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Past Simple Action in The Past (Determined Time) Action That Starts / Ends in The Past Reference To A Single Action

The document contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It provides examples of each, showing how the past simple is used for completed actions at a specific time in the past while the present perfect is used for unfinished or ongoing actions that started in the past or actions with an unclear time. It then gives a series of sentences for the reader to complete using either the past simple or present perfect form of the given verb according to the tense rules.

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Past Simple Action in The Past (Determined Time) Action That Starts / Ends in The Past Reference To A Single Action

The document contrasts the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It provides examples of each, showing how the past simple is used for completed actions at a specific time in the past while the present perfect is used for unfinished or ongoing actions that started in the past or actions with an unclear time. It then gives a series of sentences for the reader to complete using either the past simple or present perfect form of the given verb according to the tense rules.

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Past Simple Present Perfect

Action in the past (determined time) Action in the past (undetermined time)
Action that starts / ends in the past Unfinished action starting in the past
Reference to a single action Reference to more than one action

Examples Examples
I bought a beautiful blouse yesterday. I have bought a beautiful blouse.
I bought a pie when I was at the supermarket. I have gone to Australia several times.
I worked at that office for 3 years. I have worked here since I moved to this town.
I lived in Miami before moving to Australia. I haven’t read the newspaper yet.

Complete with the verb given in the present perfect or the past simple:
1. I __________________
Met your sister when I ______________ at the
movie theater Saturday night. She looks like you. [to meet; to be]
2. Tony _______________________ the dishes yet. I ____________
him to do it after lunch, maybe he _________________ me. [to do; to ask;
to hear / not]
3. Claire _______________ to Canada three years ago. I miss her very
much. [to move]
4. Dan should be more careful. He _________________ his wallet at the mall yesterday. [to lose]
5. Ann is so absent-minded! Do you believe she ___________________ the wrong tickets? [to get]
6. _____ you ________ Sarah yet? She _______________ while you ____________ away. [to call; to
phone; to be]
7. I ______________ the garage this morning to see if the car ___________ ready but they
___________________ it yet. They ______________ me it’ll be ready by the weekend. [to phone; to be;
to repair / not; to tell]
8. When I ______________ in Columbia I ___________ to have a Porsche, but since I ___________ to
Maine I ___________________ a Mercedes. [to live; to use; to move; to have]
9. Calm down, Lucy! Carl _____________________ yet, but he may get here soon. [to arrive / not]
10. Paula _______________ from Italy this morning. She ___________ she wants to see you as soon as
possible. [to arrive / to say]
11. We _____________________ to Europe several times. It’s always a wonderful trip. [to be]
12. I ______________________ here for fourteen years, so I think you should listen to me. [to work]
13. Peter ________________ last year and since then he ____________________ his time to gardening.
[to retire; to dedicate]
14. Emily should go with us. The last time we ________________ there we _____________ a great time.
[to go; to have]
15. When I _______________ in Paris I _______________ to the Eifel
Tower just because everyone _______________ to visit it. [to be; to go; to
visit]
16. I _____________________ some weight because I ______________
every night after work for the past three weeks. [to lose; to jog]
17. Philip ____________________ to ballet classes. I don’t know if he wants
to lose weight or to shock his family. [to enroll]

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