43047 present perfect vs simple past

Make the present perfect simple. Choose positive, negative or question:
1. (she / pass the exam?)
_______________________________________________________________
2. (you / eat lunch yet?)
_______________________________________________________________
3. (he / read the newspaper today?)
______________________________________________________________
4. (you / not / study French for ten years)
_______________________________________________________________
5. (they / be in London for six months)
_______________________________________________________________
6. (where / you / be?)
_______________________________________________________________
7. (we / not / go to Paris)
_______________________________________________________________
8. (she / not / see ‘The Lord of the Rings’)
_______________________________________________________________
9. (he / not / meet my mother)
_______________________________________________________________
10. (they / not / visit St. Paul’s Cathedral yet)
_______________________________________________________________
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.
Choose the present perfect simple or continuous:
1. Julie ___________________ (be) at the office since 6 am.
2. We ___________________ (write) this book for months and months.
3. I ___________________ (always / agree) that London is a lovely city.
4. John ___________________ (bake) cakes since 12 o’clock.
5. The writer ___________________ (deserve) this award for a long time.
6. We ___________________ (always / hate) rush hour traffic.
7. Lucy is exhausted these days. She ___________________ (work) too hard.
8. The table leg’s covered in marks! The cat ___________________ (scratch) it.
9. She ___________________ (promise) to help many times, but she has never
come.
10. I ___________________ (want) to go back to university for a long time.


Change this direct speech into reported speech:
1. “He works in a bank”
She said ___________________________________________________________
2. “We went out last night”
She told me ________________________________________________________
3. “I’m coming!”
She said ___________________________________________________________
4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
She told me ________________________________________________________
5. “ I’d never been there before”
She said ___________________________________________________________
6. “I didn’t go to the party”
She told me ________________________________________________________
7. “Lucy’ll come later”

She said ___________________________________________________________
8. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”
She told me ________________________________________________________
9. “I can help you tomorrow”
She said ___________________________________________________________
10. “You should go to bed early”
She told me ________________________________________________________