Activity 1: Past Simple and Present Perfect Tense

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).
The young man (take) out his wallet and (pay) the bill.

• took - paid

• taken - paid

• had taken - had paid

• have taken - have paid

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).

When Lucy (go) to the interview, she (wear) her best suit.

• have went - have worn

• had went - had wore

• went - wore

• went - worn

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).

We (leave) the motorway and (drive) for an hour on quiet country roads.

• left - driven

• leave - drove

• leave - driven

• left - drove

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).

I  (think) I (know) my irregular verbs, but now I'm not so sure!

• think - known

• thought - knew

• thought - known

• think - knew

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).

Tolstoy (write) some great novels, but he never (win) a Nobel Prize.

• wrote - won

• written - won

• had written - had won

• have wrote - have won

Complete the sentence with the present perfect of the verbs in blank _____.

I ___ in this flat since I moved here.

• have lived

• had lived

• have living

• lived

Complete the sentence with the present perfect of the verbs in blank _____.
___ the heating off? It's really cold in here.

• Do they turn

• Have they turned

• Has they turned

• Had they turned

Complete the sentence with the present perfect of the verbs in blank _____.
We ___ a great new coffee shop near our flat.

• just discover

• have just discovered

• discovered

• discover

Complete the sentence with the present perfect of the verbs in blank _____.
I ___ a chance to call him back yet.

• don't have

• haven't had

• didn't have

• hadn't had

Complete the sentence with the present perfect of the verbs in blank _____.
She must be really tired. She ___ late every night this week.

• has worked

• works

• worked

• have worked