Question

Decide: Present Perfect or Simple Past:

1. "Where is Tom?" "I ..............................(not/see) him today."
2. How much ..........you................(pay) for this thing?!
3. I .........................(lose) my black gloves. .............you ..................(see) them anywhere?
4. When ........... you last ............(see) this person?
5. Do you know the lady who .........................(just/leave) the shop?
6. She ..........................(be) here several times.
7. He .....................(come) to see us a 8.00 and then he ...............(leave) quickly.
8. He ......................(serve) in the First World War.
9. Who ...........you...............(vote) for at the last election?
10. ...........you............(like) your last job?
11. Henry .......................(write) to his sister for ten years.
12. "............you.............(see) the Cathedral already?" "Yes, I ...............(see) it last Saturday.
13. "...............you ever................(try) to give up smoking?" " Yes, I ..................(try) last year but I .................. (find) that I was getting fat so I ........................(start) again.
14. ".........you............(read) today's newspaper?" " No, I ........... . .............anything interesting .......................(happen)?" "Two murderers ..............................(escape) from prison!"
15. I .....................(read) only 100 pages of this book so far.
16. We ............................(just/see) War and Peace in our cinema.
17. I remember that I ......................(have to) read this novel at school and I .............(like) it quite well.
18. Do you know how many films Steven Spielberg .......................(make)?
19. Many important things .........................(happen) in 1980.
20. Hannibal ...................(bring) elephants across the Alps.
21. I ........................(just/receive) a letter saying that we ......................(not/pay) the electricity bill. Now you will explain it to me, John, because I remember that I .................(give) you the money to pay this bill last Monday!
22. I .....................(phone) you twice yesterday evening but I ................(get) no answer.
23. That house ..................(be) empty for a year, but I know that someone .....................(just buy) it.
24. I..........................(not/save) any money this month!
25. She ..................(live) here for many years and two years ago she ..........................(decide) to move to the country.
26. I .........................(not/see) you often recently.
27. I ......................(be) to China twice and I hope that next year I will go there again.
28. Vincent van Gogh .....................(paint) a number of masterpieces but The Starry Night is the most beautiful, I think.
29. We................................(prepare) the documents, Harry.........................(book) the tickets to New Orleans and Marry .......................(phone) to Bracket Company - everything is ready, we can go.
30. You................................(never/meet) Mrs Browning but she ......................(hear) a lot about your books and she really wants to meet you.
31. She ...................(be) out since 8.00. I don't know where she is.
32. I .........................(be) very busy these days.

Answer 1

1. haven’t seen him

2. did you pay

3. lost. have you seen them

4. have you last seen

5. has just left

6. was

7. came; left

8. served

9. have you voted

10. did you like

11. hasn’t written

12. have you seen; have seen

13. have you ever tried; have tried; found; started

14. have you read; haven’t; escaped

15. have read

16. have just seen

17. had to; liked

18. has made

19. happened

20. brought

21. have just received; haven’t paid; gave

22. have phoned; got no answer

23. has been empty; has just bought it

24. haven’t saved

25. has been living; decided

26. haven’t seen

27. was

28. has painted

29. have prepared; has booked; has phoned

30. have never met; heard

31. has been out

32. have been

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