Present Perfect Past Simple

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Name : Date : First name : Form : Present perfect VS Past simple: test /30 Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple. 1. I did Spanish at school, but I _____________ (forget) most of it now. 2. The police _____________ (arrest) two people, but later they let them go. 3. What do you think of my German? Do you think it _____________? (improve) 4. A) Are you still reading the newspaper? B) No, I _____________ (finish) with it. You can have it. 5. I _____________ (apply) for a job as a bank accountant, but I wasn’t successful. 6. Where is my skateboard? It _____________ (be) outside the house, but it’s not there now. 7. Look ! There are two ambulances over there. There _____________ (be) a truck accident. 8. A) Have you heard about Tom? He _____________ (break) his leg. B) Really? How _____________ that _____________ ? (happen) A) He _____________ (fall) off his motorbike. 9. I don’t know where Ashley is. _____________ (you/see) her? 10. When I _____________ (get) home last night, I _____________ (be) exhausted and I _____________ (go) straight to bed. 11. A) _____________ (you/finish) painting the bathroom? B) Not yet. I will finish it on Wednesday.

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Name: Date:

First name:

Form:

Present perfect VS Past simple: test /30Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.

1. I did Spanish at school, but I _____________ (forget) most of it now.

2. The police _____________ (arrest) two people, but later they let them go.

3. What do you think of my German? Do you think it _____________? (improve)4. A) Are you still reading the newspaper?

B) No, I _____________ (finish) with it. You can have it.

5. I _____________ (apply) for a job as a bank accountant, but I wasnt successful.

6. Where is my skateboard? It _____________ (be) outside the house, but its not there now.

7. Look ! There are two ambulances over there. There _____________ (be) a truck accident.

8. A) Have you heard about Tom? He _____________ (break) his leg.

B) Really? How _____________ that _____________ ? (happen)

A) He _____________ (fall) off his motorbike.

9. I dont know where Ashley is. _____________ (you/see) her?10. When I _____________ (get) home last night, I _____________ (be) exhausted and I _____________ (go) straight to bed.

11. A) _____________ (you/finish) painting the bathroom?

B) Not yet. I will finish it on Wednesday.

12. Mark _____________ (not/feel) very well yesterday morning.

13. Mr. Smith _____________ (work) in a hospital for 12 years. Then he gave it up.

14. Jenny lives in London. She _____________ (live) there all her life.

15. A) _____________ (you/go) to the theatre last Friday?

B) Yes, but it _____________ (be) a mistake. The play _____________ (be) awful.

16. My grandmother _____________ (die) before I was born. I _____________ (never/know) her.

17. I dont know Katys husband. I _____________ (never/meet) him.

18. A) Is John here? B) No, he _____________ (go) out.

A) When exactly _____________ (he/go) out? B) About 15 minutes ago.

19. A) Where do you live? B) In Liverpool.

A) How long _____________ (you/live) there? B) Ten years.

A) Where _____________ (you/live) before that? B) In Canterburry.

A) And how long _____________ you live in Canterburry? B) Three years.

20. The city looks very different now. It _____________ (change) a lot.

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