PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

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PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

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PRESENT PERFECT.

We use it to talk about past actions. But we don't mention exactly when they happened. We can use "ever" for questions or "never" for negatives.

To form it we use:

have/has + (never/ever) + the verb in P.P.

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Multiple Choice

For example: I ______ baseball.

1

have never played

2

has never played

3

have never play

4

has never playing

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Multiple Choice

Gill ________ to Atlanta twice.

1

have been

2

has been

3

has be

4

have be

5

Multiple Choice

I _____ many speeches in public.

1

haven't give

2

hasn't give

3

haven't given

4

hasn't given

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Multiple Choice

Tamy _______ by plane.

1

haven't travel

2

hasn't travel

3

haven't travelled

4

hasn't travelled

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Multiple Choice

_____ you ______ snorkeling?

1

has / ever go

2

has / ever gone

3

have / gone ever

4

Have / ever gone

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Multiple Choice

______ Phil ______ alone?

1

Has / ever travelled

2

Has / travel ever

3

Have / ever travelled

4

Have /ever travel

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Past Simple

Use past simple when you mention WHEN the action happened. We can use time phrases like "yesterday, this (morning, night), last (week, month), (two years, a day) ago, in (1999), etc"

REMEMBER: For past simple we use DID as an auxiliar (for negatives and questions) or the verb in Past Simple for affirmatives.

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Multiple Choice

I _____ an icecream yesterday.

1

eat

2

ate

3

have eaten

4

eaten

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Multiple Choice

Liah ____ her car a week ago.

1

has washed

2

washing

3

washed

4

have washed

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Multiple Choice

Will ______ to school this morning.

1

not goed

2

not did go

3

didn't go

4

hasn't gone

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Multiple Choice

Where ____ you _____ on holidays last year?

1

did / go

2

have /gone

3

do / went

4

have / went

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Multiple Choice

COMPLETE WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT.

Dan ____ to Canada last summer.

1

goed

2

has gone

3

went

4

has went

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Multiple Choice

Abel _______ a horse.

1

never has ridden

2

never ridden

3

has never ridden

4

have never ridden

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Multiple Choice

My parents _______ medicine.

1

have study

2

has studied

3

have studied

4

studied

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Multiple Choice

____ you _____ your wallet?

1

have / ever lost

2

has / ever lost

3

ever / have lost

4

have / never lose

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Fill in the Blanks

COMPLETE WITH THE VERB IN PARENTHESIS. USE PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT.

Lou

Type answer...

(never/travel) by boat

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Fill in the Blanks

Tim

Type answer...

(live) in Paris in 2017

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Fill in the Blanks

Marco

Type answer...

(not drive) a car before.

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Fill in the Blanks

____ you ____ (run) a marathon in the past months?

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

_____ you _____ (ever / play) in a rock band?

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

____ you ____ (run) a marathon in the past months?

Type answer...

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