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    Signal Words: Exercises On Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Exercise 1

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    Signal Words: Exercises On Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple Exercise 1

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    This document provides examples of signal words used with the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. It includes a list of common signal words like "yesterday" and "already" and presents two exercises for learners to practice using these tenses. The exercises consist of multiple choice questions where learners must select whether the simple past or present perfect tense is being used in each sentence.

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    This document provides examples of signal words used with the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. It includes a list of common signal words like "yesterday" and "already" and presents two exercises for learners to practice using these tenses. The exercises consist of multiple choice questions where learners must select whether the simple past or present perfect tense is being used in each sentence.

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    This document provides examples of signal words used with the simple past and present perfect tenses in English. It includes a list of common signal words like "yesterday" and "already" and presents two exercises for learners to practice using these tenses. The exercises consist of multiple choice questions where learners must select whether the simple past or present perfect tense is being used in each sentence.

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    Signal Words

    Simple Past

    Present Perfect Simple

    yesterday

    just

    ... ago

    already

    in 1990

    up to now

    the other day

    until now / till now

    last ...

    ever

    (not) yet

    so far

    lately / recently

    Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple


    Exercise 1
    1.

    I (just / finish)

    2.

    Mary (already / write)

    3.

    Tom (move)

    4.

    My friend (be)

    5.

    I (not / be)

    6.

    But I (already / travel)

    7.

    Last week, Mary and Paul (go)

    8.

    I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy)

    9.

    (they / spend)

    10.

    (you / ever / see)

    Exercise 2

    my homework.
    five letters.
    to this town in 1994.
    in Canada two years ago.
    to Canada so far.
    to London a couple of times.
    to the cinema.
    a new film yet.

    their holiday in New Zealand last summer?


    a whale?

    1.

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

    2.

    Daughter: I (wash)

    the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)

    yet to do it today.
    3.
    Mother: (you / do / already)
    Daughter: No, I (come / just)

    5.

    Mother: You (come)

    6.

    Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call)

    home from school.


    home from school two hours ago!
    when I (arrive)

    the phone call.

    7.

    Mother: (you / see / not)

    8.

    Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not)

    Lucy at school in the morning?


    time to talk then.

    Choose Past Simple or Past Continuous


    1) What

    2) I

    (do) when I

    (call) you last night?

    (sit) in a cafe when you

    3) When you

    4) Susie

    (call).

    (arrive) at the party, who

    (watch) a film when she

    5) Yesterday I

    (go) to the library, next I

    (be)there?

    (hear) the noise

    (have) a swim, later I

    (meet) Julie for coffee


    6) We

    the time

    your homework?

    4.

    I (finish / just)

    the dishes yet?

    (play) tennis when John

    (hurt) his ankle

    and

    7) What

    8) He

    (they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

    (take) a shower when the telephone

    10) When I

    11) It

    (sing) . I

    12) He

    (walk) into the room, everyone

    (work).

    (be) a day last September. The sun

    (shine)and the birds

    (walk) along the street when I

    (meet) an old friend

    (live) in Russia when the Revolution

    13) When her train

    14) He

    (ring)

    (start)

    (get) to the station, we

    (be) so annoying! He

    15) On holiday we

    (visit) Rome,

    (wait)on the platform

    (always leave) his things everywhere

    (see) the Vatican, and

    (spend) a few days at the beach


    16) Why

    (stand) on a chair when I

    18) At 7pm yesterday, we

    19) When I

    (come) into the room?

    (listen) to music.

    (leave) the house, it

    (snow)

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