Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 1 put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner.(you/wash)___________________________

the dishes yet?
2. Daughter: I(wash) washed the dishes yesterday, but I(have not)
______________________________________the time yet to do it today.
3. Mother: (you/do/ already) ________________________________________
your homework?
4. Daughter: No, I (come/just) _____________________________________home
from school.
5. Mother: You (come) _________________home from school two hours ago!
6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call)____________________ when I
(arrive) ________________and I (finish/just)
__________________________the phone call.
7. Mother (you/see/not) ______________________ Lucy at school in the
morning?
8. Daughter: Yes, but we (have/not) ________________________ time to talk
then.

Exercise 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. A: I (cycle / just) 50 km.

2. B: I (cycle) 100 km last week.
3. A: I (write) an essay yesterday.
4. B: I (write / already) two essays this term.
5. A: I (ring / just) my friend.
6. B: I (ring) my friend 10 minutes ago.
7. A: Two days ago, I (watch) a Madonna concert on TV.
8. B: I (see / already) Madonna live in concert.
9. A: I (spend) my summer holiday in Australia last year.
10. B: I (be / not) to Australia yet.

Exercise 3 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. A: (you / be / ever) to London?

2. B: Yes, I (be) there three times.
3. A: When (be) the last time you (be) there?
 4. B: Last summer. I (spend)
and we (go)
5. (you / like)
6. Oh yes. We really (have)
7. Lucky you! I (be / never)
two weeks in Brighton with my parents
to London one weekend.
it?
a great time in London.
to London.

Exercise 4 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. A: (you / try / ever) haggis?

2. B: Oh, yes!
3. A: How often (you / eat) haggis yet?
4. B: Two times exactly.
5. A: When (you / eat / first) haggis?
6. B: That (be) in 2005. We (have) a Scottish festival in
our town and they also (sell) traditional Scottish food. So I (buy)
haggis.
7. A: (you / like) it?
8. B: It (be / not) too bad. And I (know / not) anything
about haggis then.
9. A: When (you / find out) ?
10. B: When I (be) in Scotland in 2007. I (go) to a
restaurant and (order) haggis. Afterwards, the waiter (tell)
me about haggis: it's the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, boiled in
the animal's stomach. Well, I (eat / never) haggis again since then.

5. Write down the correct form (pronoun + verb).

Simple Past Present Perfect Simple

he / listen
they / speak
I / watch
she / grow
you / fall

6. When do we use which tense?

1. To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we
use ...
 2. To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ...
3. 'so far' is a signal word for ...
4. '5 minutes ago' is a signal word for ...
5. 'recently' is a signal word for ...

7. Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).

1. He (leave / just) his house.

2. We (build) a tree house last week.
3. Two years ago, Fiona (break) her leg.
4. I (wash / already) the dishes.
5. The other day, our cat (bring) home a mouse.

8. Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).

1. We (empty / not) the bin last week.

2. She (be / not) there an hour ago.
3. He (lose / not) any game so far.
4. My brother (pick / not) me up at 8 o'clock.
5. I (make / not) up my mind yet.

9. Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).

1. (you / see) Bob recently?

2. Who (switch) off the lights a minute ago?
3. When (she / become) a teacher?
4. (you / ride / ever) an elephant?
5. (you / hurt) your knee when you were playing football?

10. Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. Last week I (be)
do a lot in the household.
2. On Monday I (work)
home very late in the evening.
3. From Tuesday to Thursday I (be)
very busy and I (have not) the time to
three hours overtime and (come)
on a business trip.
4. On Friday I (go) to a friend's birthday party and at the weekend I
(visit) my grandparents.
5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) them for ages
and they (be / never) at my place before.
6. I (clean / just) my house so I can show them around. Now
everything is perfect.