Focus 1 - 7.5 Present Perfect vs Past Simple [D]

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

Peter _____ (play) football yesterday.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the past simple because it's a completed action in the past and we say when that action happened:

➪ yesterday = LADY

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

They _____ (clean) the car. It looks new again.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Present Perfect because something happened in the past but there is a result now. The car was cleaned in the past but it is clean NOW.

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

Last year, we _____ (go) to Italy.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Past Simple because it's a completed action in the past and we say when that action happened:

➪ Last year = LADY

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

John and Peggy _____ (not / read) the book yet so don't tell them anything.

Answer explanation

➪ We normally use the Present Perfect for recent actions with words like yet, just, and already. 

➪ Yet = FYNE JAS

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

I _____ (meet) my friend two days ago.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Past Simple because we are talking about a completed past action and we say when it happened

➪ Ago = LADY

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

We _____ (never / visit) another country before.

Answer explanation

➪ We often use the Present Perfect with never to talk about people's experiences.

➪ Never = FYNE JAS

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

She _____ (buy) a new car in 2011.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Past Simple because it's a completed action in the past and we say when that action happened:

➪ in 2011 = LADY

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

I'm sorry, but I _____ (forget) my homework.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Present Perfect when something happened in the past but there is a result now. Forgetting the homework happened in the past, but the result now is that it is not there.

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

I _____ (have) a headache all day long.

Answer explanation

➪ We use the Present Perfect when something started in the past but still continues in the present.

➪ All day long = FYNE JAS

Complete the sentence. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

The girls _____ (not / eat) their lunch yet.

Answer explanation

➪ We normally use the Present Perfect for recent actions with words like yet, just, and already. 

➪ Yet = FYNE JAS