PAST SIMPLE / PRESENT PERFECT

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple or present perfect

1. I ……………………………… (LIVE) in this house since I was born

2. He …………………………. (LIVE) in Ireland for two years and then he

………………… (MOVE) to Germany

3. When I …………………….. (LEAVE) school, I ……………………… (CUT) my hair

and I ………………………….. (WEAR) it short ever since

4. Shakespeare ………………………….. (WRITE) the play “Hamlet”

5. My brother is a writer. He ……………………….. (WRITE) a few novels

6. I ……………………….. (NOT SEE) him for three days. Where can he be?

7. He ………………………. (NOT SMOKE) for five weeks. He is trying to give it up

8. Chopin …………………………. (COMPOSE) a lot of music

9. When …………………………… (HE / ARRIVE)?. He …………………………..

(ARRIVE) five minutes ago

10. I …………………………. (READ) all his books when I ……………………… (BE)

nine years old. I ………………………. (ENJOY) them very much

11. I can’t go out because I …………………………….. (NOT FINISH) studying yet

12. I ………………………………. (NEVER DRINK) vodka. It’s my first time.

13. Here are your trousers. I ………………………….. (IRON) them

14. I ……………………………… (LEAVE) home at 8.00 a.m and I ………………………

(GET) there at 12.00 p.m

15. I ………………………….. (MEET) a new girl last June via internet

16. ………………………………. (YOU / SEE) Paul last night?

17. Cervantes ………………………………… (WRITE) Don Quixote

18. He ………………………… (BREAK) his leg last year

19. I …………………………….. (BE) born in 1999

20. I …………………………… (WORK) in a factory until I got married. Then I …………

(CHANGE) my job and now I ……………………. (WORK) as a secretary for two

months

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