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2 - Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
2 - Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
2 - Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
YDYO_MAT_2
1. Here are your shoes. I have just cleaned / just cleaned them.
2. Chopin has composed / composed some of his music in Majorca.
3. I read his books when I was at school. I have enjoyed / enjoyed them very much.
4. He has broken / broke his leg in a skiing accident last year.
5. My brother has written /wrote several plays. He has just finished / just finished his latest.
6. Have you ever bought / Did you ever buy clothes online?
7. Sally hasn't answered / didn’t answer my email yet.
8. We have seen / saw a concert when we went to London.
9. A: Have you played / Did you play chess before? B: Yes. I’m very good at chess. I haven’t lost a game /
didn’t lose a game so far.
D. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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A: I (see / not) 1____haven’t seen________________ you for a long time. Where (you / be) 2____have you
been_________________?
B: I (come / just) 3_________have just come___________ back from Canada.
A: Oh really? What (you / do) 4___did you do__________________ in Canada?
B: I (take) 5______took________________ a nature tour.
A: Wow! (you / see) 6_____Did you see_______________ many wild animals there?
B: Of course. I (watch) 7________watched_____________ bears, wolves and whales in the wild. That (be)
8_________________was____ so interesting. (you / spend / ever) 9___Have you ever
spent___________________ a holiday in Canada?
A: Yes, I (travel) 10_have traveled_____________________ around Canada twice so far.
B: When (you / go) 11_did you go________________________ there?
A: The first time I (go) 12_went _____________________ there (be) 13__was____________________ in
1997 and the second time in 2004.
B: (you / enjoy) 14 ____Did you enjoy_____________________ it?
A: I absolutely (love) 15____loved_____________________ it, especially the west coast.
E. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
Last week Susan (be) 1___was______________ very busy and she (have not) 2____didn’t
have_____________ the time to do a lot in the household.
On Monday she (work) 3___worked________ three hours overtime and (come)4 ________came_________
home very late in the evening. From Tuesday to Thursday she (be) 5____________was__________ on a
business trip.
On Friday she(go) 6_____went___________ to a friend's birthday party.
Tomorrow some friends are coming over. She (see / not) 7 ______hasn’t seem___________ them for ages
and they (be / never) 8 _____have never been__________________ at her place before.
She (clean / just) 9 ___has just clenaed__________________ her house so she can show them around. Now
everything is perfect.
F. Fill the blanks with the suitable form of the verbs in bracket. Use Simple past or present perfect
tenses.
My best friend (always / want) has always wanted__________________ to travel in South America.
Therefore, he (go) _______went_______________ to Brazil after he (graduate)
__graduated_________________ from university. He loved the country so much that he (decide)
_______decided____________ to move there. He (live) __has lived____________________ in Brazil for 2
years now. He (make)_____has made_______________ a lot of friends and he (already /learn) __has
already learnt___________ Spanish and Portuguese. However, he (not find) _hasn’t found_____________ a
permanent job yet. Whenever he is unemployed, he travels to other countries in South America. He (be)
__has been_____________________ to Venezuela, Bolivia and Colombia so far and he (see)
___________saw__has seen______many interesting places such as Angel Falls in Venezuela. Surprisingly,
he (not have) ____hasn’t had_______________ the opportunity to see the ancient Incan site of Machu
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Picchu in Peru yet. He (travel) _traveled________________ to Argentina last week. Actually, he (just/send)
______________has just sent________ me some photos of his trip.
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F. My best friend (always / want) ____has always wanted______________ to travel in South America.
Therefore, he (go) ________went______________ to Brazil after he (graduate)
______graduated_____________ from university. He loved the country so much that he (decide)
_______decided____________ to move there. He (live) _____has lived_________________ in Brazil for 2
years now. He (make)_______has made_____________ a lot of friends and he (already /learn) _______has
already learnt_________ Spanish and Portuguese. However, he (not get) __hasn’t got____________ a
permanent job yet. Whenever he is unemployed, he travels to other countries in South America. He (be)
_______has been________________ to Venezuela, Bolivia and Colombia so far and he (see) ______has
seen_____________many interesting places such as Angel Falls in Venezuela. Surprisingly, he (not have)
_____hasn’t had______________ the opportunity to see the ancient Incan site of Machu Picchu in Peru yet.
He (travel) _______travelled__________ to Argentina last week. Actually, he (just/send) _____has
sent_________________ me some photos of his trip.