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Form
Simple Past
irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular irregular verbs: form of 'have' + 3rd column of
verbs
irregular verbs
Example:
Example:
I spoke
I / you / we / they have spoken
he / she / it has spoken
regular verbs: infinitive + ed
I worked
after a consonant, final y becomes i (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry worried
but: play - played
Example:
I phoned Mary 2 minutes ago.
Example:
I have just phoned Mary.
Do you just want to express what happened in the past? Or do you want to
emphasize the result (a past action's consequence in the present)?
Simple Past
Emphasis on action
Example:
I bought a new bike. (just
telling what I did in the past.)
Example:
I have bought a new bike. (With this sentence I
actually want to express that I have a new bike
now.)
Signal Words
Simple Past
yesterday
... ago
in 1990
the other day
last ...
just
already
up to now
until now / till now
ever
(not) yet
so far
lately / recently
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple.
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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year.
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
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Exercise 8
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A) Form
Simple Past
I / open
he /
write
they /
do
you /
swim
she /
give
Present
Perfect
Simple
Use
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3.
Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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B: I (eat) ___________________ sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday.
He (invite) ___________________ the whole family to a Japanese restaurant.
5.
6.
Present
Perfect
Simple
I / look
you /
buy
she /
live
he /
see
they /
take
Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).
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Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or
present perfect simple).
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Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
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Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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Present
Perfect
Simple
they /
speak
she /
grow
I / watch
you / fall
he / listen
To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we use ...
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5.
Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
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5.
Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
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Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
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(you / hurt) ------------------------------------- your knee when you were playing football?
Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
Last week I (be) ---------------------- very busy and I (have not) ---------------------- the time to
do a lot in
the household.
2.
On Monday I (work) ---------------------- three hours overtime and (come) ---------------------home very
late in the evening.
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4.
5.
Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) ---------------------- them for ages and
they (be / never)
---------------------- at my place before.
6.
I (clean / just) ---------------------- my house so I can show them around. Now everything is
perfect.
Exercise
Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
your homework?
4.
5.
6.
Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy called when I arrived and I have just finished
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8.
Exercise 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
50 km.
2.
B: I cycled
3.
A: I wrote
an essay yesterday.
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5.
6.
B: I rang
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8.
9.
A: I spent
10.
my friend.
Exercise 3 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
to London?
2.
3.
4.
B: Last summer. I spent two weeks in Brighton with my parents and we went
5.
6.
7.
it?
a great time in London.
to London
Exercise 4 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
B: Oh, yes!
3.
4.
5.
6.
B: That was in 2005. We had a Scottish festival in our town and they also sold traditional Scottish food.
So I bought
haggis?
haggis yet?
haggis?
haggis.
7.
8.
9.
10.
it?
anything about haggis then.
B: When I was in Scotland in 2007. I went to a restaurant and ordered haggis. Afterwards, the
waiter told me about haggis: it's the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep, boiled in the animal's stomach. Well, I have
never eaten haggis again since then.
Exercise 5 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B: I packed
the tickets.
there?
at 9:45.
Exercise 6 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
Yesterday, my brother came home from school, switched on the TV and watched TV until dinner was
ready.
2.
my umbrella at home.
3.
4.
Where were you yesterday? - I went to the shopping centre and bought
5.
Why don't you want to play football with us this weekend? - I have broken
6.
7.
8.
anything.
a new computer game.
my leg.
an accident.
Exercise 7 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
B: No, not yet. I only bought it yesterday and I have not had
3.
A: Did you go
4.
B: Yes. I was there with Sue and Louis. Have you been
5.
A: I last went
6.
7.
8.
9.
A: But why did you take her with you? She told me last week that she hated
10.
B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She tried to flirt with him all the time. So he could not concentrate
the film.
Exercise 8 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
my homework.
2.
3.
Tom moved
4.
My friend was
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
five letters.
on
Simple Past
I / open
they / do
they did
I opened
I have opened
he / write he wrote
he has written
she / give
she gave
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
Mary won
2.
3.
James found
4.
5.
They bought
dinner.
Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
anyone yet.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
4.
Were you
5.
so far?
you that?
Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
sushi?
B: I ate sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He invited
restaurant.
A: Did you like
it?
6.
B: Absolutely. In fact, it was so good that we have been to that restaurant three times yet. And on my
mum's birthday, we ordered some sushi and had it at home.
you / buy
you bought
he saw
he has seen
she / live
she lived
he / see
I / look
I looked
I have looked
'How often so far' is a signal word for ... Present Perfect Simple
2.
3.
4.
'Yesterday', 'last week' und 'in 2006' are signal words for ... Simple Past
5.
'Just', 'already', 'yet' are signal words for ... Present Perfect Simple
Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
up his room.
2.
Caroline missed
3.
4.
5.
place in Athens.
Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
TV last night.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
to New York?
2.
3.
4.
Has he heard
5.
Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
A: I have not seen you for a long time. Where have you been
2.
3.
4.
B: I took
5.
6.
a nature tour.
many wild animals there?
B: Of course. I watched bears, wolves and whales in the wild. That was so interesting. Have you
ever spent a holiday in Canada?
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
A: I absolutely loved
there?
in 1997 and the second time in 2004.
it?
it, especially the west coast.
he / listen
he listened
I / watch
I watched
I have watched
he has listened
she / grow
she grew
you / fall
you fell
To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we
use ... Simple Past
2.
To emphasize a past action's consequence in the present, we use ... Present Perfect Simple
3.
4.
5.
Positive Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
1.
his house.
2.
We built
3.
4.
5.
the dishes.
home a mouse.
Negative Sentences Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
up my mind yet.
Questions Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
Bob recently?
2.
Who switched
3.
a teacher?
4.
an elephant?
5.
Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1.
2.
3.
on a business trip.
4.
5.
Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I have not seen them for ages and they have
never been at my place before.
6.
my