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Simple Past VS Present
Perfect
Simple Past
(+)

Form

S + Ved

(+) S + have/has + V3

(-) S + didn’t + V

(-) S + have/has + NOT + V3

(?) Did + S +V ?

(?) Have/Has + S + V3 ?

Wh- + did + S + V?
Uses

Present Perfect

1. Diễn tả hành động đã

Wh- + have/has + S + V3 ?
1. Diễn tả hành động bắt đầu

kết thúc trong quá

trong quá khứ nhưng chưa

khứ

kết thúc

Ex: We lived in Japan

Ex: I’ve lived in Japan since

from 1995-1998.

1995. (vẫn còn sống ở Nhật)

2. Có thời gian xác định

2. Khơng có thời gian xác định

Ex: I saw the Eiffel

I have seen the Eiffel Tower.

Tower in 2007.
3. Diễn tả chuỗi hành
động đã hoàn thành
Ex: Firstly, he read the
book and then he
watched the movie.
4. Diễn tả hành động
lặp đi lặp lại trong

quá khứ
Ex: He went to the
cinema every weekend

3. Diễn tả trải nghiệm của bản
thân
Ex: Have you ever seen this
movie?
It’s the first time I’ve been
to Rome.
4. Diễn tả hành động lặp đi lặp
lại và có thể kéo dài đến
tương lai
Ex: She has already watched


Signa
l

last year.
Yesterday/ago/last/in

this movies 3 times.
Already/just/yet/ever/never, for,

1994/

since/so far/before/still/ up till

by 1990/ in the 20th

now/until now/for ages…

century…

It’s the first/second…time

A. Use the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. – How long (you/have) ________________ this car?
- I (have) ________________ it since 1989.

2. – (you/see) ____________________ Ann? I want to talk to her.
- No, I (not/see) _________________ her for a month now.

3. - Would you like to go to the cinema with us?
- No, I (not/finish) ______________________ my homework yet.

4. - (you/ever/be) _______________________ to the USA?
- Yes, I (be) _________________ there three times so far.

5. Mary works in a hotel. She (work) ____________________ there for three
years.

6. Bill (never/eat) _______________ Chinese food.
7. - Tim, are you still studying?
- No, I (just/finish) ___________________.

8. John is not at home. (he/go) _________________ to the supermarket?
9. I (be) ________________ to Hawaii before.
10. How long _______ you _______ (have) this fish?

-

For over three years.
11. The weather is very dry. It (not rain) ____________ for six months.
12. Staying in hotels and resorts (be) _____________ a traditional part of
travel since the beginning of mass tourism.
13. Dad, (you/finish) _______________ reading the paper yet?

B. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
1. (you/go) ____________________ to the doctor yesterday?
-

No, I (not/be) _________________ to the doctor for ages.


2. How long (you/live) ________________ in this town?
-

I (move) ________________ here five years ago.

3. Are they still at the cinema?
-

No, they (just/come) ______________________ home.

4. When (be) _________________ your birthday?
-

Three days ago. My friends (make) ________________ me a surprise
party and they (give) _________________ me lots of gifts.

5. I (see) _________________ that man before. He (talk) ______________ to
me a few years ago and he (ask) ____________________ me about my
family.

6. I (always/want) _______________ to become a dancer.
7. They (not/buy) __________________ a house yet.
8. I (go) ____________ there once a long time ago and (not/be) ____________
back since.

9. I last (see) ____________ her in 1990.
10. For the last hundred years, traveling (become) _________________ much
easier and very comfortable.

11. They (work) ________________here for three years before you (come)
_______ last week.

12. John (just/come back) ________________ from London
13. Janet (work) ___________ for Smith and Brothers before she came to
work for us.

14. It’s the first time I (ever/eat) ______________ this kind of seafood.
15. When she was young, she (hate) ____________ vegetable.
16. We (experience) ___________________ this stunning view for several
times.

17. He waited for a long time but the bus (not/arrive) ___________ yet.
18. Tom’s bike is as old as he is. He (have) __________ it for ages.
19. ________ you ________ (read) the book about Harry Porter? – No, I
haven’t.

