REVISION:

PRESENT PERFECT , PAST SIMPLE

AND PRESENT PERFECT VERSUS PAST SIMPLE

1a)Reading comprehension. Underline 5 examples of Present Perfect

Child Labour

It’s six o’clock on Sunday evening and Babu has been in the factory all day. He has worked
six days this week. Babu’s parents sold him to owners of the factory three months ago and
he hasn’t seen them again this year. Babu and many children in India hasn’t had an
education.
This isn’t the only problem in India. The International Labour Organization has calculated
that 250 million of the world’s children are working. The ILO, UNICEF and other organizations
have started to act, but it is a massive problem.

1b) Re-read the text about child labour and answer: True or False? Correct the false
sentences

1) Babu works on Sundays._________________________________________

2) Babu goes to school.____________________________________________
3) Child labour isn’t a massive problem.________________________________
4) The ILO and the UNICEF have started to work on problems affecting India.
_____________________________________________________________

B)Complete the text ( a postcard) using the Present Perfect ( Affirmative and
Negative forms)

Dear Amy,
It’s now day 3 of our walking holiday in the Alps. We________________________(be) here
since Saturday. We’re really tired because we ________________________(walk) more
than 100 km! We____________________________( not stay) at a single hotel.
We____________________(sleep) in our tent every night, so
we____________________(save) lots of money.
The mountains are really beautiful- we_________________________ (buy) lots of postcards
to show you. The nights____________________ (be) cold so Julie_______________(not
enjoy) it very much

B)Present Perfect: Write sentences in the affirmative, negative and interrogative

form.

1) Sarah/live/ in Brazil for years…………………………………………………………….……………………

2) I/ not buy/ a present for my Dad…………………………………………………….………………………
3) She/ break/ the world record? …………………………………………………………..……………………
4) He/ finish/this exercise………………………………………………………………………………………………
5) We/not read/ good novels…………………………………………………………………………………………
6) The students/ write/ two compositions? …………………………………………………………………
7) My brother/ meet/ a famous actor……………………………………………………………………………

C) FOR OR SINCE? Put the time expressions into the correct columns

a long time eight o’clock nine weeks last spring Easter Christmas
five minutes my birthday three hours six years

For- periods of time Since-Points in time

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D) Have you ever…? Write questions and answers. Use the present perfect
( Interrogative) and short answers.

1)you/ ever/ go/ skiing? X

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2)you/ ever/ be/ to Jamaica? X
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3)you/ ever/drive a Rolls-Royce?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………… …
4) your friends/ ever/ buy/ a present? V
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5)your sister/ ever/ see/ Madonna in concert? X
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6)you/ ever/ go to Disneyland? V
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

F) Complete with “yet”, “already” or “just”

1) Have you finished your homework __________________?

2) Amazing! Tom’s __________________ written a book! And he’s only 12 years old!
3) She’s tired. She’s_____________________ run 400 metres!
4) We haven’t had our lunch__________________________
5) Has Carla met Tom______________________?
6)He’s_____________________ eaten so he’s not hungry now.
7)Have they spoken to the teacher____________________?
8) We haven’t been to Buenos Aires ____________________

G) Use the prompts to write sentences in the Present Perfect.

1) Carla/ just/ have breakfast …………………………………………………………………………………

2) She/ not have a shower/ yet…………………………………………………………………………………
3) She/ already/ do/ her homework …………………………………………………………………………
4) Tom/ already/ phone/ her ……………………………………………………………………………………
5) My father/ always/ like/ sports……………………………………………..………………………………
6) They/ not meet/ yet……………………………………………………………..…………………………………
7) Peter/ never/ be/ to Europe …………………………………………………………………………………
8) Tom/ not arrive/ to Argentina/ yet…………………………………………………………………………
9) I/ always/ play tennis with my sister…………………………………………………………………….

