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Unit 7-Present Perfect and Simple Past

This document provides examples and practice exercises on using the present perfect and past simple tenses correctly in English. It compares the formula and usage of the two tenses and includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises for students to practice identifying and forming sentences using the present perfect and past simple. The document aims to help students strengthen their understanding and application of these two English verb tenses.

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Unit 7-Present Perfect and Simple Past

This document provides examples and practice exercises on using the present perfect and past simple tenses correctly in English. It compares the formula and usage of the two tenses and includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises for students to practice identifying and forming sentences using the present perfect and past simple. The document aims to help students strengthen their understanding and application of these two English verb tenses.

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UNIT 7- PRESENT

PERFECT vs PAST
SIMPLE
B. PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
I. FORMULA

SIMPLE PAST PRESENT PERFECT


C. PRACTICE
7.1 Are the underlined parts of these sentences OK? CORRECT them where necessary.

1. Have you heard? Sophie’s given up her job. NOT → gave up

2. Have you checked the specifications? OK

3. Ellie has gone out. She’ll be back in about an hour. OK

4. I received your email regarding ABC project. NOT → have received

5. How many plays has William Shakespeare written? NOT → did Shakespeare write
NOT → were you born
6. Where have you been born?
7. I’ve forgotten the file’s name. Is it A or B? OK

8. Cindy has gone out, but she is here now. NOT → has been out

9. We’ve arranged the files, but it is messy again. NOT → arranged

10. This place is different now. It has changed a lot. OK


C. PRACTICE
7.2 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the PRESENT PERFECT or PAST
SIMPLE.

1. (Emily / earn / a lot of money / this year)


Emily has earned a lot of money this year.
____________________________________________________________
2. (I / not / complete / any tasks / yesterday)
I didn’t complete any tasks yesterday.
___________________________________________________________
3. (the weather / be / cold / recently)
The weather has been cold recently.
_________________________________________________________________
4. (you
Have/you
have / aaholiday
had holidayrecently?)
recently?
___________________________________________________________________
5. (I / never
I have / meet
never met/Karen’s
Karen’smanager.
manager.)
________________________________________________________________
C. PRACTICE
7.2 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the PRESENT PERFECT or PAST
SIMPLE.
6. (I / not / watch the show last night.)
___________________________________________________________________
I didn’t watch the show last night.
7. (He / be / busy since the new boss / take on his position.)
___________________________________________________________________
He has been busy since the new boss took on his position.
8. (We / hear / anything from him / so far.)
___________________________________________________________________
We haven’t heard anything so far.
9. (They / report / the problem to their immediate supervisor a few minutes ago.)
They reported the problem to their immediate supervisor a few minutes ago.
___________________________________________________________________
10. (We / complete / the drawing and send / it to you yesterday.)
___________________________________________________________________
We completed the drawing and sent it to you yesterday.
C. PRACTICE
7.4 Put the verb into the correct form, PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE.

I haven’t been to
1. _____________________________ (I / not / be) to Canada, but I’d like
to go there.
arrived
2. Paul and Lucy ___________________ (arrive) about ten minutes ago.
didn’t sleep
3. I’m tired. I ________________________ (not / sleep) well last night.
There was
4. ____________ there were
(There / be) a worker’s strike last week, so __________
(there / be) no products.
has worked
5. Edward ____________________ (work) on ABC project for 3 days.
sent
Then, he ________________(send) it to his clients. Now he works on
project #121.
C. PRACTICE
7.4 Put the verb into the correct form, PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE.

6. __________
Have you _________
installed (install) the software yet?
has finished
7. She __________________ (finish) three jobs up to now. That’s
impressive!
has gone
8. My grandfather ____________ (go) before I was born.
__________________________
I have never met (I / never / meet) him.
9. It’s nearly lunchtime, and ____________________
I haven’t seen (I / not / see)
Martin all morning. I wonder where he is.
It has been
10.  A: ____________________(It / be) very warm here since we
arrived.
it was
B: Yes, __________________ (it / be) 35 degrees yesterday.
C. PRACTICE
7.5 Help Carolina send an effective job inquiry. Read her letter and correct the 8
ERRORS she makes with PAST TENSE and PRESENT PERFECT VERBS.

1. Has deciding —> has decided


2. Have come to this city —> came to this city
3. Am a student in history —> have been a student
4. Have learned to speak —> learned to speak
5. Have worked —> worked
6. Help tourists —> helped tourists
7. Give city tours —> gave city tours
8. Am very interested in —> have been very interested in
 
C. PRACTICE
7.6 Read the passage and put the verbs in the PRESENT PERFECT or SIMPLE PAST.
David: I _____________________(not/see)
haven’t seen those shoes before. Are they new?
have just bought
Kate: Yes. I _______________________ (just buy) them. Do you like them?
did
David: They’re OK. How much ____________ cost
they ________________ (cost)?
were
Kate: Oh, not much. They _______________________ (be) a bargain. Under $100.
David: You mean $99.99. That isn’t cheap for a pair of shoes. Anyway, we can’t afford to buy new
clothes right now.
Kate: Why not?
Have
David: ___________________ seen
you _______________ (see) this?
Kate: No. What is it?
haven’t paid (not pay) electricity
came (come) this morning. And we _______________
David: The phone bill. It_______
bill yet.
bought
Kate: Well, what about the iPad you __________________ (buy) last week?
David: What about it?
didn’t need
Kate: You ________________ worked
(not need) a new one. The old one ______________ (work) just fine.
needed
David: But I _____________________ (need) the new model.
needed
Kate: Well, I _____________________ (need) some new shoes. 

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