Name:

Date:

Simple Past vs Present Perfect

A. Fill in the gaps using

SIMPLE PAST

or

PRESENT PERFECT.

1. I ___________________________ (HAVE) my job for two years.

2. ___________________________

(YOU/GO)

to

Los

Angeles

last

summer?
3. She ___________________________ (LIVE) in Rome for three years.
4. ___________________________ (YOU/EVER/BE) to China?
5. I ___________________________ (PLAY) tennis yesterday.
6. Tim ___________________________ (BREAK) his leg last year.
7. How long ___________________________ (DAVID/BE) interested in
cinema?
8. They ___________________________ (GO) to New York in 1990.
9. She ___________________________ (NOT/PLAY) tennis last Sunday.
10.

___________________________ (YOU/GO) to the cinema last

night?
11.

___________________________ (SHE/EVER/BE) to Australia?

12.

We

___________________________

(GO)

to

Canada

last

summer.
13.

She ___________________________ (JUST/TIDY) her room.

14.

We ___________________________ (NOT/EAT) yet.

15.

Bob ___________________________ (STUDY) French two years

ago.
B. Complete the text. Use the
PERFECT.

PAST

SIMPLE

or the

PRESENT

Film maker David Morris ___________________________ (BE) interested

in cinema since he ___________________________ (BE) a small child.
He ___________________________ (MAKE) his first film when he
___________________________ (BE) just twelve years old. He is now
almost 40 and he ___________________________ (MAKE) 30 films. David
loves travelling. His work _________________________ (TAKE) him all
over the world. He ___________________________ (BE) to Africa, India,

Australia, China, the USA and South America. Last year he

___________________________ (VISIT) Russia for the first time. David is
married

to

the

singer,

Leena

Lennox.

They

___________________________ (BE) married for ten years. They live

with their two children on the Greek island of Crete. They
___________________________ (BUY) a house on the island in 1987 and
they ___________________________ (LIVE) there since then.
C. Choose the correct answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

I had / have had my present job for a year.

We were / have been at home last night.
The bus left / have left five minutes ago.
When did you get / have you got married?
I was / have been a teacher since 1980.
Curtis has lived in New York for / since ten years.

D. Translate and write the interrogative and negative forms.

1. We

have

just

written

twenty

letters.

_________________________________
I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

2. Her

friends

forgot

the

present.

______________________________________
I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

3. I

have

already

chosen

new

dress.

_______________________________
I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

4. The

mother

fed

__________________________________________

her

child.

I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

5. He woke at 6 yesterday. ____________________________________

I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

6. They have slept together. _____________________________________

I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

7. They cried a lot yesterday. ___________________________________

I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

8. Ben

has

already

washed

the

car.

____________________________________
I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

9. I

met

Jenny

two

years

_________________________________________
I:

____________________________________________________

N:

____________________________________________________

ago.