PRESENT PERFECT SMPLE. PAST SIMPLE.

-ED to regular verbs, and 2nd column of irregular

Have + participle (-ed, or 3rd column) verbs.
Has FORM:
FORM Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Affirmative Negative Interrogative I played I didn´t play Did I play…?
I have played I haven´t played Have I played? She played she didn´t play Did she play..?
She has played She hasn´t played Has she played?
USE:
USE  Action that took place in a past time and
 Action that has taken place in the past but it is finished.
still prevailing in the present.  With adverbs like yesterday, the last week,
 Just, already ( affirmative sentences), yet the last month, the last year, …ago, when, etc.
(negative and interrogative sentences), since, for

COMPLETE THE CHART WITH THE APPROPIATE PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM OF THE
FOLLOWING REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS.

PRESENT INFINITIVE PAST INFINITIVE PAST PARTICIPLE

WANT
PLAY
LIKE
EAT
SWIM
WRITE
LEARN

COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF
PRESENT PERFECT SMPLE. PAST SIMPLE.
This is the first time we _______ (visit) Shakespeare was born in 1564 and _____ in
London. 1616. (DIE)
_______ (you / ever / hear) a really frightening We stayed in last night and _____ TV.
ghost story? (WATCH)
The police _______ (find) the missing man. Tom ate an ice-cream and then _____ a coke.
_______ (you / go) to a tarot card reader? (DRINK)
She ______ (decide) to move somewhere new. My alarm clock went off at seven, so I _____
______ (you / see) my keys? I ______ (lose) up.(GET)
them. She passed her exam and she ______ a new
car. (BUY)
There was nothing good on TV so I _____ to
bed. (GO)
USE THE WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES IN USE THE WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES IN
THE PRESENT PERFECT WITH SINCE OR THE PAST SIMPLE.
FOR
Example: He / be / in love / with her / a Example: He / eat/ donuts/ yesterday.
long time. He has been in love with her for a
long time. 1. Susan/ live / in London/ last
year?
1. Peter / live / in Madrid / 1999? 2. He/ not/ pass/ the exam/ last year.
2. I / be / ill / in bed / three days. 3. You / not be / in London / last
3. You / not be / in London / yet. year.
4. My brother / not do / anything / this 4. Mary / get up / late/ the last
morning. morning.
5. Why / they / close / the school / two 5. We/ spend/ our Holidays/ in
weeks. Paris/ the last month.

CLOZE TEXT. COMPLETE WITH THE PAST SIMPLE.

Pablo Picasso _____ (be) born in 1881 in Málaga. He _____ (begin)

to draw when he was very young, and soon he _____ (not be)
interested in anything else. Pablo _____ (hate) school and _____ (not
learn) to write well. Instead he _____ (spend) hours drawing and
painting. Picasso _____ (come) from an artistic family. His father
_____ (be) a painter and Pablo often _____ (help) him with his work.
During his long life Picasso _____ (make) drawings, paintings,
sculptures and pottery. His style _____ (change) many times, and he
_____ (shock) many people with strange pictures. But his work
completely changed our ideas about art.

CLOZE TEXT. COMPLETE WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT OR THE PAST SIMPLE.

_____ you _____ (ever / dream) of being a film star? Leonardo DiCaprio was only five
years old when he _____ (star) in his first TV show, and just thirteen when he _____
(appear) in his first film. Since then he _____ (not stop) working. He _____ (be) in over
15 films and he _____ (work) with stars such as Robert de Niro and Johny Deep.
Leonardo _____ (be) born in Los Angeles in 1974. After appearing in TV shows, he
_____ (get) his first film role in Critters 3, then he starred in Romeo and Juliet. But it
_____ (not be) until Titanic that he _____ (become) a world famous teen idol. It was
then that Leonardo _____ (begin) to appear in magazines covers around the world.
Since Titanic, Leonardo _____ (be) very busy. He _____ (already / make) three more
films and _____ (just / start) to work on another.