Fill in the blanks with a simple past or present perfect tense.
1. I .......................... to see my brother during my stay in Canada.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple past with past time expressions.
2. I .............................. anything from him since last week.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is commonly used with the time expressions since and for.
3. They ............................ a couple of minutes ago.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple past with past time expressions.
4. They ............................... married in January.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. She ............................. school at 14.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the simple past for completely finished events.
6. She ................................. jobless ever since she moved to the country.
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
7. He ................................... his leg.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the present perfect when we do not say when something happened.
8. She ............................... working on the project yet.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. There ............................. an explosion near the castle in the morning.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I .............................. in this town since I was a child.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. .................................... to Italy?
Correct!
Wrong!
The present perfect is commonly used with the time expressions ever and never.
12. Nobody .............................. the door when I rang the bell.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- I went to see my brother during my stay in Canada.
- I haven’t heard anything from him since last week.
- They left a couple of minutes ago.
- They got married in January.
- She left school at 14.
- She has been jobless ever since she moved to the country.
- He has broken his leg.
- She hasn’t started working on the project yet.
- There was an explosion near the castle in the morning.
- I have lived in this town since I was a child.
- Have you ever been to Italy?
- Nobody opened the door when I rang the bell.
