EXESRCISES ON PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).
I (not / work)
today.
We (buy)
a new lamp.
We (not / plan)
our holiday yet.
Where (be / you)
?
He (write)
five letters.
She (not / see)
him for a long time.
(be / you)
at school?
School (not / start)
yet.
(speak / he)
to his boss?
No, he (have / not)
the time yet.
Write questions in present perfect simple.
you / answer / the question

Jenny / lock / the door

Walter / call / us

you / see / the picture

your parents / get / the letter

it / rain / a lot

how often / we / sing / the song

Maureen / watch / the film

how many books / Bob / read

ever / you / be / to London

Positive Sentences in Present Perfect Simple
Bob / visit / his grandma

Jimmy / play / on the computer

Sue and Walter / wash / their car

Andrew / repair / his bike

Phil / help / Anne with maths

Brad and Louise / watch / a film

Tamara / talk to / her best friend

Bridgette / draw / a picture

Carol / read / a computer magazine

Tom and Alice / be / to a restaurant

Write negative sentences in present perfect simple.
Sarah / not / wash the dishes

Anita / not / clean the kitchen

Maureen and Gavin / not / water the plants

Joey / not / make his bed

David / not / buy milk

Lisa / not / be to the baker`s

Aran and Jack / not / do their homework

Jane and Ben / not / tidy up their rooms

Alex / not / feed the hamster

Hazel / not / empty the bin

Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash)
the dishes yet?
Daughter: I (wash)
the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)
the time yet to do it today.
Mother: (you / do / already)
your homework?
Daughter: No, I (come / just)
home from school.
Mother: You (come)
home from school two hours ago!
Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call)
when I (arrive)
and I (finish / just)
the phone call.
Mother: (you / see / not)
Lucy at school in the morning?
Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not)
time to talk then.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
A: I (cycle / just)
50 km.
B: I (cycle)
100 km last week.
A: I (write)
an essay yesterday.
B: I (write / already)
two essays this term.
A: I (ring / just)
my friend.
B: I (ring)
my friend 10 minutes ago.
A: Two days ago, I (watch)
a Madonna concert on TV.
B: I (see / already)
Madonna live in concert.
A: I (spend)
my summer holiday in Australia last year.
B: I (be / not)
to Australia yet.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
A: (you / be / ever)
to London?
B: Yes, I (be)
there three times.
A: When (be)
the last time you (be)
there?
B: Last summer. I (spend)
two weeks in Brighton with my parents and we (go)
to London one weekend.
(you / like)
it?
Oh yes. We really (have)
a great time in London.
Lucky you! I (be / never)
to London.
Simple Past or Present Perfect Simple

Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
A: (you / try / ever)
haggis?
B: Oh, yes!
A: How often (you / eat)
haggis yet?
B: Two times exactly.
A: When (you / eat / first)
haggis?
B