Name: __________________ Mark:

Date: _____/ _____ / ______

Teacher:

1. Read the following sentences, choose and circle the most suitable tense.

s so tired that he has slept / had slept for more than ten hours.
met / had met Miriam on the corner of 8th Avenue yesterday.
he time I have arrived / arrived to the cinema, the film has nearly finished / had nearly finished.
you see / Have you seen my sunglasses anywhere? I think I have lost / had lost them.
nda couldnt get in because she has left / had left her keys in the office.
glas knew / has known that he has already seen / had already seen the man before.
n the police stopped / has stopped Jane this morning she realised that she left / had left her driving licence
e you heard / had you heard the news today?

2. Complete these sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect, Past Perfect or Past Simp

_________ (return) home, they _____________ (do) a couple of hundred miles and they _____________ (be) compl
(never/fly) from New York to San Francisco before.
y) to contact an old English penpal when she _____________ (go) to London last summer but the boy __________
/Susan/finish) her research Project on Shakespeare?
(eat), we _____________ (sit) in the garden and _____________ (exchange) views about our childrens future ca
e) my sister Julie since 1995. She lives with her family in Paris.
_ (get) the cinema, the film _____________ (already/begin).
____ (buy) a new car after they _____________ (win) some money in the lottery.
 Name: __________________ Mark:
Date: _____/ _____ / ______
Teacher:

1. Read the following sentences, choose and circle the most suitable tense.

s so tired that he has slept / had slept for more than ten hours.
met / had met Miriam on the corner of 8th Avenue yesterday.
he time I have arrived / arrived to the cinema, the film has nearly finished / had nearly finished.
you see / Have you seen my sunglasses anywhere? I think I have lost / had lost them.
anda couldnt get in because she has left / had left her keys in the office.
glas knew / has known that he has already seen / had already seen the man before.
en the police stopped / has stopped Jane this morning she realized that she left / had left her driving licenc
e you heard / had you heard the news today?

2. Complete these sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect, Past Perfect or Past Sim

__________ (return) home, they _____________ (do) a couple of hundred miles and they _____________ (be) comp
(never/fly) from New York to San Francisco before.
y) to contact an old English penpal when she _____________ (go) to London last summer but the boy _________
y/Susan/finish) her research Project on Shakespeare?
_ (eat), we _____________ (sit) in the garden and _____________ (exchange) views about our childrens future ca
ee) my sister Julie since 1995. She lives with her family in Paris.
__ (get) the cinema, the film _____________ (already/begin).
____ (buy) a new car after they _____________ (win) some money in the lottery.
1.

a) has slept;
b) met;
c) arrivedhad nearly finished;
d) have you seen have lost;
e) had left;
f) knew had already seen;
g) stoppedhad left;
h) have you heard;

2.

a) returnedhad donewere;
b) has never flown;
c) triedwenthad moved;
d) has Susan already finished;
e) had eatensat exchanged;
f) havent seen;
g) got had already begun;
h) bought had won;

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