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I ________ these boots to go hiking yesterday.

  Wore /   have worn

 The Titanic ________ in 1912.

 Sank /   has sunk

 The children ________ all the orange juice! We'll need to get some more.

  Drank /   have drunk

 He ________ when his girlfriend left him, but he's OK now.

  Cried/   has cried

 I ________ my binder yesterday, but my brother found it this morning.

  Lost /   have lost

 Dolphins ________ in BC waters for millions of years, and are still common today.

  Lived /   have lived


 I ________ some new shorts, but I don't think I like them. Maybe I'll take them back to the
store.

  Bought /   have bought

 Junko ________ bacon in her life! She's a true vegetarian.

  never ate /  has never eaten

 We ________ this TV set since 1968, and it still works!

 Owned /   have owned

 This wine ________ in the cellar for 15 years. When we take it out and open it, it will taste
beautiful!
 Was /   has been
Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense?

1. I (see) him last night.


2. They (go) to England in 1984.
3. I can't find my keys. I (lose) them.
4. Annette (write) many books and is writing another one now.
5. We don't know where he (go). No-one can find him.
6. They (visit) their friends in New Zealand two years ago.
7. I (visit) him in hospital three times this month.
8. We (have) bad weather last week.
9. We (have) great weather this week.
10. I (not/be) to Spain yet.

1. What for dinner last night? (eat/you)

2. South Africa? (visit/Mary)

3. to work by subway this morning? (come/you)

4. What last weekend? (do/he)

5. You work for the bank, right? How long there? (work/you)

6. How long in your current apartment/house? (live/you)

7. How often swimming when you were a child? (go/you)

8. How many cups of coffee yesterday? (drink/I)

9. raw fish? (eat/they)

10. Where when you were a student? (live/you)


2. 1. How many times that movie? (see/he)

2. Since what age soccer? (play/you)


3. a ghost? (see/you/ever)

4. to Oktoberfest last year? (go/they)

5. anything interesting last night? (cook/you)

6. tennis recently? (play/you)

7. How many cities in? (live/you)

8. late for last night's concert? (be/we)

9. What for breakfast this morning? (eat/you)

10. How many boyfriends ? (have/she)

1. Those three kids outside without an adult. (never/go)

2. My younger brother (be) really annoying when he a child. (be)

3. Susan's favourite sport (be) tennis; then she ping pong. (discover)

4. I to visit China. (always/want)

5. There a lot of car accidents at that intersection last winter. (be)

6. I live in Munich now. I there for two years. (be)

7. Last night there a really funny show on TV. (be)

8. Steve (get) a car when he sixteen. (turn)

9. I (play) soccer since I five. (be)

10. He a full-time job. (never/have)

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