Past Simple/ Present Perfect

A Put the verbs in the correct form.

1. I (just / finish) ________________________my homework.

2. Mary (already / write) ___________________________five letters.
3. Tom (move) ________________________to this town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) _________________________in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) ______________________________to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) ___________________________to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) ________________________________to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy) _________________________a new film yet.
9. (they / spend) ___________________________their holiday in New Zealand last summer?
10. (you / ever / see) ___________________________________a whale?
11. My friends (visit) ______________________the Grand Canyon National Park last year.
12. I (be / never) _____________________to the Grand Canyon National Park.
13. But I (see) ______________________lots of wonderful pictures.
14. And yesterday I (buy) ________________________a book about the Grand Canyon.
15. I (read) ____________________________30 pages already. It's really interesting.

B Circle the correct words.

1. Have you decided / Did you decide where to go on holiday yet?

2. I just had / have just had a great idea!
3. We saw / have seen a really good film last week.
4. They didn’t go / haven’t gone to the car boot sale last Saturday.
5. The maths test yesterday was / has been easy.
6. I lived / have lived in my house since I was born.

C Complete the dialogue. Use the present perfect or the past simple.

Alice Have you read (read) any good books so far this summer holiday? I can’t believe it’s almost time to go back
to school!
Ben Well, yes and no! I _________ (spend) a lot of time looking at dad’s old books. I ________(find) a really
interesting atlas last week. There were some old maps of our town in it too. It’s amazing how things
______________ (change) since dad was young.
Alice That sounds very interesting.
Ben ________________ (you / go) to the car boot sale two weeks ago? There were some interesting old books
there too.
Alice I _____________ (not know) about it. Call me next time!