H)Present Perfect.- Multiple Choice- Circle the correct option and complete the
sentence.

a) I have_______________ eaten lunch, so I’m not hungry. NEVER-JUST-ALWAYS-YET

b) Have you_____________ broken a leg? – Yes , I have! EVER-ALWAYS- ALREADY
c) Have you ironed your t-shirts___________? EVER-YET-ALREADY
– Yes! I have already ironed them!
d) I have____________ eaten tacos because I don’t like Mexican food!
ALWAYS-NEVER-JUST
e) I have_________phoned Rachel but she wasn’t at home! EVER-YET-JUST
d) I have________like Italian food!! Can I have spaghetti for lunch?
EVER-YET-ALWAYS

I) WRITTEN PRODUCTION. What have you done this year? What haven’t you done? Write
sentences about you and your family using the present perfect and the verbs below

STUDY- NOT LIVE- EAT-NOT MEET-

1 I………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2) My brother…………………………………………………………………………………………
3)My friends………………………………………………………………………………………….
4) My best friend………………………………………………………………………………..

J) Past Simple: Affirmative form. Complete the sentences using the Past Simple.

Yesterday I ______________( get up) late because it _____________(be) Saturday.

I____________( have) breakfast and then I____________( go) to park to do some
gym.
In the afternoon, I________________( ring) my friend Sarah and I
_____________( visit) her.
We__________________(stay) at home and we _______________(study) for our
History test.
In the evening, we______________(go) to a fast food restaurant and
we_____________(meet) our friends Lisa and Sonia there.

K)Past Simple: Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative :Complete the sentences

and questions.

1) Did you___________ to the cinema with Claire? ( go)

2)We_________________ soccer yesterday ( not play)
3) She _____________TV last weekend. (not watch)
4) He ______________ late yesterday (get up)
5) They_____________lunch on the train. (have)
6) Did you____________a good time? (have)
7) He________________to the CD. (not listen)
8) We ______________a great movie last week. (see)

L) Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs.Complete the sentences with the past
tense forms of the verbs in brackets.

William Shakespeare______________________(be) born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-

Avon, England. He________________( go) to a good local school where he probably
___________________________( study) Latin and Greek. In 1577
there_________________( be) some difficulties with money in his family, and
William__________________( start) in the family business of glove-making.
In 1583 he married Anne Hathaway. They________________(have) three children.
In the late 1580s Shakespeare went to London where he______________( stay) for most of
his life. He_________________(write) plays and with some of his friends and fellow actors,
__________________( help) to build his own theatre, The Globe.
Shakespeare _______________(die) on his birthday in 1616.
M)Write sentences about what you did yesterday.

1)……………………………………………………………………………………..
2)…………………………………………………………………………………….
3)……………………………………………………………………………………..
4)……………………………………………………………………………………..
5)……………………………………………………………………………………..

N)Past Simple or Present Perfect? Circle the correct option

1 - Daniel has lived/ lived in Canada when he was a child

2 - I haven’t seen/ didn’t see Rachel since last year
3 – The teachers left/ have left half an hour ago
4 - She has not been/ was unemployed since she left school
5-They signed/ have signed the contract last week.
6-The conference didn’t start/ hasn’t started yet
7 – My brother was/ has been ill since Thursday
8 - I have finished/ finished the project last night
9 - Look- someone left/ has left their handbag in the room.
10-Did you ever go/Have you ever been to Madrid?

O)Present Perfect or Past Simple?

1. I _______________________________(lose)my English dictionary yesterday, but

my brother found it this morning.
2. My grandparents_____________________________(have) this TV set since
1968, and it still works!
3. I _____________________________________(wear)these boots to go hiking
last Saturday.
4. Samantha _________________________(study) at Cambridge from 1990 to
1995.
5. Ann __________________________________(not buy)a house last month
6. _________________(just buy)me new shorts, but I don't think I like them. Maybe
I'll take them back to the store.
7. The children ____________________(already drink) all the orange juice! We'll
need to get some more.
8. Junko ______________________(never eat) bacon in her life! She's a true
vegetarian

P)Correct the sentences. Find the mistakes and re-write the sentences.

1) I have been to Paris in 2006………………………………………………………………………………

2) Tom already has won many tennis tournaments……………………………………………

3) We have been to London last year but we haven’t been to

Wimbledon……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4) Did you see that new film yet?...............................................................