17830 past simple or present perfect

PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT?
We normally use the Present Perfect when we want to talk about something which happened in
the past but is relevant now. Often we use words like just/already/not ...yet with the Present
Perfect.
I feel really tired. I've just finished my report.
I haven't spoken to Brian yet but I've already spoken to Malcolm.
We also use the Present Perfect to talk about an imprecise time in the past but as soon as we
become precise we switch to the Past Simple.
I've never been to Australia. Have you ever been there?
Yes I have. I went in 1992.
A) Complete the gaps with Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple.
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Jane (stay) ________________ at home yesterday.
Your letter (arrive) _____________________ two days ago.
I (live) _______________________ here for ten years.
Last week we (go) _________________ to the cinema.
The game (start) ______________________. They are playing now.
I (phone) _____________________ you at five and you weren’t there.
I (lose) ____________________ my watch, I can’t find it.
Last month Sarah (travel) _______________________ to Italy.
I (work) ________________________ all day and now I’m tired.
We (buy) _________________________ a new house last week.

B) Choose the correct option.
1) When _______________________ the company?
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Have you joined
Did you joined
Did you join *

Have you ever join

2) _________________________ in Pakistan?
a- Did you ever worked
b- Have you ever worked *
c- Worked you
d- Didn’t you have worked
3) That’s the best presentation ___________________________________
a- I never heard
b- I didn’t hear
c- I used to hear
d- I’ve ever heard *
4) He is the most difficult customer ____________________________________


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I never dealt with
I never had to dealt with
I’ve ever had to deal with *
I’ve never had to dealt with

5) ____________________________ to him last week.
a- I spoke *
b- I’ve already spoken
c- I didn’t spoke
d- I speaked
6) ____________________ a binding contract last year and it is still valid.
a- We have signed
b- We signed *

c- We haven’t signed
d- We have sign
7) The reason I look so brown is that ___________________________ from a business
trip to Barbados.
a- I come back
b- I came back
c- I never came back
d- I’ve just come back *
8) Sales _________________ in 1995 but then ______________ in 1996.
a- Rised
falled
b- Rose
fell *
c- Have risen
have fallen
d- Rose
have fallen
9) You _________________ to a word __________________________
a- Listened
I haven’t said
b- Didn’t listen
I say
c- Listen
saying
d- Haven’t listen
I’ve said *
10) It’s obvious that _____________________________ this report.
a- You haven’t read *
b- You didn’t read
c- You don’t read

d- You read not
C) Put the verbs into the correct tense. Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple.
a- Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you/wash) ___________________the
dishes yet?


b- Daughter: I (wash) _________________ the dishes yesterday, but I (have/not)
____________________ the time yet to do it today.
c- Mother: (you/do/already) ______________________ your homework?
d- Daughter: No, I (come/just) _______________________ home from school.
e- Mother: You (come) ______________________ home from school two hours
ago!
f- Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) ______________ when I (arrive)
______________and I (finish/just) ________________________ the phone
call.
g- Mother: (you/see/not) _______________________ Lucy at the school in the
morning?
h- Daughter: Yes, but we (have/not) __________________ time to talk then.
D) Use comparative and superlative adjectives to complete the gaps in the text.
Hi Cousin, Do you remember me? I am Martha Preston I am (old) ____________
than you. I am twenty years old and I am a doctor now. I am working in (good)
____________________ hospital in the city of Massachusetts. In fact I am the
new, do you understand what does it mean, right? I don’t understand many things
of the place, but for sure I’m going to learn quickly. I can’t tell you exactly, but I
think I am (young)_____________________ woman of this place. In fact, I like that
because I feel very young. There was someone who told me that from his point of
view I am (pretty) ______________________ the other girls. So I think that I am
(pretty) _____________________ girl in the hospital. I am not sure because
recently I saw a girl who is really beautiful and I seem to me that She is (hot)
__________________ girl in the city. She is very sexy naturally, so I think she is

(beautiful) ____________________ me. however I must tell you a secret, last
week the director said that I am (hard-working) __________________________
the other female doctors, so I am (happy) ______________________ girl in the
world. I hope writing to you very soon, but if I don’t, remember that proverb
(good) ________________ late than never. Kisses ;)

ANSWERS
1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. Have you washed

the dishes yet?

2. Daughter: I washed the dishes yesterday, but I haven't had

today.
3. Mother: Have you already done

your homework?

4. Daughter: No, I have just come

home from school.

the time yet to do it


5. Mother: You came

home from school two hours ago!

6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy called when I arrived and I have just finished

the phone call.
7. Mother: Didn't you see

Lucy at school in the morning?

8. Daughter: Yes, but we didn't have

time to talk then.