Question

Complete these news stories with the present perfect and the past simple.

1 Princess Lola and Sir John ………… (marry). They ……. (meet) at the party at Windsor Castle in 2009..
2 Cameron Bowie ………… (break) the 800m record in Oslo. He….(run)1.40.23, the fastest time in the world.
3 Farmer Jamie Jo ………….(lose) all her sheep. She ……...(call) the police last night but they ….
4 Pop star Rita Pee ……..… (go) to live in Greenland. The pop star ……… (say) that …
5 Builders Hansel and Gretel Sweet ……….. (build) a house out of sugar. Work on the house …………. (start) two years ago and …

Answer 1

1 is marry
2meets
3is break
4is run
5is loses
6is calls
7isgoes
8says
9are builds
10starts