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WORKSHEETS – Teacher Joel Lima da Cunha

Worksheet 5: Present Perfect Simple & Past Simple

Teacher: Joel Lima da Cunha

Name No. Class

Complete the table with the correct time expressions.

Student’s Book, p. 21
Workbook, p. 8
ago * lately * since * recently * last * for * in 2020 * yesterday Study Guide, p. 16
then * never * today * just * at the time * yet

Past Simple Present Perfect Simple

Read a student’s account of her summer course and conjugate the verb in brackets in the Past
Simple or the Present Perfect Simple.

In the summer of 2020, while I a. (be) still a high school student, I b.

(decide) to enrol in the National Outdoor Leadership School program. I c.
deeply in love with the great outdoors, probably because I d. (live) on a farm since I
e. (be) 5 years old. That’s the reason why I then f. (choose) to do a
hiking course in the Adirondack mountains in northeastern New York. I guess I g.

Now that I’m at university, I consider that the NOLS program k. (be) a life changing
experience for me because I l.
I can truly say that these two assets m.

and value every little step I take.

Luna Rosal

Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets so that they have a similar
meaning.
a. Luna started living on a farm 13 years ago.
. (for 13 years)
b. The last time she saw her NOLS mentors was in 2020.
. (since)
c. I have just received a call from Luna.
. (minutes ago)
d. We are still trying to find the right summer course for us.
. (yet)
e. Luna and her parents used to go for long walks when she was a child.
. (since)