20. My grandmother (be) _____________ ill recently, so she’s coming to stay
with us.


21. _______ you (finish) _________ your composition yet?
22. We ______ never (be) ________ to New York before.
23. We (win) _____________ every match we’ve played so far this season.
24. It’s the first time I’ve (hear) _________ that song play live.
C. Use for or since.
1. I ‘ve been a teacher ______________ 1990
2. She waited ____________ a long time but nobody came.
3. Grandma has been very happy _____________ she moved in with us two
months ago.

4. I have lived in this town ______________ two years.
5. Mary has known Paul ___________ they were in High School together.
6. The bakery has been in business ________ 1950.
7. It’s almost five years _______ I last went to London on holiday.
8. The statue has been here _________ centuries.
9. They have been playing computer gamces ________ 5 o’clock.
10. He has an accident recently and has been in hospital ______ then.
11. I have been trying to solve the problem ________ over an hour without
success.

12. It has been a long time _______ we moved in this cozy house.
13. They have collected stamps _______ 21 years.
D. Correct the mistakes.
1. She didn’t finish her homework yet.

……………………………

2. She didn’t finish her homework yet.

……………
……………………………

3. Where’s Bill? – He just left.

……………
……………………………

4. Eva given me a present last week.

……………
……………………………

5. Lisa already ate dinner.

……………
……………………………
……………


6. The postman hasn’t given me the letter

……………………………
……………

already.

E. Fill in the forms missing.
INFINITIVE
1.

2.

SIMPLE PAST
drank

PAST PARTICIPLE

swim

3.
4.

come
wrote

5.

buy

6.
7.

driven
broke

8.
9.

go
be

10.

Took

11. want
12.

Made
Moved

13. move
14. finish
15.

Saw

16. collect
F. Multiple choice (mixed)

1. It’s a great movie. I have ___ that movie many times.
a. saw
b. seen
c. see

d. have

see
2. I ___ Jenny when I was going to the supermarket.
a. saw
b. was seeing c. see

d. were

seeing
3. We ___ this TV set since 1968, and it still works!
a. owned b. have owned c. own
d. are going to own
4. My family ___ when the robbery broke into our house last night.
a. slept
b. was sleeping c. is sleeping
d. has slept
5. I ___ some new shorts, but I don’t think I like them. Maybe I’ll
take them back to the store.
a. bought
b. have bought c. will bought
d. buy
6. We were stopped by the police because we ___ any helmets.
a. Don’t wear b. didn’t wore c. didn’t wear d. aren’t wore
7. The Titanic ___ in 1912.
a. sank
b. has sunk
c. has sink
d. sink
8. The sun ___ and the sky was blue

a. was shinning b. were shining c. shone
d. shines


9. He rarely ____ the bus because it’s always crowded with people
a. taken
b. took
c. take
d. takes
10. What ___ you doing at half past ten last night?
a. was
b. were
c. are
d. did
11. They always _______ the shopping on foot as the grocery store
is not very far from their house.
a. did
b. does
c. do
d. have done
12. How long ___ her to go to school everyday? – For about 15
minutes.
a. does it take

b. did it take

c. do it takes

d. does it

takes
13. He ___ when his girlfriend left him, but he’s ok now.
a. has cried
b cry
c. cried
d. has cry
14. The children ___ all the orange juice! We’ll need to get some
more
a. drunk b. drink
c. drank
d. have drunk
15. Jake ___ in Boston for the past 15 years.
a. Lives
b. has lived
c. lived
d. live
16. When I ___ up, it was a lovely day.
a. Wake b. woke
c. was waking d. were waking
17. I was looking at the picture when It suddenly ___ down.
a. Fall
b. fell
c. fallen
d. has fallen
18. Why ___ me last night?
a. Weren’t you calling
c. you called
b. Didn’t you call
d. don’t you call
19. At the moment, I ___ for a book on whale. Do you have any in

stock?
a. am looking b. looked
c. was looking d. has looked
20. Sam ____ able to swim since she was one year old.
a. Has been
b. have been
c. is
d. was


