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Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1.Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash) . the

dishes yet?

2.Daughter: I ..(wash) the dishes yesterday, but

I (have / not) the time yet to do it today.

3.Mother: (you / do / already) ..your homework?

4.Daughter: No, I .(come / just) home fromschool.

5.Mother: You (come) home from school two hours

ago!

6.Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) when I (arrive)

. and I (finish / just)

the phone call.

7.Mother: (you / see / not) Lucy at

school in the morning?

8.Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) .

time to talk then.

Exercise 2


1.A: I (cycle / just) 50 km.

2.B: I (cycle) ..100 km last week.

3.A: I (write) .an essay yesterday.

4.B: I (write / already) two essays this term.

5.A: I (ring / just) my friend.


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6.B: I (ring) ..my friend 10 minutes ago.

7.A: Two days ago, I ..(watch) a Madonna

concert on TV.

8.B: I (see / already) .Madonna live in

concert.

9.A: I (spend) .my summer holiday in

Australia last year.

10.B: I (be / not) . to Australia yet.

Exercise 3


1.A: (you / be / ever) ..to London?

2.B: Yes, I (be) . there three

times.

3.A: When (be) .. the last time you (be).

there?

4.B: Last summer. I (spend) two weeks in Brighton with my

parents and we (go). to London one

weekend.

5.(you / like) it?

6.Oh yes. We really (have) .a great time in

London.

7.Lucky you! I (be / never) to London.

Exercise 4


1.A: (you / try / ever) . haggis?

2.B: Oh, yes!

3.A: How often (you / eat). haggis yet?


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4.B: Two times exactly.

5.A: When (you / eat / first) .haggis?

6.B: That (be) .in 2005. We (have)

. a Scottish festival in our town and they also (sell)

. traditional Scottish food. So I (buy)

.. haggis.

7.A: (you / like) .. it?

8.B: It (be / not) too bad. And I (know / not)

anything about haggis then.

9.A: When .(you / find out) ?

10.B: When I (be).. in Scotland in 2007. I (go)

to a restaurant and (order) haggis. Afterwards, the waiter (tell) . me about haggis:

it's the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, boiled in the animal's stomach. Well, I

(eat / never) ..haggis again since then.

Exercise 5


1.A: (you / buy) . the tickets for our journey

yet?

2.B: Yes, I.. (go) to the station yesterday and

(buy) the tickets.

3.A: What time (you / go) there?

4.B: I (take) a friend to the station in the morning.

His train (leave) . at 9:45.

5.A: (you / pack) your bags yet? 6.B: Of course. And I

(ask / already) my neighbor to empty my letter box.

What about you?

7.B: I (pack) my bags two days ago.

Exercise 6


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1.Yesterday, my brother (come) ..home from

school, . (switch) on the TV

and. (watch) TV until dinner (be)

.ready.

2.Oh no, it's raining and I . (leave) my umbrella at

home.

3.Look! There is so much food left. Nobody (eat) .

anything.

4.Where (you / be) .yesterday? - I (go)

. to the shopping centre and (buy)

. a new computer game.

5.Why don't you want to play football with us this weekend? - I (break).my leg.

6.The road is closed. There (be) .an accident.

7.I . (have) an accident when I (be)

. in Manchester last year.

8.Come on, let's celebrate! Our team (win) .the

match.

Exercise 7


1.A: (you / play / already).. the new computer game?

2.B: No, not yet. I only (buy) it yesterday and I (have /

not) .the time yet.

3.A: (you / go). to the cinema last night?

4.B: Yes. I (be) there with Sue and Louis. (you / be).. to the cinema recently?

5.A: I last (go) to the cinema two weeks ago.

6.B: So you (see / not) .the new action film yet.

7.A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) it?


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8.B: Oh, I really (love) it. But Sue (like / not)

it - too much action!

9.A: But why (you / take) her with you? She (tell)

.. me last week that she (hate)

action films.

10.B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try) to flirt with

him all the time. So he ..(can / concentrate /

not) on the film.

8. Complete the sentences.

I ______________________________(go) to the cinema last night.

What film ______________________________(you-see) ?

I ______________________________(see) The Lord of The Rings .

Really? ______________________________(you-like) it?

It ______________________________(be) really fantastic.

I ______________________________(think) you should go and see it.

You know, I never ______________________________(go) to the cinema ,

I ______________________________(prefer) to read a book ;

I ______________________________(read) a romantic story last week, and

yesterday, I ______________________________(go) to the opera.

9. Type your answers:

Malaria? In Canada?

Have you ever had malaria? If you have, the chances are that you (get)

the disease in a hot country. Malaria is most common intropical countries, especially those with wet and humid climates, where the

mosquitos which carry the disease can flourish. However, recently, malaria

(become) more common in Canada. According to a

recent report, over 1000 people (contract) . the

disease in Canada in 1997, and the number (rise)


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every year since 1994. This is an alarming

trend.

Why is the incidence of malaria rising here? The answer is travel. More and more

Canadians travel abroad every year, and some of them catch malaria. However,

when a Toronto woman (become) sick last year, her doctor

(discover) . that she (never travel)

abroad in her life. She must have been

bitten by a mosquito which (get) . the disease

from another sick Canadian.

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