PST&PPT

​ (a)   is used to describe an action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present.

• The present perfect tense
• The past simple tense
• The present continuous tense

​ (a)   is used to refer to actions that were completed in a time period before the present time.

• The past simple tense
• The present perfect tense
• The present continuous tense

(agree) The company and its employees finally (a)   on salary raises two days ago. Since then, they​ (b)   on everything, and the rest of the negotiations have gone smoothly​ .

• agreed
• have agreed
• agree
• has agreed

(take) Mark​ (a)   a trip to Asia last October. He​ (b)   many

trips to Asia since he started his own import-export business.

• took
• has taken
• take
• have taken

(play) Ivan ​ (a)   the violin at several concerts with the London

Symphony since 1990. Last year he​ (b)   Beethoven’s violin concert at one of the concerts.

• has played
• played
• play
• have played

(call) When she was in college, Julia​​ (a)   her parents a few times a week. Now she has a job and is living in Chicago. In the last month she​ (b)   her parents only three times.

• has called
• called
• call
• have called

(send) Our university​ (a)   121 students to study in other countries last year. In total, we​ (b)   864 students abroad over the last ten years.

• sent
• have sent
• send
• has sent

(fly) Masaru is a pilot for JAL. He​ (a)   nearly 8 million miles during the last 22 years. Last year he​ (b)   380,000 miles.

• has flown
• flew
• fly
• have flown

(oversleep) Mark missed his physics examination this morning because​ (a)   ​​. He​ (b)   a lot since the beginning of the semester.

• overslept
• has overslept
• oversleep
• have overslept

Today is the 21st of April. I started this job on April 1st. I started this job​ (a)   ago. I have had this job since​ (b)   . I have had this job for​ (c)   .

• three weeks
• April 1st
• April 21st
• a week