Past Simple vs Present Perfect exercises 2

Past Simple and Present Perfect. Write the story, putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or past simple. If two answers are possible, write the more likely one:

Ann Jones is one of the most interesting people I …………………….. (meet): she is only twenty-five, but she ……………………..

(travel) to over fifty different countries. Five years ago, she …………………….. (be) a typist in Birmingham, but she

…………………….. (decide) to give up her job and see the world. Since then, her life …………………….. (change) completely.

The first time she …………………….. (go) abroad was seven years ago, when she (be) just eighteen. She …………………….. (take) a

boat to France. She …………………….. (visit) Europe many

times since that first trip, of course, but this holiday …………………….. (be) the one which …………………….. (make) her start

travelling. She …………………….. (never forget) the excitement of those five weeks - although it was not all enjoyable. When she

…………………….. (be) on a train, somebody …………………….. (steal) her purse: she …………………….. (lose) all her money,

and (have) to work in a restaurant for a fortnight. She …………………….. (make) some good friends there, however, and

…………………….. (return) several times since then.

 

ANSWERS:

Present Perfect + for/since.Write these sentences, choosing for or since:

1 I've worked here (for) six years.

2 I lived here (for) three months.

3 I've worked in the factory (since) 1970.

4 He's been abroad (for) five years.

5 I studied French (for) twelve years.

6 I've known her (since) 1982.

7 I've lived here (since) I was a child.

8 We've been in Paris (since) we were married.

9 I've known them (for) years.

10 We practised (for) months.

Past Simple and Present Perfect. Write the story, putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or past simple. If two

answers are possible, write the more likely one:

Ann Jones is one of the most interesting people I 'VE EVER MET (meet): she is only twenty-five, but she HAS TRAVELLED

(travel) to over fifty different countries. Five years ago, she WAS (be) a typist in Birmingham, but she

DECIDED (decide) to give up her job and see the world. Since then, her life HAS CHANGED (change) completely.

The first time she WENT(go) abroad was seven years ago, when she  WAS (be) just eighteen. She TOOK(take) a

boat to France. She HAS VISITED(visit) Europe many

times since that first trip, of course, but this holiday WAS (be) the one which MADE (make) her start

travelling. She HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN (never forget) the excitement of those five weeks - although it was not all enjoyable. When she

WAS (be) on a train, somebody STOLE(steal) her purse: she LOST(lose) all her money,

and HAD (have) to work in a restaurant for a fortnight. She MADE (make) some good friends there, however, and

HAS RETURNED (return) several times since then.