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Simple Past
Present perfect
For/Since
Present Perfect or Simple Past
Present Perfect and Simple Past
100
Yesterday, we (go)_______ to the store.
Yesterday, we WENT to the store.
100

I ______ (be) to Japan.

I HAVE BEEN to Japan.

100
I have been in this class _____ two months.
I have been in this class FOR two months.
100
I _____ (eat) breakfast at 6:30am.
I ATE breakfast at 6:30am.
100
I __________ (love) reading books since I _______(be) a young child.
I HAVE LOVED reading books since I WAS a young child.
200

My family and I (not / take) ______ a vacation last summer.

My family and I DIDN'T TAKE a vacation last summer.

200

She ______ _______ (not / eat) anything since this morning.

She HASN'T EATEN anything since this morning.

200
This school has been open ______ many decades.
This school has been open FOR many decades.
200
The family __________ (go) to Disney World three times.
The family HAS GONE to Disney World three times.
200
We ___________(be) at work since it _______(start) raining.
We HAVE BEEN at work since it STARTED raining.
300

When __________(you, break) the chair?

When DID YOU BREAK the chair?

300

______ your grandson ________ (go) to summer camp this summer?

HAS your grandson GONE to summer camp this summer?

300
The girl has played violin _______ 2005.
The girl has played violin SINCE 2005.
300
How ___________ (you, be) lately?
How HAVE YOU BEEN lately?
300
Ever since I _________(go) to that restaurant, I __________(had) an upset stomach.
Ever since I WENT to that restaurant, I HAVE HAD and upset stomach.
400
Last week, I (go)__________ to the mall and (buy)________ two shirts. One (not, fit) __________. So, I (return) ________it yesterday.
Last week, I WENT to the mall and BOUGHT two shirts. One DIDN'T FIT. So, I RETURNED it yesterday.
400

The class _____ _______ (had) one test this morning and nearly all the students _____________ (pass). Only one who _____________ (not study) _________________ (fail).

The class HAS HAD one test this morning and nearly all the students HAVE PASSED. Ony one who HASN'T STUDIED HAS FAILED.

400
The students _____ ______ (take) classes _______ they were children.
The students HAVE TAKEN classes SINCE they were children.
400

I _________(write) poems when I was a child, but I ____________ (not / read) anything recently.

I WROTE poems when I was a child. but I HAVEN'T READ anything recently.

400
BONUS!! The first group to write a correct sentence using the simple past AND the present perfect wins 400 points!
Subject + have/has + past participle ___________ SINCE subject + simple past __________. OR SINCE + subject + simple past _________ , subject + have/has + past participle _____________.
500

The last time I _________ (call) my mother, she ______ (ask) "Why ____________________ (not visit) me yesterday?" I ______, (say) "Because I _______ (want) to surprise you!"

The last time I VISITED my mother, she SAID, "Why DIDN'T YOU CALL me yesterday?" I SAID, "Because I WANTED to surprise you!"

500

We ________ (write) several books. Most of our friends ____________ (read) them and they all ______ (liked) the stories. _______ you _________ (buy) any books recently?

We HAVE WRITTEN several books. Most of our friends HAVE READ them and they all HAVE LIKED the stories. HAVE you BOUGHT any books recently?

500
Where _____ ______ ______ (you, be) ______ the last three months?
Where HAVE YOU BEEN FOR the last three months?
500

Several days ago, I _______(go) to the cinema and ________(see) the new James Bond film. _________ you __________ (see) it?

Several days ago, I WENT to the cinema and SAW the new James Bond film. HAVE you SEEN it?

500
The children ____________(not, play) outside _______ it __________ (begin) snowing.
The children HAVEN'T PLAYED outside SINCE it BEGAN snowing.