PRESENT PERFECT vs SIMPLE PAST - Tempo NON espresso
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question 1

TEMPO NON ESPRESSO

Choose the right alternative

A. I can't believe that the news.

B. We in this house for five years and we're very happy here.

C. Your hair looks different. ?

D. I in Lisbon for two years, before I came to live in Madrid.

E. Beatriz: How long in Madrid?
Andy: Since last October.


F. Before they bought the car, they about it very carefully.

G. There was a great film on TV last night. ?

H. She feels great. She three kilos since Christmas.

I. Beatriz: I have been to Mexico.
Andy: ?
Beatriz: Two years ago.

J. I didn't see the film on TV last night. before and I thought it was rubbish.

K. You to a word .
question 2

Fill in the right form of the verb in brackets (PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE)

A. Mr Jones to his secretary. (talk)

B. John his work. (finish)

C. Mary her room. (clean

D. I a letter to John. (write)

E. Mary his boyfriend. (meet)

F. You Mary's bithday. (forget)

G. I my I-pad. (break)


H. I my books.(not bring)

I. It snowing. (not stop)

J. Mary her London train.(miss)

K. John and Alex in France for 20 years. (live)

L. Your parents your new office. (visit)

M. The baby a lot today (sleep)

N. Kevin and you your mum. (call)

O. I you mum at the supermarket (see)

P. I French. (study)
question 3

Fill in the right form of the verb in brackets (PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE)

A. He Sally in the supermarket last week. (meet)

B. Before they bought the car, they about it very carefully. (think)

C. I in Lisbon for two years, before I came to live in Madrid. (live)

D. We in this house for five years and we're very happy here. (live)

E. Your hair looks different. ? (have a haircut)

F. Beatriz: I have been to Mexico.
Andy: (When / go) ?

G. Beatriz: Two years ago.

H. She feels great. She (lose) three kilos since Christmas.

I. When the school? (you / enjoy)

J. Prices in 1995 but then in 1996. (rise) - (fall)

K. I can't believe that you the news. (not / read)

L. the new computer game yet? (you / play )

M. I think she has an eye on Louis. At the cinema she to flirt with him all the time. (try)
So he on the film. (can / concentrate / not)

N. your bags yet? (you / pack)
I them two days ago. (pack)

O. I my neighbour to empty my letter box. (ask / already)

P. I to the station yesterday and the tickets. (go) - (buy)

Q. Yesterday, my brother (come) home from school, (switch) on the TV and (watch) TV until dinner (be) ready.

R. Why don't you want to play football with us this weekend? - I my leg. (break)

S. Come on, let's celebrate! Our team the match. (win)

T. Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
I don't know. I that movie. (see / never)

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

V. 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.
question 4

Put the verbs in Present Perfect or Past Simple

In the last hundred years, travelling (A. become) much easier and very comfortable.

In the 19th century, it (B. take) two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.

The trip (C. be) very rough and often dangerous.

Things (D. 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.