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    PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT?

    Grammar » B1 Grammar lessons and exercises » Past


    simple or present perfect?

    Exercises Explanation Downloads

    Exercises: 1 2 3 4

    Past simple or present


    perfect?

    Exercise 1

    Choose past simple or present perfect to


    complete the sentences below.

    You have completed this test.

    Correct answers: 0/10.

    Your score is 0%.

    Check your answers:

    1 [no answer] painting the bedroom

    yet?' 'Not yet. I'll finish it tomorrow.'

    Correct answer: Have you finished


    ➪ We often use the present
    perfect with just, already and yet.

    2 I [no answer] much last year, but I

    [no answer] a lot this year.

    Correct answer: didn't earn/'ve earned


    ➪ We use the past simple with a past
    expression (last week, yesterday, when I
    was a child, etc.)
    ➪ We can use the present perfect with
    time expressions when the time we
    mention has not finished: today, this
    week, this year, etc.

    3 [no answer] a holiday recently?

    Correct answer: Have you had


    ➪ We often use the present perfect
    with recently to talk about past recent
    actions.

    4 We [no answer] last week. We

    [no answer] here for 5 days.

    Correct answer: arrived/have been


    ➪ We use the past simple with a past
    expression: last week, yesterday, when I
    was a child, etc.
    ➪ We can use the present
    perfect with for and since and how
    long to ask or talk about situations that
    started in the past and have not finished.

    5 Mr. Barnes is very important in this

    company. He [no answer] here for 30

    years.

    Correct answer: has worked


    ➪ We can use the present
    perfect with for and since and how
    long to ask or talk about situations that
    started in the past and have not finished.

    6 He loves gardening. He [no answer]

    a gardener all his life.

    Correct answer: has been


    ➪ We can use the present perfect to talk
    about situations that started in the past
    and have not finished (all his life= from
    the past until now).

    7 [no answer] anything like this

    before?

    Correct answer: have you seen


    ➪ We often use the words never,
    ever, or before to talk about experiences.

    8 This is the most delicious dish I

    [no answer] .

    Correct answer: have ever eaten


    ➪ We can use the present perfect with a
    superlative adjective and ever.

    9 I [no answer] him behave like this

    before.

    Correct answer: 've never seen


    ➪ We often use the words never,
    ever, or before to talk about experiences.

    10 My mother [no answer] in

    Scotland.

    Correct answer: grew up


    ➪ We use the past simple (NOT present
    perfect) when we mention or ask about
    when something happened, or when the
    time is known by the speaker and the
    listener.
    ➪ In this sentence both the listener and
    the speaker know that my mother grew
    up when she was a child, in the past.

    Exercises: 1 2 3 4

    Related tests:

    Present perfect – form and use

    Present perfect or past simple?

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