7th - Workshop

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Grand Canyon National Park

The Grand Canyon is one of the most spectacular (landschaftliche
Sehenswürdigkeiten) natural features on earth. It is listed as one of
the Seven Natural Wonders and became a United States national
park in 1919. The park covers an area of nearly 5,000 km².

(hier: geformt) Carved by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon

(hier: schneidet sich ein) slices deep into the Colorado Plateau and
forms one of the most scenic landscapes in the world. Up to 1963,
when the Glen Canyon Dam was built, the Colorado river moved
143 million tons of stones each year.

Exercise

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past or present perfect).

1. My friends (visit) _________________________ the Grand Canyon National Park last year.
2. I (be / never) ______________________________ to the Grand Canyon National Park.
3. But I (see) _______________________________ lots of wonderful pictures.
4. And yesterday I (buy) ____________________ a book about the Grand Canyon.
5. I (read) _____________________________ 30 pages already. It's really interesting.

Past simple vs. past continuous

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. When I (get) _________________________ up yesterday, the sun (shine) _________________________.

2. It (is) _________________________________ a beautiful morning.
3. So I (decide) _____________________________ to cycle around a little.
4. I (go) _______________________ to the shed and (take) _________________________out my bike.
5. While I (cycle) ______________ past some villages, I (see) _______________some people in their gardens.
6. One man (mow) _________________ the grass while his wife (pick) ________________ strawberries.
7. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly (appear) __________________ and it
(start) ________________________ to rain.
8. Luckily, a farmer (notice) _____________________me and (tell) ________________me to come in.
9. While it (rain) _______________outside, I (sit) _______________________ in the farmer's house.
10. After a while, the sun (come) ________________________out again.
11. I (thank) _____________________the farmer for his hospitality and (move) _________________ on.