Exercise 22. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

1. I _______ my key. I can’t find it anywhere.

a) have lost b) lost

2. _______ the news on television last night?

a) have you seen b) did you see

3. I’m looking for Mike. _______ him?

a) Did you see b) Have you seen

4. I’m very hungry. I _______ anything today.

a) haven’t eaten b) didn’t eat

5. I still don’t know what to do. I _______ yet.

a) haven’t decided b) didn’t decide

6. After leaving school, Tim _______ it very difficult to find a job.

a) found b) has found

7. Where _____ your husband?

a) have you first met b) did you first meet

8. Is this the first time you ______ soup?

a) have cooked b) cooked

9. I ______ taking driving lessons recently.

a) have started b) started

10. When Sue heard the news she _______ very pleased.

a) wasn’t b) hasn’t been

11. I’m looking for Paul. _______. him?

a) Did you see b) Have you seen

12. Who _______ the wheel?

a) has invented b) invented

13. I work in a bank now. I _______ there for a year.

a) have worked b) worked

14. When _____ your car?

a) have you bought b) did you buy

15. Look at Mike. He _______ a beard!

a) grew b) has grown

16. I haven’t seen Bob since we _______

a) quarrelled b) have quarrelled

17. You _______ a lot of interesting things in your life.

a) have done b) did

18. I like your car. How long _______ it?

a) did you have b) have you had

19. Margaret _______ to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.

a) didn’t go b) hasn’t gone

20. I like your suit. I _______ it before.

a) haven’t seen b) didn’t see

 

 

Exercise 23. Use correct forms of the verbs in brackets: the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

Model: I (not to meet) John since I (leave) school.

I haven’t met John since I left school.

1. He (work) for us ever since he (graduate) from university). 2. He (write) since he (leave) home? 3. They (move) house twice since (get) married. 4. My brother (be) married since he (get) out of the army. 5. Our family live in this street since we (get) a new flat. 6. John (work) in his father’s business since he (leave) Business school. 7. He always (want) to be a policeman, ever since he (leave) school. 8. He (spent) a great deal of time in the British Museum since he (come) to London. 9. Tom (not to play) the violin since he (be) a child. 10. How many English books you (read) since you (begin) to learn English? 11. I (not to eat) brown bread since I (be) in Moscow. 12. We (not to see) him since he (leave) Paris. 13. I (be) very busy ever since I (come back) from holiday. 14. We (be) friends since we (meet) at school. 15. I (not to hear) from Kate since she (go) abroad. 16. Mrs Green (not to be) out of her house since she (buy) her a plasma-screen TV.

 

 

Exercise 24. Use correct forms of the verbs in brackets: the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

 

1. Professor Hobrow (arrive) on Tuesday, but I (not to see) him yet. 2. I (be) very tired, so I (lie) down on the bed and (go) to sleep. 3. George (be) there for about two weeks now. You (see) him? 4. – You (go) to the cinema last night? – Yes, but it (be) a mistake. The film (be) awful. 5. Shakespeare (write) many plays. 6. My sister is a writer. She (write) many books. 7. Who (invent) the bicycle? 8. You (hear) of Agatha Christie? She (be) a writer who (die) in 1976. She (write) more than 70 detective novels. You (read) any of them? 9. – How long you (know) him? – I (know) him since 2004. 10. – When he (arrive)? – He (arrive) at 12 o’clock. 11. When we (be) on holiday, the weather (be) awful. 12. Yesterday I (meet) my schoolmate. We (speak) about our school days for about an hour. 13. I just (have) my lunch. I (finish) eating five minutes ago. 14. The performance (begin) at 7 o’clock and (last) for 3 hours. We all (enjoy) it. 15. Cervantes (write) Don Quixote. 16. Mr Count (work) as a cashier for twenty years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 17. I (make) five mistakes so far today. Yesterday I (make) three mistakes all together. 18. I never (play) rugby in my life, but I (play) football when I (be) at school. 19. I (not to drive) a car for the last three years. 20. Where you (eat) last night? You (go) to the new Chinese restaurant in Pokrovka Street?

