SIMPLE PAST VS PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Mahadewi gets angry easily. She ________ a bad temper ever since she was a child.

• has

• will have

• had

• has had

• had had

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

In every culture, people ________ jewelry since prehistoric times.

• wear

• wore

• have worn

• had worn

• will have worn

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

For a long time men ________ to use solar energy because sunshine is not something which is constant and thus always available, especially in temperate and cold climate.

• fail

• failed

• have failed

• had failed

• is failing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I really like my car. I ________it for six years. It runs beautifully.

• have

• have had

• had

• am having

• will have had

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

'I have written three letters.' means ________

• she is still waiting now

• she is not writing anymore

• she has not finished writing yet

• she hopes to finish writing this morning

• she has to write now

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My daughter _______ a lot of photographs of Borobudur when she went there on her last vacation.

• has taken

• has been taking

• would take

• took

• had taken

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the hospital and then ________ my parents.

• call

• called

• calling

• to call

• was calling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

'As a student, I always had instant noodles for breakfast'

This means that 'I ________ for breakfast.'

• am having instant noodles

• like to have instant noodles

• am used to having instant noodles

• have instant noodles

• used to have instant noodles

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Professor Furnham concluded that it was not advertising that ________ children, but the irresponsible parenting.

• harmed

• is harming

• had harmed

• was harming

• has been harming

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When Angela was young, she ________ house three times.

• moves

• moved

• will move

• will have moved

• has moved

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D