PRESENT PERFECT VS.

PAST SIMPLE

1. I _______________________ (go) to my first football match when I was six.

2. My sister ____________________(see, never) a film at the cinema.
3. I _______________(not, go) to a birthday party ___________(for/since) last
March.
4. In 2005 my brother _________________(meet) five players form the Real Madrid
team.
5. Where ___________you ___________(live) when you where younger?
6. I ___________________(have) an argument with my girlfriend at the weekend.
7. They ___________________(study) English yet.
8. I ___________________(go) on holiday last summer.
9. My Dad ___________________(smoke) since 2002.
10. How long ____________you___________(know) Jeremy?
11. __________she__________(find) her way to the newsagents yesterday?
12. They _____________________(live) in Bilbao for a long time.
13. I _______________________(be) a Harry Potter fan since I was ten.
14. Doug ___________________(not, lose) his mobile phone.
15. ___________ the architect ______________(build) a new department store?
16. Mary ____________________(already, buy) your books for school.
17. How long ____________she __________(have) that red car?
18. Sandra ____________________ (call, just) to say hello.
19. My team __________________(not, win) a match recently.
20. I _____________________(be born) in 1990.
21. When ____________ your sister ______________(start) school?
22. This week I _________________(see) two good films.
23. She ____________________(work) as a waitress_________ (since/for) she was
sixteen.
24. That’s the best concert I___________________(be, ever) to.
25. Patricia ________________ (see) Chris last week.
26. ___________ the butcher _____________(sell) all the sausages?
27. Jon and Kate _________________ (just, have) a baby!
28. I _________(fall) and __________(break) my arm this morning.
29. Where ___________ you ___________(be) all day?
30. Alice ____________________(not, answer) my letter. Perhaps she’s busy.
31. ___________you __________(win, ever) the lottery ?
32. My Mum and Dad _________________(just, come) back from a great holiday.
33. Do you want some lunch? No, thanks, I______________________(eat)
34. How much money _____________________(spend) on clothes last weekend?
35. _______________you _______________(fail, ever) an exam?