PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE FORM 2

PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT FORM 2

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Task

Put in the phrases in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Past or Present Perfect.


EXAMPLE:
I...tennis since I...at school. (not/to play – to be)

ANSWER:
I have not played tennis since I was at school.

I my keys, so I can't open that door. (LOOSE)
Columbus in the New World in 1492. (ARRIVE)
Nina her leg. She is still in hospital. (BREAK)
He here all his life. (LIVE)
Colin for Brazil this morning. (LEAVE)
Last winter Robin with his father in the Alps for three days. (STAY)
Ellen always with her left hand. (WRITE)
She a language course in Paris last summer. (DO)
anyone yet? (PHONE)
I not Paul today, but I him last Sunday. (SEE - SEE)

HERE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ANSWERS