. Ow! I ___________________ (cut) my finger!
14. ___________________ (you / see) ‘The King’s Speech’?
15. John ___________________ (never / understand) the present perfect.
16. She ___________________ (break) her leg the day before her exam.
17. We ___________________ (see) Oliver yesterday.
18. He ___________________ (be) here all morning.
19. They ___________________ (live) here for many years (and they still do).
20. King Henry the Eighth of England ___________________ (have) six wives.
2) Complete the blank spaces with the present perfect or the simple past form of the verbs in
parentheses:

Film maker George Richards _____________________(be) interested in the cinema since he

________________(be) a small child. He ________________________(make) his first film when
he _________________(be) just twelve years old. He is now almost forty and he
____________________(make) thirty films. George loves traveling. His work
___________________ (take) him all over the world. He _________________ (be) to Africa,
India, Australia, China the USA and South America. Last year, he
_______________________(visit) Russia for the first time. George is married to the singer Kathy
Burke. They _____________________(be) married for ten years. They live with their two children
on the Greek island of Kos. They __________________(buy) a house on the island in 1987 and
they _______________(live) there since then.

3) Are these sentences correct or incorrect? If INCORRECT, rewrite to its correct form:

a) I have never been to England. Correct Incorrect

Rewrite:

b) When you went to Rome last week, have you seen the Vatican? Correct Incorrect
Rewrite:

c) I read something very interesting in the newspaper last week. Correct Incorrect
Rewrite:

d) Tony Blair have been the British Prime Minister since 1997. Correct Incorrect
Rewrite:

e) It is raining for two hours. Correct Incorrect

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f) Have you seen the doctor yet? Correct Incorrect

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g) I am studying English for 20 minutes. Correct Incorrect

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h) Did you ever been to Paris? Correct Incorrect

Rewrite:

i) Freddy Mercury never went to university. Correct Incorrect

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10. I haven’t seen John today. Correct Incorrect

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11. I like Madonna for five years. Correct Incorrect

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12. He has been a teacher for ten years. Correct Incorrect

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13. I am knowing him since 1995. Correct Incorrect

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14. Have you been to London last year? Correct Incorrect

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