Make the past simple or present perfect

PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Where's John? He _______________ (listen) to a new CD in his room.

2. Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always _______________ (rain) in England.

3. Jean _______________ (work) hard all day but she (not work) at the moment.

4. Look! That boy _______________ (run) after the bus. He _______________ (want) to catch it.

5. He _______________ (speak) German so well because he (come) from Germany.

6. Shh! The boss _______________ (come). We (meet) him in an hour and nothing is ready!

7. _______________ you usually _______________ (go) away for Christmas or you _______________ (stay) at home?

8. She _______________ (hold) some roses. They _______________ (smell) lovely.

9. Oh no! Look! It _______________ (snow) again. It always _______________ (snow) in this country.

10. Mary _______________ (swim) very well, but she _______________ (not run) very fast.

11. _______________ you _______________ (enjoy) this party? Yes, I _______________ (have) a great time!

12. Sorry I can't help you. I _______________ (not know) where she keeps her files.

13. What you _______________ (do) next Saturday? Nothing special. I _______________ (stay) at home.

14. I _______________ (think) your new hat _______________ (look) nice on you.

15. I _______________ (live) with my parents but right now I _______________ (stay) with some friends for a few days.

16. I can't talk on the phone now. I _______________ (drive) home.

17. Where are the children? They _______________ (lie) on the beach over there.

18. You never _______________ (listen) to a word I say! You always _______________ (listen) to that mp3 player!

19. He _______________ (not understand) what you _______________ (talk) about. He's foreign.

20. How much _______________ your suitcase _______________ (weigh)? It _______________ (look) really heavy.

Make the past simple or past continuous

1) What_______________ (do) when I _______________ (call) you last night?

2) I _______________ (sit) in a cafe when you (call).

3) When you _______________ (arrive) at the party, who_______________ (be) there?

4) Susie_______________ (watch) a film when she (hear) the noise.

5) Yesterday I _______________ (go) to the library, next I (have) a swim, later I (meet) Julie for coffee.

6) We _______________ (play) tennis when John (hurt) his ankle.

7) What_______________ (they/do) at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?

8) He _______________ (take) a shower when the telephone (ring).

9) He _______________ (be) in the shower when the telephone (ring).

10) When I _______________ (walk) into the room, everyone_______________ (work).

11) It _______________ (be) a day last September. The sun_______________ (shine) and the birds _______________ (sing). I _______________ (walk) along the street when I _______________ (meet) an old friend.

12) He _______________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution _______________ (start).

13) When her train _______________ (get) to the station, we _______________ (wait) on the platform.

14) He _______________ (be) so annoying! He_______________ (always leave) his things everywhere.

15) On holiday we_______________ (visit) Rome, _______________ (see) the Vatican, and _______________ (spend) a few days at the beach.

16) Why _______________ (stand) on a chair when I _______________ (come) into the room?

17) They_______________ (lived) in Germany when they (be) young.

18) At 7pm yesterday, we _______________ (listen) to music.

19) When I _______________ (leave) the house, it _______________ (snow).

20) He _______________ (work) in a bank when he _______________ (meet) his wife.

Make the past simple or present perfect

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

B: I don't know. I (see, never) _______________ that movie.

2. Sam (arrive) _______________ in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I (know) _______________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) _______________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not) _______________ this much fun since I (be) a kid.

6. Things (change) _______________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) _______________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) six employees. Since then, we (expand) _______________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell) _______________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) _______________ off into the forest and (be) _______________ bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) _______________ the bus this morning. You (be) _______________ late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) _______________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream) _______________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _______________ the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _______________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) _______________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _______________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _______________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) _______________ since the last time I (see) _______________ you. You (grow) _______________ at least a foot!

13. This tree (be) _______________ planted by the settlers who (found) _______________ our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never) _______________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) _______________ to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) _______________. The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) _______________ trying to reach the summit.

15. I (visit, never) _______________ Africa, but I (travel) _______________ to South America several times. The last time I (go) _______________ to South America, I (visit) _______________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend) _______________ two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) _______________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) _______________ over the Nazca

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