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    A-) Put The Verbs in Brackets Into The Past Simple or The Present Perfect

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    A-) Put The Verbs in Brackets Into The Past Simple or The Present Perfect

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    The document contains four sections with examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into the past simple or present perfect form. The summary provides the context and purpose of the document, which is to practice conjugating verbs into the correct tense form based on time frames and usage.

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    The document contains four sections with examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into the past simple or present perfect form. The summary provides the context and purpose of the document, which is to practice conjugating verbs into the correct tense form based on time frames and usage.

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    A-) Put The Verbs in Brackets Into The Past Simple or The Present Perfect

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    The document contains four sections with examples of verbs in brackets that need to be conjugated into the past simple or present perfect form. The summary provides the context and purpose of the document, which is to practice conjugating verbs into the correct tense form based on time frames and usage.

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    A-) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Present Perfect:

    1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

    B: I don't know. I (see / never) ___________________ that movie.

    2. Sam (arrive) ___________________ in San Diego a week ago.


    3. My best friend and I (know) _________________ each other for over fifteen years. We
    still get together once a week.

    4. I (have, not) _________________ this much fun since I (be) _______________ a kid.

    5. Things (change) ________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start)
    _______________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only)
    ____________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) _______________ to include
    more than 2000 full-time workers.

    6. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never)
    ________________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

    7. How sad! George (dream) _________________ of going to California before he died,


    but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ________________ the ocean.

    8. John, I can't believe how much you (change) _______________ since the last time I
    (see) _______________ you. You (grow) ________________ at least a foot!
    9. This tree (be) ______________ planted by the settlers who (found) ______________
    our city over four hundred years ago.

    10. I (visit / never) ______________ Africa, but I (travel) _______________ to South


    America several times. The last time I (go) ______________ to South America, I
    (visit____________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend) _______________ two weeks in the
    Amazon, (hike) ___________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly)
    _______________ over the Nazca Lines.

    B-) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Present Perfect:
    1. The president (announce) __________________ the introduction of a new set of
    measures to deal with unemployment. The problem (become) _________________
    worse in recent months, and yesterday the president (state) ___________________ that
    action must be taken now. She actually (sign) _________________ the new bill during
    this morning’s session of parliament.

    2. George (arrive) _______________ late to work again this morning. He (be)


    ____________ late at least five times this month. The supervisor (speak)
    ________________ to him about it yesterday but he obviously (not / pay)
    ____________________ attention.

    3. John Keats, who (die) ______________ when he (be) _____________ only 26 years
    old, (write) _______________ a lot of beautiful poems. I (read) ______________ most of
    his poetry, but I (never / imagine) __________________ to get to the end of Endymion.
    It’s too long for me!

    START FORM HERE 

    4. Clare (be) ___________ in New York for almost a year now. I (go) _______________
    to visit her last month and I have to say I (be) ______________ very impressed. I (visit)
    ______________ most of the major cities in Europe but I (never / see)
    ________________ any place as exciting as the Big Apple.

    5. I (see) _______________ five films this month, but I (not / like) _________________
    any of them very much. Actually, I think the films they (make) _______________ ten
    years ago (be) ___________ much better than anything I (see) _____________ for ages.

    C-) Choose the correct word:

    1. Have you ever/yet been to Japan?


    2. I haven’t seen Mary for/since weeks.

    3. Haven’t you done your homework yet/ever?

    4. I’m not hungry. I’ve recently/just had lunch.

    5. Nora has ever/never been abroad.

    6. They have already/yet finished the exercises.

    7. I’ve been waiting here for/since 2 pm.

    8. Tom hasn’t had breakfast already/yet.

    9. They’re travelling around Europe and have visited four countries since/so far.

    10. They have since/recently moved to a bigger house.

    D-) Put each verb in brackets into the most appropriate perfect or past verb form:

    1) So far we (not/notice) _________________anything unusual, but we (not/pay)


    __________________very close attention.

    2) I'm sorry I (not/come) __________________to class lately.

    3) I (work) _________________late in the evenings for the past fortnight.

    4) I wonder if Mary (reach) _______________home yet? She (leave)


    ________________too late to catch the bus.

    5) Here is the news. The Home Office (announce) ________________-that the two
    prisoners who (escape) __________________-from Dartmoor prison earlier this morning
    (give) _________________ themselves up to local police.

    6) (you/make up) __________________your minds? What (you/decide)


    _______________to do?

    7) Harry (leave) ______________home rather suddenly and we (not/hear)


    ___________from him since.
    8) Recent research (show) ____________that Columbus (not/discover)
    __________America, but that Vikings (land) ________________there five hundred years
    before him.

    9) I think that people (become) ________________ tired of the poor quality of television
    programmes, though they (improve) _________________lately.

    10) (something/happen) _______________________to the phone lines? I (try)


    _________to get through to Glasgow for the past hour.

    11) Bill (get) _______________that new job, but he (complain)


    _________________about it ever since.

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