We use the Past Simple (not the Present Perfect) to talk about times in the past such as yesterday, last week, in 1994, a. We often give a piece of news in the Present Perfect, e.g. We've bought a new car. Put in the correct verb form. The answers to following exercise are shown in a separate page when you click 'show answers' button at the bottom of the page. For Explanations: Similar Exercises: Complete the following exercise with present perfect or simple past tense. He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh. ![]() (wear) your hair long when you were at school? Yes, my mother (insist) on it. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) it short ever since. Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays. My brother (write) several plays. He (just / finish) his second tragedy. I (fly) over Loch Ness last week. (you/see) the Loch Ness monster? I (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is. He (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up. Chopin (compose) some of his music in Majorca. When (arrive)? ![]() He (arrive) at 2.00. (you / lock) the door before you left the house? I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much. I can't go out because I (not finish) my work. I (never / drink) whiskey. I (write) the letter but I can't find a stamp. The clock is slow. It isn't slow, it (stop). Here are your shoes; I (just / clean) them. Correctness = Correct answers. Present Perfect Tense Vs Simple Past Exercises Pdf• printable grammar rules Positive statement: I have cooked, I have written, He has cooked, He has written (I've cooked, He's cooked) Negative statement: I have not played (I haven't played), He has not done (He hasn't done) Question: Have you worked? Negative question: Have you not bought? (Haven't you bought?) This tense is made with the present simple form of the verb to have ( have, has) and the past participle ( cooked, written). It is similar to other perfect tenses. We use the present perfect simple for activities or states that started in the past and still continue. Present Perfect Tense ExercisesWe have lived here since 2001. She has known me for more than two years. I haven't seen her since Christmas. How long have they been here? It is often used with expressions indicating that the activities come up to now, such as: for 10 years, since 1995, all week, all the time, always, lately, recently. We have always worked in York. (We still work in York.) It has been quite cold lately.
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