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Cópia de Past Simple Vs Present Perfect Grammar Exerci

The document compares and contrasts the past simple tense and present perfect tense. The past simple tells about completed actions in the past, while the present perfect connects past actions or states to the present. Several examples are provided to illustrate the difference between using the past simple versus present perfect forms of verbs. Exercises are included for learners to practice identifying and using these two verb tenses correctly in sentences.

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Cópia de Past Simple Vs Present Perfect Grammar Exerci

The document compares and contrasts the past simple tense and present perfect tense. The past simple tells about completed actions in the past, while the present perfect connects past actions or states to the present. Several examples are provided to illustrate the difference between using the past simple versus present perfect forms of verbs. Exercises are included for learners to practice identifying and using these two verb tenses correctly in sentences.

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Past Simple vs Present Perfect

The Present Perfect (have/has + V3) always connects the past and
the present; the Past Simple (V2) tells us only about the past.

Ex.1) Match each sentence 1-4 with A or B.


Ex. 2) Choose the correct answer.
1. Mary has been to Paris.
1. The conference started / has started two
A) She’s still in Paris.
hours ago.
B) She went there for a holiday in 2019.
2. I haven’t done/ didn’t do my project yet.
2. I haven’t seen Tom this morning.
A) It’s too late to see him now. 3. Did the concert finish /Has the concert
B) I hope I will see him before the morning finished yet?
ends 4. I have never met/never met anybody as
3. The Browns lived in Canada for seven rude as you.
months. 5. He has sprained / sprained his ankle last
A) They still live there. summer.
B) They don’t live there now.
6. Adam has broken / broke his bicycle
4. Sarah has lived with us for two years. yesterday.
A) She’s still living with us.
B) She doesn’t live with us anymore. 7. Have you fallen / Did you fall over a lot
when you were a child?

Ex. 3) Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in the box.

study / become / speak / not go / live / know / not see / post / take up / go / hear /

1. ‘Where’s John?’ He ______________________________ to Oxford last month.


2. I ______________________ Spanish for four years while I was at secondary school.
3. ‘How is Ann?’ ‘I don’t know. I _________________________her since Monday.’
4. ‘You look upset.’ ‘I ______________just _________________ some terrible news. ‘
5. ‘Where _____________ you _______________ when you were a child?’ ‘In Warwick.’
6. This year __________________________ well for me so far.
7. I _________________to my brother a short while ago on the phone and he seems fine.
8. In the past few years, online gaming __________________________ increasingly popular.
9. Andy and Jane ____________________ each other since 2017. They’re very good friends.
10. I ____________________________some photos on Facebook a few hours ago.
11.’When ______________you _______________ playing rugby, Jeremy?’ ‘About three years ago.’
Exercício 1:

1. B
2.B
3.B
4.A

exercício 2:

1. Started
2. haven't done
3 have never met
4. Sprained
6. Broke

Exercício 3:
1. Went
2. Studied
3. Haven't seen
4. Have/heard
5. Did/lived
6. isn't going
7. Spoke
8. Has become
9. Have known
10. Posted
11. Did/took up

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