MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL

POLICÍA NACIONAL
COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE FÁTIMA - DESUC

ENGLISH CLASS – COMUNICADORES EN OTRA LENGUA

TEACHER: Lic. Cindy Hernández Pinto
NAME: GRADE: 9º DATE:

Past simple

1. Complete the newspaper story about a fire. Put in the past simple forms of
the verbs.

Two people (►) died (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning. They
(1)………………......................(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies.
The fire (2)……………………………….. (start) at 3.20 am. A neighbour, Mr Aziz, (3)
……………………………… (see) the flames and (4) …………………………… (call) the fire brigade.
He also
(5)………………………......... (try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the
heat (6)…………………………….. (be) too great. The fire brigade (7)………………………….(arrive)
in five minutes. Twenty fire-fighters (8) ……………………….. (fight) the fire and finally
(9)……………………………. (bring) it under control. Two fire-fighters (10)……………………………
(enter) the burning building but (11)……………………………… (find) the couple dead.

Present perfect

2. Trevor and Laura are decorating their house. Put in the verbs. Use the
present perfect.
Laura: How is the painting going? (►) Have you finished ? (you / finish)
Trevor: No, I haven't. Painting the ceiling is really difficult, you know.
(1) ................... (I / not / do) very much. And it looks just the same as
before. This new paint (2) ....................................................... (not / make) any
difference.
Laura: (3) ..................................................... (you / not / put) enough on.
Trevor: (4) ........................................... (1 / hurt) my back. It feels bad.
 Laura: Oh, you and your back. You mean (5)………………………………………. (you /
have) enough of decorating. Well, I'll do it. Where (6) .................
………………………… (you / put) the brush?
Trevor: I don't know. (7) ............................................................ ( i t / disappear).
(8)………………………………………. (I / look) for it, but I can't find it.
Laura: You're hopeless, aren't you? How much (9)………………………………… (you /
do) in here?
Nothing! (10) ............................................................ (I / paint) two doors.
Trevor: (11)………………………………………… (I / clean) all this old paint around the
window.
It looks much better now, doesn't it?
Laura: (12)……………………………………… (we / make) some progress, I suppose.
Now, where (13) ........................................................ (that brush /go)?
Oh, (14)……………………………………..... (you / leave) it on the ladder, look.

Present perfect Vs past simple

3. Complete this letter to a newspaper. Put in the present perfect or past

simple.
A few days ago I learned (learn) that someone plans to knock down the
White Horse Inn. This pub has been (be) the centre of village life for
centuries. It (1)…………………………… (stand) at our crossroads for 500 years. It
(2)…………………………… (be) famous in the old days, and Shakespeare once (3)
……………………………. (stay) there, they say. I (4)………………………….. (live) in
Brickfield all my life. The villagers 5)………………………………(know) about the
plans for les than a week and already there's a 'Save Our Pub' campaign.
Last week we (6)…………………………… (be) happy, but this week we're angry. We
will stop them, you'll see.