6 GRAMMAR WORKSHEET B Present perfect vs past simple

1 Choose the correct alternative. 3 Work in pairs. Student A: choose a photo and ask
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Chloe How did you spend / have you spent your student B if she / he has ever done it. If she / he has,
weekend? ask questions to find out more information about it,
Matt I 2had / have had a lot of fun. I 3went / for example when or where it was. Then swap.
’ve gone skiing with my two cousins and some Have you ever written a blog post?
friends.
Chloe That sounds great! Do you spend a lot of time Yes, I have.
with your cousins?
Matt No, but last winter we 4went / ’ve been to a What was your blog about?
football match, and two years ago they 5came /
I wrote about films I liked.
have come to stay at my house for a weekend.
My mum 6ordered / has ordered pizza
from every pizza restaurant in our town. We
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wanted / have wanted to choose the best one.
Chloe Awesome! 8Did you find / Have you found the
best pizza in town?
Matt Yes, but I 9never ate / ’ve never eaten so much
pizza in my life. I 10haven’t eaten / didn’t eat
any since then!
2 Complete the dialogue with the past simple or
present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Ben Look at this photo of Rio de Janeiro.
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(you / ever / be) there?
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Joe Yes, I have. (I / go) there write a blog post be on a cruise
with a friend when 3 (I / be)
22.
Ben 4 (you / have) a good time?
Joe 5 (It / be) amazing. On
the first day 6 (we / go) to
Ipanema. 7 (we / swim) in
the sea and 8(we / play) volleyball on the beach.
Ben 9 (who / play) volleyball
with?
Joe 10 (we / meet) some really
nice local people. 11 (they
/ be) very friendly. After the volleyball game fail an exam unfriend someone on
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(they / take) us to a social media
fantastic restaurant to have lunch.
Ben 13 (I / always / want) to
go to Rio. 14 (I / hear) so
many people say it’s a fantastic city. And I love
Brazilian music. 15 (I /
listened) to samba since 16
(I / be) a teenager.
Joe I love Brazilian music, too. On the second
day 17 (we / go) to Lapa.
It’s an area where they play samba in the
bars and restaurants, and lots of people
dance in the street. It was an amazing day. have an argument with sleep in a tent
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(I / never / have) so your best friend
much fun!

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