SIMPLE PAST vs.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE II

I am ____________________

Part 1 : Simple Past or Present Perfect?

1. I __________ a great concert yesterday. (see)

2. ___________a cheap hand phone? (you ever buy)
3. Jim ___________ the flu since last winter. (have)
4. A few weeks ago we ___________ to our uncle’s house. (drive)
5. They _____________ scrabble this morning. (play)
6. He ____________ the bus to get to school. (already take)
7. Last week my cat ___________ away. (run)
8. We ___________ a lot of homework for this semester. (do)
9. ____________ to Zimbabwe? (she ever be)
10. I ____________ his parents last Monday. (meet)
11. She _____________ yet. (not wake up)
12. I ______________ her since last Thursday. (not talk)
13. Liz ______________ well last night. (sleep)
14. I ______________ a letter from him three days ago. (get)
15. They _____________in New Zealand. (already arrive)

Part 2 : Translate these sentences into English (use Present Perfect/Simple Past)

1. Kami mengunjungi museum di Kalimantan seminggu yang lalu.

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2. Dona telah mencintai Andrew sejak dia masih SMP.
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3. Zaky belum membersihkan kamarnya selama 2 bulan.
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4. Mereka tidak bertemu di taman bunga setengah jam yang lalu.
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5. Joe dan John adalah anak yang pintar dan baik sejak aku mengenal mereka.
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Part 3: Fill in the blanks below by using Simple Past or Present Perfect to make good
paragraph

This morning Suzan ___________ (lose) her wallet in Bekasi Mall. Until now she
____________ (not/find) it yet although she __________ (report) her lost to the security in that mall.
She _________ (search) her wallet for 2 hours but it _________ (not/work). She, then, __________
(call) her parents to pick her up. Her parents actually ___________ (wait) for Suzan’s call because
they ________ (to be) worry that Suzan __________ (not/come) home since this morning. After her
parents _________ (know) Suzan’s situation, her mom quickly ________ (wear) her jacket and
_________ (drive) her car to pick up Suzan in the mall.

When Suzan’s mom _________ (arrive) in the mall, Suzan _________ (wait) patiently in a
bench. Suzan ________ (tell) her mom about all the situation. So far, some securities __________
(help) her to find the wallet but they _________ (not/have) any idea where the wallet was. The wallet
was so important for Suzan because her student card was in it. The securities __________ (try) their
best to find that wallet but because Suzan ________ (feel) that it _______ (to be) her mistake, so, she
__________ (decide) to search the wallet by herself and also her mom. After an hour passed, Suzan
suddenly ____________ (remember) that she _________ (go) to restroom before she _________
(lose) her wallet. She __________ (not/check) to that place since she told the securities.

Suzan hurriedly _______ (run) to the restroom, and she ________ (see) her wallet was in
front of the mirror. Finally, she _________ (find) the wallet and she _________ (feel) glad and relief
although she ________ (to be) tired because she __________ (to be) in that mall for 5 hours, totally.

Part 4 : Choose the best answer

1. His father _______ last year. 6. I __________ a strange experience last

a. died night.
b. has died a. had
b. have had
2. James ________ school at fourteen. 7. Suddenly I _______ a knock on the door
a. has left just now.
b. left a. have heard
b. heard
3. I ________ him for ten years. 8. There ________ no one to rescue the child
a. knew so far.
b. have known a. has been
b. was
4. I _________ all of her novels. 9. The fox ________ to eat the bunch of
a. read grapes hanging from the vine.
b. have read a. has wanted
b. wanted
5. You _______ me for anything. 10. This castle _______ in the 16th century.
a. never thanked a. has been built
b. have never thanked b. was built