1. Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect or past simple of the verbs.

1. A I _____________________ to France last year. (go)

B I _____________________ to France three times. (go)

2. A She _____________________ four books. (write)

B She _____________________ the fourth book last year. (write)

3. A We _____________________ any new words in English this term. (not learn)

B We _____________________ any new words in English class yesterday. (not
learn)

4. A _____________________ you ever _____________________ a prize? (win)

B _____________________ you _____________________ the prize for the best
poem last year? (win)

5. A He _____________________ the contract so far. (sign)

B He _____________________ the contract last night. (sign)

6. A _____________________ you ever _____________________ a cake? (make)

B _____________________ you _____________________ that cake for me?
(make)

7. A She _____________________ never _____________________ to Paris. (be)

B She _____________________ to Paris on her honeymoon. (go)

8. A _____________________ he ever _____________________ a novel? (write)

B _____________________ he _____________________ a novel on his writing
course? (write)

2. Complete the text. Use the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs
in the list.

score | retire | play | not appear | visit | started | started | sign | live

David Beckham 1____________________ playing football when he was very young.

He 2____________________ his first contract to train with Manchester United when
he was sixteen. He 3____________________ in Spain and America for a few years
and he 4____________________ many different countries for his charity work. He

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____________________ in the film Bend it Like Beckham but he wanted to! He
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____________________ from football in 2013. He 7____________________
playing football when he was very young - and he 8____________________
professional football for 21 years. During that time he 9____________________ 17
goals for England.

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