Choose the correct form.

Present perfect and past simple

1 The present perfect always connects the past and the present; the past simple tells us only about the past.

EXERCISE 12A

Lynne Carter, the manager of the Timeways Travel company, is interviewing a young man called Paul Morris for a job.

Choose the correct form.

Lynne: Your present company is Sun Travel, isn't it? How long have you worked/did you work there?

Paul: (1) I've worked/I worked for them for two years.

Lynne: I see. And what were you doing before that?

Paul: (2) I've worked/I worked for a student travel company in Spain.

Lynne: Oh, really? How long (3) have you been/were you in Spain?

Paul: For nearly a year. (4) I've moved/I moved back to London from Spain two years ago to join Sun Travel.

Lynne: I see. And do you drive, Paul?

Paul: Yes, I do. (5) I've had/I had a driving licence for five years.

Lynne: And have you got your own car?'

Paul: No, not at the moment. (6) I've had/I had a car in Spain, but (7) I've sold/I sold it before (8) I've come/I came back to Britain.

EXERCISE 12B

Complete the conversations using the present perfect simple or the past simple of the verb in brackets.

1 'I know Sally Robinson.' 'Really? How long have you known (you | know) her?' 'Oh, for quite a long time now.' 'When (you | first | meet) her?'

2 ' (your husband | ever | have) pneumonia?' 'Yes, he (have) it twice. He (had) it ten years ago, and once when he (be) a child.'

3 (It's 10 o'clock in the morning.) ' (you | see) Mrs Carter this morning?' 'Yes, I (saw) her when I (arrive) in the office, but she (go) out soon afterwards.'

4 (It's the middle of the afternoon.) I'm really hungry. I (not | have) any breakfast this morning and I (not | have) time to go out for anything to eat this afternoon.

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