Homework:

Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or present perfect.

1. I (receive)                   a letter just a few minutes ago.

2. They (live)                   in London since 1980.

3. Linda is working in this department. She (work)                  here for two years.

4. Up to present, John (do)                  good work in the class.

5. (they/ put)                  their book on my desk last night?

6. He (study)                  English at this school for six weeks up to now.

7. Nobody lives in those houses. They (be)                   empty for many years.

8. Cindy is in her office. She (be)                  there since 7 o’clock.

9. My sister (come)                   to see me last night.

10. My friend George is learning Japanese. He (learn)                   it for six months.

Exercise 5: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or present perfect.

1. I (not/learn)                  very much when I was at school.

2. I (have)                  this bike since I was a teenager and I still use it.

3. John, I’m furious with you. I (wait)                  in this rain for half an hour.

4. They (not eat)                  meat since they (see)                   that film about farm animals.

5. Up to now, we (write)                  almost every lesson in the book.

6. Last year we (go)                  to Finland for a holiday.

7. I (play)                  tennis yesterday afternoon.

8. (you/ ever/ be)                   to United State?

9. When I (be)                  a child, I (not like)                  sports.

10. Kathy loves travelling. She (visit)                   many countries in Europe and Asia.

Exercise 6: Put the verbs in brackets: present perfect or present perfect continuous

1. I (buy)                  a new pair of shoes.

2. (you/ finish)                   reading that book yet? I (read)                     but I am still at chapter 10.

3. There is only a little cake left because your dad (eat)                   it in the past 3 days.

4. I (not/ see)                  you for ages, how have you been?

5. I (drive)                  for over eight hours now. I am extremely tired.

6. Sarah (lose)                   a lot of weight lately, I hope she doesn't get sick.

7. Bryan (write)                  seven books and they are all published.

8. Bryan (write)                  all night and he's got 30 pages so far.

9. Gorge (find)                  an amazing job at the local pharmacist.

10. We are out of money because your mother (spend)                   it all.

Exercise 7: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or past continuous.

1. I (go)                  down the street when it began to rain.

2. At this time last year, I (attend)                  an English course.

3. Jim (stand)                  under the tree when he heard an explosion.

4. The boy fell and hurt himself while he (ride)                   a bicycle.

5. When we met them last year, they (live)                   in Santiago.

6. The tourist lost his camera while he (walk)                   around the city.

7. The lorry (go)                   very fast when it hit our car.

8. While I (study)                  in my room, my roommate (have)                   a party in the other room.

9. We (sit)                  in the café when they saw us.

10. I (call)                  Mr. Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be)                   at home. He (study)                        at the library.

Exercise 8: Put the verbs in brackets: past simple or past continuous.

1. I (not hear)                  the thunder during the storm last night because I                  (sleep)

2.  It (be)                  beautiful yesterday when we (go)                  for a walk in the park. The sun (shine)

                 The birds (sing)                  .

3. My brother and sister (talk)                  about something when I (walk) into the room.

4. Tom (go)                   to his friend’s house, but the boys (not be)                  there. They (play)                            soccer in the vacant lot down the street.

5. The little boy (fall)                   asleep while his mother (read)                   him a story.

6. I really (enjoy)                   my holiday last January. While it (snow)                   in Iowa, the sun (shine)

                 in Florida.

7. While Ted (shovel)                   snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife (bring)                  him a cup of hot chocolate.

8. John (have)                  a car accident last week. He (drive)                  down the street when suddenly a lorry (hit)                           his car from behind.

9.  Ten years ago, the government (decide)                   to begin a food programme. At that time, many people in the rural area (starve)                               due to several years of drought.

10. They (wait)                  for me when I (arrive)                   at the station.

Exercise 9: Put the verbs in brackets: present perfect or present perfect continuous or past perfect.

1.  I never get up from the table before others (finish)                  .

2.  It is already 9:30 pm and I (wait)                  here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.

3.   Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work)                   for that import company for more than ten years and he (work)                          in almost every department.

4.   I (see)                   many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt last summer. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

5.   Sarah (climb)                   Mount Everest, (sail)                    around  the  world, and (go)                   on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.

6.  Susan (climb)                   Mount Everest, (sail)                   around the world, and (go) on safari in Kenya by the time she was twenty-five. She                        (experience) more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.

7.  Before my trip to Paris two years ago, I (never be)                   to France.

8.   When we finally stopped him, the squirrel (already eat)                   five cookies.

9.    Ben (try)                   to open his own restaurant for the last few years. He (just finish)                    the painting, but he (not do)                  the decorating yet.

10.  You look tired. How long (run)                 ?