PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
We.................. last week. We.................... here for 5 days.
had arrived / have been
have arrived / were
arrived / have been
Answer explanation
➪ We use the past simple with a past expression: last week, yesterday, when I was a child, etc.
➪ We can use the present perfect with for and since and how long to ask or talk about situations that started in the past and have not finished.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
This is the most delicious dish I ................................ .
have ever eaten
ate
have eaten
Answer explanation
➪ We can use the present perfect with a superlative adjective and ever.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
It's been a month ............ we last had a meal together.
for
to
since
ago
Answer explanation
➪ We use since + the moment in the past when something started. If we use a verb after since, it’s usually in past.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Have you .............. imagined how life would be without having to work?
yet
ever
once
Answer explanation
➪ We often use ever in questions with present perfect to ask about experiences.
➪ Ever goes before the main verb.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
A: Mary isn't here. She ............... to Egypt.
B: I ........... to Egypt.
went / have never gone
has gone / wasn't
has gone / have never been
Answer explanation
➪ When we don’t say when these events happened use Present perfect tense.
➪ We often use the words never, ever, or before to talk about experiences.
➪ We say someone has gone somewhere when this person is still away, and we say someone has been somewhere when this person has already come back from that place.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
I ............... my arm. I ............. it playing with my cousin.
've broken / broke
've never broken / broke
've broken / broken
Answer explanation
➪ We use the present perfect to introduce a past event or experience and we don't say when (I've broken my arm), but if we continue talking and we give details, then we use the past simple (I broke it playing with...).
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
A: I ................ to China this year.
B: When ........... there?
have been / have you been
was / had you gone
have been / did you go
Answer explanation
➪ We can use the present perfect with time expressions when the time we mention has not finished: today, this week, this year, etc (I've been to China this year).
➪ We use the past simple when we mention or ask about when something happened (When did you go?).
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1B
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
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