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Unit 2: Present Perfect - Past Simple

The document provides exercises to practice using the present perfect and past simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple choice questions, and other exercises focusing on using verbs correctly in the present perfect and past simple forms. The exercises cover topics like actions that began in the past and continue in the present, completed actions in the past, and distinguishing between the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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Unit 2: Present Perfect - Past Simple

The document provides exercises to practice using the present perfect and past simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple choice questions, and other exercises focusing on using verbs correctly in the present perfect and past simple forms. The exercises cover topics like actions that began in the past and continue in the present, completed actions in the past, and distinguishing between the present perfect and past simple tenses.

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Unit 2: PRESENT PERFECT – PAST SIMPLE

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct from of these following verbs, using
present perfect tense.
1. John ( already watch )………..this movie.
2. ………….Mike ( write)………….his repost yet ?
3. They (travel) ………to Sa Pa lately
4. They ( not give) ……….his email yet.
5. Linh ( not see)………..her mother for 3 years.
6. I (be) ……… to Nha Trang three times.
7. It ( rain)………since I stopped my work
8. This is the second time I ( meet) ……….her.
9. An and Hoa ( walk)…….. for more than hours.
10. …………you (get)……… married yet ?
11. Ngoc (be)………. Late four times this week.
12. Tom and Jerry (know)……… each other for more than 10 years now.
13. ……..you (find)………… a job yet?
14. We (never/try)……….Banh Mi before.
15. ………..anyone (phone)………..yet?
16. The boys (not eat )………their lunch yet.
17. We (never visit)…….. HCM city before.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct from of these following verbs, using
past simple tense.
1. My brother (get)……….married last year.
2. Syndra ( come )………. to her grandparents house 3 days ago.
3. My phone ( be )……. Broken yesterday
4. My mother ( buy )……….. me a small teddy bear on my birthday yesterday.
5. My friend ( give)….. me a candy when I ( be ) ……..at school yesterday.
6. My students ( not to)…..their homework last week.
7. ………..we (live)……..here three years ago?
8. They (watch) ……movies late at night yesterday.
9. We ( not be )………… excited about the film yesterday.
10. Elsa ( cycle)…… for 30 miles three weeks ago
11. I ( meet )………..my boyfriend two days ago.
12. Last year we ( go )……….to Yen Bai
13. Morgana ( play)…….. Football yesterday
14. What you ………(do) yesterday.
15. The last time I …….( go ) to Ha Long was in December
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: past simple or present
perfect.

1. I ………..( have ) this shirt for nearly four years.


2. Sandra already ……..(tidy) her table, but now it is in a mess again.
3. Morgana ………( lose) her key. She can’t find it anywhere.
4. Bon ( be) …….. to Ha Long five times so far. He loves the place
5. Of course I can drive a car. But I …….. one for years.
6. We don’t know Janna’s husband. We ……..(never/ meet) him.
7. Rona ……….(just leave) a message for you. She ………( ring ) last night.
8. Your bike looks very clean. ………….( you/wash) it?
9. They ………( move )here in 2000. They ……….( be ) here a long time now
10. Is this the first time you ……….(cook) spaghetti ?
11. We ……….( work ) for a bank since we ………( graduate ) from university.
12. We ……..( post ) the parcel three weeks ago. ………..you …….( receive ) it yet ?
13. My grandmother………(die) 7 years ago. I ……(never/meet) her.
14. We ……….( study ) English for 3 years
15. I ………(read) that book several times before
16. They ………( study ) almost every lesson in that textbook so far
17. My son and I …….. (travel) Hong Kong last week
18. Janna ………(be) so happy when she …….(hear) the news that she …….(cry)
19. They …….( just clean )the bike. It looks new again
20. Lili……….. (buy) a new house in 2013
21. I just ……….( lose) my keys, so I can’t open that door.
22. Columbus……… ( arrive ) in the New World in 1942
23. Nina just …….( break) her leg. She is still in hospital
24. Last winter, Hoa …….(stay) with her sister in Sapa for three days.
25. ……….she ever …….(go) to Bac Ninh?

Exercise 4: choose the best answer


1. I ………..my wife since I …….. a little child.
 Have known, have been
 Have known, was
 Knew, have been
 Knew, was
2. A: ……….you……..Janna today ?
B:I …………her this morning but I ……her since I came home.
 Did you see, I saw, I didn’t see
 Did you see, I have seen, I haven’t seen
 Have you seen, I have seen, I didn’t see
 Have you seen, I saw, I haven’t seen
3. ………………the floor yet?
 Did you sweep
 Have you swept
 Did you swept
 Has you swept
4. My brother……… the sea.
 Saw never
 Never saw
 Has never seen
 Have never seen
5. Sharks ……… in waters for millions of years, and are still common today.
 Have lived
 Lived
 Lives
 Are living
6. She ……..when her mother passed away, but she’s Ok now.
 Has cried
 Has cryed
 Cried
 cryed
7. I ……….these gloves to go fishing yesterday.
 Wear
 Weared
 Wore
 Have worn
8. We ……….some new shoes, but we don’t think we like them. Maybe we’ll take them back to the
store
 Bought
 Have just bought
 Buy
 Has just buy
9. This wine…………in the cellar for 15 years. When we take it out and open it, it will taste wondefull
 Was
 Have been
 Were
 Has been
10. Up to now, we ……… a lot of information about him.
 Won’t learn
 Didn’t learn
 Wouldn’t learn
 Haven’t learnt
11. Janna has worked as a nurse…….. she graduates from university.
 Since
 Until
 Before
 while
12. I’m a vegetarian. I …….. meat since I was a child.
 Haven’t eaten
 Don’t eat
 Haven’t been eating
 Am not eating
13. We ……… here for five years.
 Lives
 Am living
 Live
 Have been living
14. I ………. my summer holiday in HN last year.
 Spent
 Spend
 Has spent
 Would spent
15. I’m sorry, my boss hasn’t…..
 Arrived just
 Already arrived
 Arrived already
 Arrived yet
16. My sister……… seen a bear
 Have never
 Never have
 Has never
 Haven’t never
17. We ………..to HN give times already this week
 Went
 Have gone
 Have been
 Was going
18. ………..in England?
 Did you ever worked
 Have you ever worked
 Worked you ever
 Didn’t you have worked ever
19. That’s the best speech ………
 I never heard
 I didn’t hear
 I used to hear
 I’ve ever heard
20. (you/be/ever)……..to Vietnam?
 Have you ever been
 Was you ever
 Did you ever been
 Has you ever been
21. ……………to him last week.
 I spoke
 I’ve already spoken
 I didn’t spoke
 I speaked
22. …………from a business trip to France
 I come back
 I came back
 I never came back
 I’ve just come back
23. I can’t believe that ……. The news yet
 You haven’t read
 You didn’t read
 You don’t read
 You read not

Exercise 5: Put these verbs in the parentheses into the correct form
1. I ( see )…….. her before
2. I (see)……. Her last year
3. Tom ( never be )…….. in Hn
4. I ( read )……….. the novel written by Jack London several times before
5. What ( you,do)…… yesterday?
6. ( you, watch)……. TV last night?
7. She (be)…..born in 1980
8. He ( write )………… a book since last year
9. Mr green ( teach )……English in this school since he ( graduate)…….from the university in 1986.
10. Linh (read) ……this book so far

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