Name(s): Maria João Frazao e Filipa Calvete Gaspar

• Fill in the gaps with the given verbs in the Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect.

1. When I arrived (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane had prepared (prepare) a beautiful candlelight
dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I've perfromed (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama.
However, I have never spoken (speak, never) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 2010.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting had already began (begin, already) without me. My boss was (be)
furious with me and I was (be) fired.
4. When I turned (turn) the radio on yesterday, I heard (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high
school. I haven't heard (hear, not) the song in years, and it brings (bring) back some great memories.
5. Last week, I ran (run) into an old friend of mine. We haven't seen (see, not) each other in years, and both of
us changed (change) a great deal. I enjoyed (enjoy) talking to her so much that I asked (ask) her out on a date.
We are getting together tonight for dinner.
6. When Jack entered (enter) the room, I didn't recognize (recognize, not) him because he had lost (lose) so
much weight and had grown (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture had
disappeared virtually (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first arrived (arrive) in the New World.
8. I have visited (visit) so many beautiful places since I came (come) to Utah. Before moving here, I had never
heard (hear, never) of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.

• Fill in the gaps with the given verbs in the Simple Past and Present Perfect.

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology had changed (change) a
great deal. The first computers were(be) simple machines designed for basic tasks. They didn't have (have, not)
much memory and they weren't (be, not) very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and
customers often payed (pay) thousands of dollars for machines which actually did(do) very little. Most
computers were (be) separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.
Times have changed (change). Computers became(become) powerful machines with very practical
applications. Programmers created (create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from
teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping.
We are still playing video games, but today's games became (become) faster, more exciting interactive
adventures. Many computer users also have gotten (get, also) on the Internet and began (begin)
communicating with other computer users around the world. We started (start) to create international
communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past evolved (evolve) into an international
World Wide Web of knowledge.

• Present or Past tenses? Decide which verb tense you consider to be more suitable.
1. He … to Chicago in 2003.
a. has gone
b. went

2. She … to London.
a. has never been
b. never was

3. He was in Japan last month. He … Japan before.

a. never visited
b. had never visited

4. She … in this company since 2005.

a. is working
b. has worked

5. I … to her five minutes ago.

a. have talked
b. talked

6. How long … here?

a. are you
b. have you been

7. When … in New York?

a. have you arrived
b. had you arrived

8. He … five letters to the manager by the time he finally received an answer.

a. has written
 b. had written

9. She … a lot of money in that store yesterday.

a. has spent
b. spent