simple).
1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner.(you/wash) Have you washed the dishes yet?
2. Daughter: I(wash) washed the dishes yesterday, but I(have not) have not had
the time yet to do it today.
3. Mother: (you/do/ already) Have you already done your homework?
4. Daughter: No, I (come/just) have just come home from school.
5. Mother: You (come) came home from school two hours ago!
6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call) called when I (arrive) arrived and I
(finish/just) have just finished the phone call.
7. Mother (you/see/not) Didn't you see Lucy at school in the morning?
8. Daughter: Yes, but we (have/not) did not have time to talk then.
Exercise 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
Exercise 3 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect
simple).
Solutions:
Use
When do we use which tense?
1. To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we
use ... simple past
2. To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ... present
perfect simple
3. 'so far' is a signal word for ... present perfect simple
4. '5 minutes ago' is a signal word for ... past simple
5. 'recently' is a signal word for ... present perfect simple
Positive Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
Negative Sentences
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
Questions
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
Text
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).
1. Last week I (be) very busy and I (have not) the time to
do a lot in the household. (was/ did not have)
2. On Monday I (work) three hours overtime and (come)
home very late in the evening. (worked/ came)
3. From Tuesday to Thursday I (be) on a business trip. (was)
4. On Friday I (go) to a friend's birthday party and at the weekend I
(visit) my grandparents. (went/ visited)
5. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I (see / not) them for ages
and they (be / never) at my place before. (have not seen/ have
never been)
6. I (clean / just) my house so I can show them around. Now
everything is perfect. (have just cleaned)