Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple past or present perfect tense forms.
1I ............... an old friend of mine yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "met" because "yesterday" gives a finished past time.
2I ............... all the plays of Shakespeare.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have read" to talk about life experience up to now.
3She ............... in two films.
Wrong!
Use "has acted" because the subject "She" takes "has" in the present perfect.
4I ............... a ghost.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect "have seen" to describe a life experience without a finished past time.
5She ............... to help him.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "refused" for a completed past action in this narrative context.
6She ............... home early.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "left" for a completed past action in this narrative context.
7Janet ............... me a story the other day.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "told" because "the other day" refers to a finished past time.
8Maya and her family ............... to Chicago last year.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "moved" because "last year" gives a finished past time.
9I ............... anything from them since then.
Wrong!
Use the present perfect negative "have not heard" with "since then" to connect the past to now.
10He ............... that he would not do it.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "said" to report a completed past statement.
11Amir said nothing when he ............... the news.
Wrong!
Use the simple past "heard" after "when" for a completed past event in the story.
Done.
Score: 0/11
Answers
- I met an old friend of mine yesterday.
- I have read all the plays of Shakespeare.
- She has acted in two films.
- I have seen a ghost.
- She refused to help him.
- She left home early.
- Janet told me a story the other day.
- Maya and her family moved to Chicago last year.
- I have not heard anything from them since then.
- He said that he would not do it.
- Amir said nothing when he heard the news.
