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Tenses Review - Present Perfect & Past Simple and Present Simple (Dev 2)

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Text Translation Present Perfect Past Simple

Present perfect or past simple (2)

grammar exercise

Present perfect vs past simple

Contrasting Perfect and Simple Tenses

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH SENTENCE

Fill in the blanks using present perfect or simple past.

  Test. Contrast: past simple and present perfect

Present Perfect

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Transport and Travel

PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST? FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE VERB IN BRACKETS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE VERB TENSE.

1. Our school (1) ……………………………….. (go) to France last week. We (2) …………………………. (sleep) in tents every night and in the morning we (3)..................................... (cook) our breakfast on the grass outside. It (4)................................ (to be) so much fun. So, (5)…………………… I ……………………… (ever/cook) sausages on a barbecue? Now I can say yes!

2. I (1) ………………………………. (work) really hard last month. I (2) …………………………… (study) my books and notes every night after school. I get nervous before I do exams, but I (3) …………………………………. (never/fail) one before!

3. I (1) ………………………………… (already/ to be) to a concert. I (2) ……………………………(go) with my best friend last month. We (3) …………………………… (have) an amazing time. We (4)..................................... (sing) along to all the songs and (5) ……………………………… (dance) the night away. But the best part was when we (6) ………………………………. (meet) our favorite band members backstage. I (7) …………………………………….. (never/ love) a concert so much!

Grammar exercise to practise verb tenses in English

Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets
(present perfect or past simple)

Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets
(present perfect or past simple)

PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS – PRESENT PERFECT – PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS – PAST SIMPLE – PAST CONTINUOUS – PAST  PERFECT – PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Present perfect

Simple past
can and should 
noun phrases
adejective phrases
can, could and may.

Revision of present perfect

difference between present perfect and past simple