Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. I ............................... in Qatar when I was young.
We use the simple past to talk about past events when there is a reference to the past time.
2. I ...................................... her since that incident.
Perfect tenses are more common with the time expressions since and for.
3. I .................................... the parcel yesterday.
We use the simple past to say when something happened.
4. They ...................................... the contract last week.
We use the simple past to say when something happened.
5. ............................................ anything from them yet?
The present perfect is common with the time expressions yet, already, ever, never etc.
6. We ........................................ since morning.
We use the present perfect or present perfect continuous tense with the time expressions since and for.
7. I ...................................... to Jaipur last month.
We use the simple past to say when something happened.
8. ......................................... to Japan?
With the time expressions ever and never, the present perfect is common.
9. I .................................... school when I was 14.
We use the simple past to say when something happened.
10. What ........................................ then?
11. You won't be able to see her because she .................................... home.
We use the present perfect to talk about finished events whose effect is felt in the present.
12. This is the first time I ..................................... a tiger.
The present perfect is used with the expressions 'this is the first/second time'.
Answers
1. I lived in Qatar when I was young.
2. I have not seen her since that incident.
3. I received the parcel yesterday.
4. They signed the contract last week.
5. Have you heard anything from them yet?
6. We have waited since morning.
7. I went to Jaipur last month.
8. Have you ever been to Japan?
9. I left school when I was 14.
10. What did you do then?
11. You won’t be able to see her because she has gone home.
12. This is the first time I have seen a tiger.
