GRAMMAR

Name: ____________________________________________________Group:_________________________

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

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. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write)___________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not)____________ this much fun since I (be)______________ a kid.

6. 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.

7. I (tell)_____________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)___________ off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)_____________ the bus this morning. You (be)_____________ late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. 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.

10. How sad! George (dream)____________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never)______________ the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)____________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take)______________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be)____________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change)____________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change)_____________since the last time I (see)____________ you. You (grow) _____________at least a foot!

13. This tree (be)___________ planted by the settlers who (found)_____________ our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never)____________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) ____________to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever)_____________ . The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) trying to reach the summit.

15. 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.

Teacher: Lucero Cabrales

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