Fill in the blanks with a simple past or present perfect tense form.
1She is eighty now and ............... to anybody in her life.
Wrong!
Use "has never apologized" for a life experience continuing up to now.
2I am sure we ............... before.
Wrong!
Use "have never met" for an experience up to the present time.
3I ............... a word with the manager at nine o'clock this morning.
Wrong!
Use "had" because "at nine o'clock this morning" is a specific finished time in the past.
4I ............... two movies yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "watched" because "yesterday" is a finished past time.
5You still love him, don't you? How long ............... in love with him?
Wrong!
Use "have you been" to ask about a state that started in the past and continues now.
6She ............... at thirty-nine.
Wrong!
Use "died" because her death is a completed event in the past.
7The number of unemployed people ............... ten million so far this year.
Wrong!
Use "has reached" with "so far this year" for a period that is still continuing.
8............... the people who live next door?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Did you ever meet" and "Have you ever met" are both acceptable questions about experience.
9The Defense Minister ............... a meeting with the Prime Minister yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "had" because "yesterday" is a finished past time.
10During the two-hour meeting, they ............... the economic situation.
Wrong!
Use "discussed" because the meeting is presented as a finished past event.
11We ............... that you have homes to let.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Heard" and "have heard" are both possible when reporting recently received information.
12Who ............... the telephone?
Wrong!
Use "invented" to ask about a completed event in the past.
Answers
- She is eighty now and has never apologized to anybody in her life.
- I am sure we have never met before.
- I had a word with the manager at nine o’clock this morning.
- I watched two movies yesterday.
- You still love him, don’t you? How long have you been in love with him?
- She died at thirty-nine.
- The number of unemployed people has reached ten million so far this year.
- Did you ever meet / Have you ever met the people who live next door?
- The Defense Minister had a meeting with the Prime Minister yesterday.
- During the two-hour meeting, they discussed the economic situation.
- We heard / have heard that you have homes to let.
- Who invented the telephone?