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Exercise:

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past prefect
simple)

When do we use and which tense?
1. ‘Already’ is a signal word for _____________.
2. ‘Just’ is a signal word for _________________.
3. ‘Yet’ is a signal word for __________________.
4. ‘3 years ago’ is a signal word for ____________.
5. ‘Yesterday’ is a signal word for _____________.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present
perfect simple).

1. Mary (win) ___________ the lottery last year.
2. We (prepare / already) _______________ dinner.
3. James (find) ________________ your ring in the
garden yesterday.

4. He (come / just)_________________ home.
5. They (buy) _______________ their car two years ago.
6. (you / read) ________________ the book yet?
7. How many letters (they / write)___________ so far?
8. When (he / tell) _________________ you that?
9. (you / be) ________________ at home last night?
10. How often (you / travel) ____________ abroad till
now?

Simple Past and Present Perfect

Choose the simple past or present perfect.

1. When I was a child, I _________________ (swim) a
lot.
2. So far this week, we _____________ study a lot.
3. I _____________ (have) a terrible headache
yesterday.
4. Robert _________ (be) very sick recently.

5. It________ (rain) a lot lately.

6. The _______(married) ten years ago,