 

 

Exercise 25. Use correct forms of the verbs in brackets: the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

 

1. – I (not to see) anything of Jane lately. When you (see) her last? – I (meet) her two days ago. I (think) she (change) very much. 2. – You (have) dinner already? – No, not yet. The waitress (take) my order 15 minutes ago and (not to bring) me anything yet. 3. – You (go out) last night? – Yes, we (go) to that new Italian restaurant. – What is it like? I never (be) there. – It’s okay, but I (eat) better Italian food in other restaurants. – You ever (try) the one in Pokrovka street? – Yes. We (have) a great meal there last weekend. 4. It’s half past eight and you (not to do) your morning exercise yet. 5. Where you (buy) these lovely gloves? 6. – Where she (be)? Maybe she is in the computer classroom? – No, I just (be) there. It’s locked. 7. I (meet) him just now. 8. His face seems familiar to me. When and where I (see) him? 9. I hear you just (get) married. When the ceremony (take) place? 10. – You (find) the key which you (lose) yesterday? –Yes, I (find) it in the pocket of my other coat. 11. You ever (try) to give up smoking? 12. – When you (meet) Mr Brown? – I (meet) him the day before yesterday. – You (speak) to him? – Yes, I (speak) to him before the party. 13. I (buy) a new tie last week, but I (not to wear) it yet. 14. He already (see) that film. He (see) it when he (be) in London. 15. He (not to finish) his homework yet, although he (start) it two hours ago. 16. I (play) tennis for an hour and then I (go) for a swim.

 

 

Exercise 26. Put the verbs into the correct form: the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

 

1. Where you (be) all this morning? It’s nearly midday now. 2. I once (see) Hamlet, but I never (see) any other plays. 3. – You (meet) that friend of yours lately? – Who, John? No, I (not to see) him for a long time - in fact I don’t remember when we (meet) last. 4. I’m delighted to meet you. I always (want) to. 5. My brother (lose) his job last month and since then he (be) out of job. 6. It is a long time since they (be) to see us. 7. They (buy) a washing machine ten years ago. 8. They (not to buy) a washing machine for ten years. 9. I (meet) Tom this morning at the station. 10. She (finish) cleaning the bathroom, then (begin) cooking supper. 11. – You (know) the man for many years? – Yes. We (be) at Cambridge together. 12. I never (be) good at languages at school, but here I (pick up) a bit of French. 13. You (say) just now that time (be) everything. What you (mean) by that? 14. How many examinations you (pass) up to now? 15. I (meet) Ann at her father’s house twenty years ago and (know) her ever since. 16. – You (know) English when you first (arrive) here? – No, I (not to know) a word. 17. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not to sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. 18. When I (be) seventeen I (start) my university course. 19. I (read) this book several times. I first (read) it in 2005. 20. I am angry with Anne. She (keep) me waiting at the cafeteria for a long time this evening.

 

 

Exercise 27. Mary is visiting her friend Jennifer. Complete the conversation by putting the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

 

Mary: This room isn’t the same as when I (come) last time. You (put) the bookshelves in a different place.

Jennifer: Yes, as you can see, we (change) things around. We (get) tired of how we (have) everything before.

Mary: You (take) the piano out, too.

Jennifer: Well, Jeff is the musical one, but he (not to play) the piano for ages. And it (take) up quite a lot of room in here.

Mary: I (not to see) that picture before. How long you (have) it?

Jennifer: Oh, not long. We (buy) it about a month ago.

Mary: It’s very nice. Where you (get) it?

Jennifer: At that little gallery in Church Street.

Mary: I never (hear) of the artist.

Jennifer: I (not to know) anything about her when I (buy) the picture. But I (see) others by her since then. They’re very good, but we can’t afford any more. This one (be) quite expensive.

 

 

Exercise 28. Translate these sentences using the Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense.

1. Фрэнк только что вернулся из отпуска. 2. Он окончил школу два года тому назад. 3. Они уже сдали два экзамена. 4. Мы с ним не виделись с 2004 года. 5. Он начал изучать английский язык, когда был еще ребенком. 6. Я никогда не лгал моим друзьям. 7. Конференция состоялась на прошлой неделе. 8. Я уже вернул вам деньги за билет. 9. Вы уже видели этот фильм? Когда вы его видели? 10. Сегодня я не была в библиотеке. 11. Вчера я вернулся домой в шесть часов, отдохнул около часа, а затем пошел навестить друга. 12. – Когда вы последний раз видели Роберта? – Я не видел его уже две недели. 13. – Как долго вы женаты. – Я женился три года назад. 14. Мы опоздали на автобус. Теперь нам придется идти пешком. 15. Это мой дом. Я здесь живу уже два года. 6. Питер не курит уже две недели. 17. Питер не курил две недели, но потом, к сожалению, снова начал курить. 18. Мистер Холл жил два года в Лондоне, а затем он переехал в Ливерпуль. 19. Мистер Рок проработал в нашей школе уже пять лет. Он работает здесь с 2005 года. 20.– Вы когда-нибудь бывали в Англии? – Да, я был там два года назад.