Key
A Use the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1. have you bought/have bought
2. Have you seen/haven’t seen
3. Haven’t finished
4. Have you ever been/have been
5. Has worked
6. Has never eaten
7. Have just finished
8. Has he gone
9. Have been
10. Have/had
11. Hasn’t rained
12. has been
13. have you finished
G. Use the Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple.
1. Did you go/haven’t been
2. Have you lived/moved
3. Have just come

4. is/was; made/gave
5. have seen/talked/asked
6. have always wanted
7. haven’t bought
8. went
9. saw
10. has become
11. have worked/came
12. has just come


13. has worked
14. have ever eaten
15. hated
16. have experience
17. hasn’t arrived
18. have had
19. Have/read
20. Has been
21. Have/finished
22. Have/been
23. Have won
24. Heard
H. Use for or since.
1. Since
2. For
3. Since
4. For
5. Since
6. Since

7. Since
8. For
9. Since
10. Since
11. For
12. Since
13. For
I. Correct the mistakes.
1. She didn’t finish her homework yet.
2. Where’s Bill? – He just left.
3. Eva given me a present last week.

Haven’t finished
Has just left
Gave


4. Lisa already ate dinner.
5. The postman hasn’t given me the letter

Have already eaten
Has given

already.

J. Fill in the forms missing.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.

INFINITIVE
drink
swim
come
write
buy
drive
break
go
be
take
want
make
move
finish
see
collect

SIMPLE PAST
drank
swam
came
wrote
bought
drove
broke
went
Was/were
Took
Wanted
Made
moved
finished
Saw
collected

PAST PARTICIPLE
drunk
swum
come
written
bought
driven
broken
gone
been
taken

wanted
Made
Moved
finished
seen
collected

K. Multiple choice (mixed)

1. It’s a great movie. I have ___ that movie many times.
a. saw
b. seen
c. see

d. have

see
2. I ___ Jenny when I was going to the supermarket.
a. saw
b. was seeing c. see

d. were

seeing
3. We ___ this TV set since 1968, and it still works!
a. owned b. have ownedc. own
d. are going to own
4. My family ___ when the robbery broke into our house last night.
a. slept b. was sleeping c. is sleeping
d. has slept

5. I ___ some new shorts, but I don’t think I like them. Maybe I’ll
take them back to the store.
a. bought
b. have bought
c. will bought
d. buy
6. We were stopped by the police because we ___ any helmets.
a. Don’t wear b. didn’t wore c. didn’t wear d. aren’t wore
7. The Titanic ___ in 1912.
a. sank
b. has sunk
c. has sink
d. sink


8. The sun ___ and the sky was blue
a. was shinning
b. were shining c. shone

d.

shines
9. He rarely ____ the bus because it’s always crowded with people
a. taken
b. took
c. take
d. takes
10. What ___ you doing at half past ten last night?
a. was
b. were

c. are
d. did
11. They always _______ the shopping on foot as the grocery store
is not very far from their house.
a. did
b. does
c. do
d. have done
12. How long ___ her to go to school everyday? – For about 15
minutes.
a. does it take b. did it take

c. do it takes

d. does it

takes
13. He ___ when his girlfriend left him, but he’s ok now.
a. has cried
b cry
c. cried
d. has cry
14. The children ___ all the orange juice! We’ll need to get some
more
a. drunk

b. drink

c. drank

d. have

drunk
15. Jake ___ in Boston for the past 15 years.
a. Lives
b. has lived
c. lived
d. live
16. When I ___ up, it was a lovely day.
a. Wake b. woke
c. was waking d. were waking
17. I was looking at the picture when It suddenly ___ down.
a. Fall
b. fell
c. fallen
d. has fallen
18. Why ___ me last night?
a. Weren’t you calling
c. you called
b. Didn’t you call
d. don’t you call
19. At the moment, I ___ for a book on whale. Do you have any in
stock?
a. am looking b. looked
c. was looking d. has looked
20. Sam ____ able to swim since she was one year old.
a. Has been
b. have been
c. is
d. was