FIESTA
PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE? (2)

  Exercise 1.

  Fill the gaps with either the present perfect or the past simple.

  1.  _______________ (you / see) any good films recently?

  2.  What time _________  the plane ________  ? (take off)

  3.  "_______________ (you / walk) home from the disco last night?"  "No, we  _______________ a

cab." (take)

  4.  I _______________ (learn) a great deal already in this job.

  5.  He _______________ (work) for an advertising agency before joining this company.

  6.  _______________ (you / ever / read) any books by George Orwell?

  7.  It's Sharon and Adam's silver wedding anniversary today. They _______________ (be / married)

for twenty five years.

  8.  Our train _______________ (leave) five minutes ago.

  9.  We all  _______________ (get) a payrise last month.

  10.  This is the first time I _______________ (ever / see) this film.

  Exercise 2.

  Fill the gaps with either the present perfect or the past simple.

  1.  He _______________ (buy) a new mobile phone on Saturday.

  2.  In the last year we _______________ (have) many hurricanes. Is global warming to blame?

  3.  Tina's best friend _______________ (have) two children since they _______________ (last /

see) each other.

  4.  She _______________ (live) in Thailand for over ten years now but she _______________

(still / not / master) the language.

  5.  Rob is the funniest guy I _______________ (ever / meet).

  6.  I ______________ (never / run) a marathon but I would like to do one next year.

  7.  Mary _______________ (speak) Portuguese when she _______________ (be) a kid but now

she  _______________ (forget) it all.

  8.  When _______________ (you / move) to the States?

  9.  Patricia ______________ (drink) six cups of coffee already today.

  10.  Gandhi _______________ (say), "Live as if you were to die today.  Learn as if you were to live

forever."
 
  ANSWERS

 Present perfect or past simple (1)
Grammar
Cinema Links
Vocabulary
Newspaper Links
Trivia Quiz
Fiesta English
Copyright 2000/05 www.oocities.org/suzkeadie/FIESTA
TEST YOUR  ENGLISH 1

TEST YOUR ENGLISH 2

TEST YOUR ENGLISH 3

TEST YOUR ENGLISH 4

TEST YOUR ENGLISH 5

TEST YOUR ENGLISH 6