1. Which words are used with the Present Perfect?

a) already
b) ever
c) just
d) last week
e) tomorrow
f) yesterday
g) yet

2. Which of the words are used with the Past Simple?

a) Ever
b) In 2004
c) Just
d) Last week
e) Now
f) Two days ago
g) Yesterday

3. Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple

1. The weather around here ________________ terrible in the last few weeks. (BE)
2. Maria ________________ her suitcase last night. (PACK)
3. I ____________________ volleyball since I was a teenager. (NOT PLAY)
4. We ____________________ wash the dishes. They're all clean now (HELP)
5. They ____________________ the factory. – Really? When ______________________?
(CLOSE, THAT HAPPEN)
6. __________________________________ yet? (YOUR BUSINESS COURSE – START)
7. How long ____________________ that camera? – About a month. I ____________________
it because it was on sale just before Christmas. (YOU HAVE, BUY)
8. _______________________ last week's magazine? – It must be here because I
________________ it on Monday. (YOU SEE, BUY)
9. The books you ordered ____________________. The delivery service
____________________ them an hour ago. (ARRIVE, BRING)
10. The Queen ____________________ her two-week tour through Australia yesterday.
(START)
11. The plane from New York _________________. The passengers are getting out. (JUST LAND)
12. We ____________________ a party at school for ages. (NOT HAVE)
13. I ____________________ a cold in school a few days ago and ____________________ ill
ever since. (CATCH, BE)
14. Dinosaurs ____________________ around the earth millions of years ago. (WANDER)
15. Prices ____________________ up last year, but they ____________________ by 8%
already this year. (NOT GO, INCREASE)
16. I'm so tired. I ____________________ all the way to the underground station. (WALK)
17. We ____________________ home from our holidays and getting ready to settle in. (JUST
COME)
18. She ____________________ in London for three years. However, when her mom
__________ , she ____________________ to Leeds and ____________________ there ever
since. (LIVE, DIE, MOVE, LIVE)

4. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. (it I not I rain I this week) ............

2. (the weather I be I cold I recently) The weather .............

3. (it I cold I last week) lt ........ .....

4. (I I not I readI a newspaper / yesterday) I ..

5. (I I not I read I a newspaper today) .........

5. Which words are used with the Present Simple?

a) yesterday
b) sometimes
c) at the moment
d) every day
e) often
f) now
g) yet

6. Which of the words are used with the Present Continuous?

a) Listen!
b) sometimes
c) at the moment
d) now
e) often
f) Two days ago
g) Every day

7. Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Present Simple or Present Continuous

1. They normally ________________ a coffee break at ten, but today there's a lot of work to do
so they ___________________ one. (HAVE, NOT HAVE)
2. Why _____________________ my coat? – I'm sorry. – It ________________ just like mine.
(YOU WEAR, LOOK)
3. ___________________ the men in black suits over there? – They ________________ at us in
a strange way. (YOU SEE, LOOK)
4. The food ________________ chemicals that make it last longer. (CONTAIN)
5. It ________________ the moon about 28 days to travel around the earth. (TAKE)
6. Everything in this box ________________ to my grandfather. He __________________ it to
me instead of my brother. (BELONG, GIVE)
7. Mary ________________ through a very difficult period at university this year. (GO)
8. Dad ________________ everything about airplanes. He always ________________ books
about aviation. (KNOW, READ)
9. I used to play football in school but now I ________________ rugby. (PREFER)
10. Hi Dan! – What ___________________ to do this evening? – Well, I ________________ to a
concert with a few friends and after that we ________________ a good meal at a fine
restaurant. (YOU PLAN, GO, HAVE)
11. What ____________________ for a living? – Well, he's a lawyer but he quit his old job and
at the moment he ________________ for a new one. (YOUR DAD DO, LOOK)
12. You ________________ shopping every Saturday. – Why __________________ that? (GO,
YOU DO)
13. I ________________ absolutely no idea what this movie is about. (HAVE)
14.The two department managers ________________ lunch at the moment. We shouldn't
disturb them. (HAVE)
15. Teachers ________________ us homework every day, but this weekend they
________________ us any because of the mid-term break. (GIVE, NOT GIVE)
16. Where __________________________ from? I think they ________________ from
Jamaica, but I'm not sure. (NEW NEIGHBOURS COME, BE)
17. The air ________________ strange. There must be something going on in the factory.
(SMELL)
18. I can't listen to what you ________________ to tell me because I'm so nervous at the
moment. (TRY)

8. Complete the sentences using the most suitable form of be. Use am/is/are being
(continuous) where possible; otherwise use am/is/are (simple).

1. I can't understand why . ……. so selfish. He isn't usually like that.

2. Sarah ...... .... .... .. very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why.
3. You'll like Sophie when you meet her. She.. ....................................................veryn1ce.
4. You're usually very patient, so why ..... ..... . ................................. ........ so unreasonable about
waiting ten more minutes?
5. Why isn't Steve at work today? .................. . ill?