PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT

Bài 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

1. Last month, the Youth Union a campaign to help students with disabilities.
A. has launched B. launched C. was launched D. was launching
2. Lately, a gang of enterprising New Zealanders an incredible scheme to raise awareness of
depression and mental health issues.
A. has introduced B. had introduced C. introduced D. was introduced
3. The boy across the narrow canal in ten minutes to find himself out of danger several
years ago.
A. swum B. was swum C. swam D. had swam
4. I to help students at a special school twice since I finished grade 11.
A. have volunteered B. had volunteered
C. was volunteering D. volunteered
5. It is now over seventy years since Lindbergh across the Atlantic.
A. has been flying B. flew C. had flown D. has flown
6. We won't go out before we the homework.
A. finish B. will have finished C. will finish D. finished
7. Although he was on the whole very suspicious of the project, Mr Hung to cooperate.
A. didn't promise B. promised C. has promised D. hasn't promised
8. Even though Susan was totally opposed to the project, she that it would
increase job opportunities for the local people.
A. had agreed B. agreed C. was agreed D. would agree.
9. When he ten years old, he the National Institute for the Blind in Paris.
A. was/entered B. was/was entering
C. was/was entered D. was/would enter
10. In the past ten years, he more than 100 bicycles to needy students in Central Vietnam.
A. gave B. has given C. has been given D. has been giving
11. Nam the idea of giving sweaters and warm clothes to the poor just a couple of
weeks ago, shortly after the beginning of the rainy season.
A. came up with B. comes up with
C. has come up with D. was coming up with
12. In the past, health care in some rural areas of this country by only a small
number of doctors and nurses.
A. is provided B. provided C. provides D. was provided
13. Neither Mike nor his brothers to school because their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been B. has ever been C. have ever been D. ever went
14. Not until we the school for children with disabilities how they
overcome difficulties.
A. had visited/have we known B. visited/had we known
C. visited/did we know D. have visited/did we know
15. Until now I more than 1000 stamps.
A. collected B. collect C. am collecting D. have collected
Bài 2: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
1. (A) The annual increase in the (B) world's population (C) has peaked at (D) about 88 million in
the late 1980s.
2. (A) Overpopulation is (B) one of the main factors that leads to (C) poor, (D) illiteracy, and social
evils.
3. The teacher (A) said that (B) about 10 children (C) need special help (D) in reading skills.
4. Youth Newspaper (A) donated book collections (B) to two (C) mountainous schools in (D)
northern Vietnam lately.
5. Vina Capital Foundation's Heartbeat Vietnam (A) has performed 5,000 free heart (B) surgery for
kids
(C) across the country (D) for the last ten years.
6. A Hoi An-based charity organisation (A) gave free milk to (B) poor, ailing, and (C) disabled
children in the central province of Quang Nam (D) on last Wednesday.
7. Although Marie Curie had (A) very little money (B) to live on, (C) but she went to Paris to
realise her dream of (D) a scientific career.
8. Albert Einstein, (A) the father of modern physics, could not read until he (B) was eight, but that
(C) hasn't stopped him (D) from becoming one of the greatest scientists of our time

Bài 3: Put the verbs in the brackets into either the past simple or present perfect tense.
1. Tim: How many times (you/try) to pass your have you tried
driving test? Mike: Three times so far.
2. When (you/go) to Ho Chi Minh City? did you go
3. You look different, (you/have) a haircut? have you had
4. I (not/see) David at all this week. I don't even know where he is. haven't seen
5. Tim: (you/speak) to have you spoken
Peter yet? Mike: Not yet.
6. When (you/start) your job? did you start
7. I (move) house three times in the last five years. have moved
8. My sister (be) to New York three times and she's going again next month. has been
9. The US President (be) in our country last year. was
10. He (visit) this village three times in the last two years. has visited

Bài 4: Put the verbs in the brackets into either the past simple or present perfect tense.
1. I (have) a problem with my computer yesterday. had

2. We (already see) that movie, but I will go with you again if you want me to. have already seen
3. We (be) in Tim's room when the storm (begin). have been - begun

4. I (not begin) my homework yet. haven't begun

5. He (not sleep) for three nights, even though he (go) to bed early
yesterday evening. hasn't slept - went
6. My father (never forget) my birthday. has never forgotten
7. They (travel) around the world last summer. traveled
8. They (decide) this at a meeting some days ago. decided
9. (You ever be) to New York? have you ever been
10. I know Hanoi City well. I (live) there for three years when I was a student. have lived
11. Michael does not have much money so he (not buy) a car yet. haven't bought
12. We (have) a good time at the party last weekend. had

13. Look at that. Someone (break) my motorbike. broken

14. Emily (just finish) packing her bags. has just finished
15. The plane (land) ten minutes ago. landed
16. I (do) all the housework. Everything is clean now. have done
17. When (Columbus discover) the New World?
18. We (not visit) him since last weekend. haven't visited
19. She feels great. She (lose) five pounds since Christmas. has lost
20. The last time I (play) tennis was four years ago. have played

Bài 5: Fill in the blank using either the Present Perfect or the Simple Past.
Last week I met (1. meet) an old lady called Brown. She was (2. be) eighty-two.
was
She ________(3. be) a beggar. She talked (4. talk) to me
and I heard (5. hear) the story of her entire life. I felt (6.
feel) so sad when she finished (7. finish) it that I
almost cried (8. cry). As I felt (9. feel) sorry for
her, I gave (10. give) Brown some money.
 This morning something wonderful and amazing happened (11. happen) to me. I
met (12. meet) Brown again, but, my goodness, she
was (13. be) different. She told me the following.
has chaned
Since you gave (14. give) me that money my life (15. change) completely. With
gave
the money you (16. give) me I bought (17. buy) a lottery ticket and I won (18. win). I
(19. buy) myself a house where I'm living now. I have just bought (20. just buy)
some new clothes, a TV set... you can't imagine how happy I am!
I was (21. be) so astonished that I couldn't even say a word. I followed (22. follow)
her and ... surprise! She had bought me a yellow Ferrari.