7333 present perfect vs simple past

1. Fill in the gaps using either the Present Perfect or the Simple
Past (one verb is in the Past Perfect).
Last week I ___________ (meet) an old lady called Cindy. She
_________ (be) eighty-two. She _________ (be) a beggar. She
__________ (talk) to me and I _______________ (hear) the story of
her

entire

life.

I

_________

(feel)

so

sad

when

she

____________(finish) it that I almost _________ (cry). As I
___________ (feel) sorry for her, I _____________ (give)

Cindy

some money.

This morning something wonderful and amazing __________ (happen)
to me. I ____________ (meet) Cindy again, but, my goodness, she
_________(be) different. She told me the following.
“Since you ___________ (give) me that money my life _________
(change) completely. With the money you _____________ (give) me I
__________(buy) a lottery ticket and I ____________ (win). I
_____________ (buy) myself a house where I’m living now. I
_____________ (also buy) some new clothes, a TV set … you can’t
imagine how happy I am!
I _________ (be) so astonished that I couldn’t even say a word. I
__________(follow) her and … surprise! She ___________ (buy) me a
yellow Ferrari.
2. Fill in the gaps using the following adverbs.
already – never – always – yet – ever – since - for
a) She is a cold, unfeeling woman, she has ________ showed any
affection.


b) __________ her husband’s death, Anne has become a cold-blooded
woman.
c) Paul doesn’t want to go to Paris as he has _________ been there.
d) They have been engaged __________ two months.
e) The young boy hasn’t eaten his dinner ___________.
f) I’ve __________ been a warm-hearted person. And you?
g) She has been laughing ________ ________ she saw that woman.
Key to exercises:
1. met, was, was, talked, heard, felt, finished, cried, felt, gave,
happened, met, was, gave, has changed, gave, bought, won, bought,
have also bought, was, followed, had bought
2. a) never

b) since
c) already
d) for
e) yet
f) always
g) ever since