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Present Perfect or Past Simple - EXERCISES

The document contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions or states in the past, while the present perfect is used for unfinished or ongoing actions that started in the past and may still be relevant. It provides examples of using each tense to talk about past actions like buying items, living in places, and working jobs. It then presents a grammar exercise with 17 sentences to complete using verbs in either the past simple or present perfect form.

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Present Perfect or Past Simple - EXERCISES

The document contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions or states in the past, while the present perfect is used for unfinished or ongoing actions that started in the past and may still be relevant. It provides examples of using each tense to talk about past actions like buying items, living in places, and working jobs. It then presents a grammar exercise with 17 sentences to complete using verbs in either the past simple or present perfect form.

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Past Simple Present Perfect

Action in the past (determined time) Action in the past (undetermined time)
Action that starts / ends in the past Unfinished action starting in the past
Reference to a single action Reference to more than one action

Examples Examples
I bought a beautiful blouse yesterday. I have bought a beautiful blouse.
I bought a pie when I was at the supermarket. I have gone to Australia several times.
I worked at that office for 3 years. I have worked here since I moved to this town.
I lived in Miami before moving to Australia. I haven’t read the newspaper yet.

Complete with the verb given in the present perfect or the past simple:
1. I __________________ your sister when I ______________ at the
movie theater Saturday night. She looks like you. [to meet; to be]
2. Tony _______________________ the dishes yet. I ____________
him to do it after lunch, maybe he _________________ me. [to do; to ask;
to hear / not]
3. Claire _______________ to Canada three years ago. I miss her very
much. [to move]
4. Dan should be more careful. He _________________ his wallet at the mall yesterday. [to lose]
5. Ann is so absent-minded! Do you believe she ___________________ the wrong tickets? [to get]
6. _____ you ________ Sarah yet? She _______________ while you ____________ away. [to call; to
phone; to be]
7. I ______________ the garage this morning to see if the car ___________ ready but they
___________________ it yet. They ______________ me it’ll be ready by the weekend. [to phone; to be;
to repair / not; to tell]
8. When I ______________ in Columbia I ___________ to have a Porsche, but since I ___________ to
Maine I ___________________ a Mercedes. [to live; to use; to move; to have]
9. Calm down, Lucy! Carl _____________________ yet, but he may get here soon. [to arrive / not]
10. Paula _______________ from Italy this morning. She ___________ she wants to see you as soon as
possible. [to arrive / to say]
11. We _____________________ to Europe several times. It’s always a wonderful trip. [to be]
12. I ______________________ here for fourteen years, so I think you should listen to me. [to work]
13. Peter ________________ last year and since then he ____________________ his time to gardening.
[to retire; to dedicate]
14. Emily should go with us. The last time we ________________ there we _____________ a great time.
[to go; to have]
15. When I _______________ in Paris I _______________ to the Eifel
Tower just because everyone _______________ to visit it. [to be; to go; to
visit]
16. I _____________________ some weight because I ______________
every night after work for the past three weeks. [to lose; to jog]
17. Philip ____________________ to ballet classes. I don’t know if he wants
to lose weight or to shock his family. [to enroll]
TEACHER’S KEYS

Complete with the verb given in the present perfect or the past simple:
1. I MET your sister when I WAS at the movie theater Saturday night. She looks like you. [to meet]
2. Tony HASN’T DONE the dishes yet. I ASKED him to do it after lunch, maybe he DIDN’T HEAR
me. [to do; to ask; to hear / not]
3. Claire MOVED to Canada three years ago. I miss her very much. [to move]
4. Dan should be more careful. He LOST his wallet at the mall yesterday. [to lose]
5. Ann is so absent-minded! Do you believe she HAS GOTTEN / GOT the wrong tickets? [to get]
6. HAVE you CALLED Sarah yet? She PHONED while you WERE away. [to call; to phone; to be]
7. I PHONED the garage this morning to see if the car WAS ready but they HAVEN’T REPAIRED it
yet. They TOLD me it’ll be ready by the weekend. [to phone; to be; to repair / not; to tell]
8. When I LIVED in Columbia I USED to have a Porsche, but since I MOVED to Maine I HAVE HAD
a Mercedes. [to live; to use; to move; to have]
9. Calm down, Lucy! Carl HASN’T ARRIVED yet, but he may get here soon. [to arrive / not]
10. Paula ARRIVED from Italy this morning. She SAID she wants to see you as soon as possible. [to
arrive / to say]
11. We HAVE BEEN to Europe several times. It’s always a wonderful trip. [to be]
12. I HAVE WORKED here for fourteen years, so I think you should listen to me. [to work]
13. Peter RETIRED last year and since then he HAS DEDICATED his time to gardening. [to retire;
to dedicate]
14. Emily should go with us. The last time we WENT there we HAD a great time. [to go; to have]
15. When I WAS in Paris I WENT to the Eifel Tower just because everyone WANTED to visit it. [to
be; to go; want]
16. I LOST / HAVE LOST some weight because I HAVE JOGGED every night after work for the
past three weeks. [to lose; to jog]
17. Philip HAS ENROLLED / ENROLLED to ballet classes. I don’t know if he wants to lose weight or
to shock his family. [to enroll]

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