Present Simple / Continuous
It snows / It's snowing every year in Siberia.
It snows every year in Siberia.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple using the prompts.
Can/have a rest/We / walk / for hours
Can we have a rest? We've walked for hours.
Alex ran past the goalkeeper. Then, he scored a goal.
After Alex _________ past the goalkeeper, he ______ a goal.
Alex ran past the goalkeeper. Then, he scored a goal.
After Alex _had ran_ past the goalkeeper, he __scored____ a goal.
Past Simple / Present Perfect Simple
Amy ____ (live) in Portugal for a year when she was young. Now she is in Morocco, she ________ (live) there since 2009.
Amy __lived__ (live) in Portugal for a year when she was young. Now she is in Morocco, she ____has lived____ (live) there since 2009.
Is that report finished yet? You___________ (work on) it all morning.
've been working on
You can have the newspaper, I'm not reading it. / I don't read it.
You can have the newspaper, I'm not reading it.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple or past simple using the prompts.
Eric is very excited - He / never / visit / Cyprus / before
Eric is very excited, he has never visited Cyprus before.
All the students arrived. Then, the lesson began.
By the time the lesson __________, all the students _______ .
All the students arrived. Then, the lesson began.
By the time the lesson ___began_______, all the students __had arrived_____ .
At the weekend, they (play) football, then they (go) to a restaurant.
They played football, then they went to a restaurant.
I ___________ ( finish) it by lunchtime.
will have finished
Do you know / Are you knowing Jessica?
I can't talk now because I eat / I am eating my dinner.
Do you know Jessica?
I can't talk now because I am eating my dinner.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple or past simple using the prompts.
You / see / Tom Cruise's new film / in the last weeks?
Have you seen Tom Cruise's new film in the last weeks?
The bird saw the cat. Then the bird flew away.
The bird ________ away because it ________ the cat.
The bird saw the cat. Then the bird flew away.
The bird __flew______ away because it ___had seen_____ the cat.
John (never/understand) the present perfect.
John has never understood the present perfect.
You _______________ ( should / finish) it by now.
should 've finished
-Martha: Go for it.
-George: Do you think / Are you thinking I should do it?
-Martha: I just say / I'm just saying that you should at least consider it.
-Martha: Go for it.
-George: Do you think I should do it?
-Martha: I'm just saying that you should at least consider it.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple or past simple using the prompts.
When and where/ you / meet / your idol?
When and where did you meet your idol?
Stephen finished his popcorn. Then the film began.
Stephen ________ his popcorn before the film ________ .
Stephen finished his popcorn. Then the film began.
Stephen _____had eaten___ his popcorn before the film __began______ .
_____ you ever ______ (be) to Germany? I _______ (go) there last summer and I ________ (love) it.
__Have___ you ever ___been___ (be) to Germany? I ___went____ (go) there last summer and I __loved______ (love) it.
I know, but the phone ____________(ring) all morning.
has been ringing
Iniesta ___ (be) a Spanish footballer. He normally _____ (play) in the midfield. He regularly ______ (make) a valuable contribution as part of the Spanish national team. Nowadays, he ________ (play) in the Chinese Super League.
Iniesta _is__ (be) a Spanish footballer. He normally _plays____ (play) in the midfield. He regularly __makes____ (make) a valuable contribution as part of the Spanish national team. Nowadays, he ___is playing_____ (play) in the Chinese Super League.
Complete the sentence using the present perfect simple or past simple or present perfect continuous using the prompts.
Your face is red - what / you / do?
Your face is red. What have you been doing?
Liz broke her toe. Then, she went to the hospital.
Liz _______ to the hospital because she ________ her toe.
Liz broke her toe. Then, she went to the hospital.
Liz __went_____ to the hospital because she __had broken______ her toe.
Joanna _______ (go) to a concert yesterday and I _________ (not see) her ever since. _______ you _____ (be) in touch with her?
Joanna ___went____ (go) to a concert yesterday and I __haven't seen_______ (not see) her ever since. ___Have____ you _been____ (be) in touch with her?
Well, I ___________ (plan) to take it there by hand, but now we'll have to email it.
had planned