Past simple or present perfect?

1.

We ----------------------------- (meet) in 1987. We ---------------------------------------------- (know) each

other since 1987.

2. Sue and Bill -------------------------------------------------(get) engaged 2 years ago. They

---------------------------------------------------- (be) engaged for 2 years.
3. I --------------------------------------------- (have) a bicycle now for 2 years. My parents
---------------------------------------------------(buy) it for me for my 15 th birthday.
4. Cindy and I ------------------------------------------------- (be) pen pals since 1994. We first
------------------------------------- (write) to each other in 1994.
5. Larry --------------------------------------------------- (know) May for over 3 years now. He
-------------------------------------------(meet) her for the first time at a party.
Present Perfect
How long ---------------------------------------------------------- (you/think) that?
She ----------------------------------------------------- (put) the book back in its place.
They ----------------------------------------------------------------

(not/buy) a new car yet.

----------------------------------------------------------------------They --------------------------------------------------------------

(He/ever/be) in London?
(not/work) here for a very long time.

She ------------------------------------------------------------------ (write) three letters this afternoon.

Where ---------------------------------------------------------

(he/be)?

I ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (not/finish) my work yet.

Peter -------------------------------------------------------------------- (open) a new store recently.
How often -----------------------------------------------------------

(he/go) to Portland this week?

Put each of the following verbs into either the past simple or present perfect.
1.

Jack -------------------------------------------------- (live) in Boston for the past 15 years.

2. Janet -------------------------------------------------- (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to
work for us.
3. Dad ------------------------------------------------------

(you/finish) reading the paper yet?

4. I would love to visit Prague sometime. Unfortunately, I ---------------------------------------------(be/never) there.

5. Peter -------------------------------- (play) Tennis for five years when he ------------------------ (be) at
school.

6. Jane: Can you help me? I------------------------------------------- (finish) my homework, but I still don't
understand number 7.
7. I ----------------------------------------- (work) in Italy for 5 years. I -------------------------- (begin)
work as soon as I arrived.
8. I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I -------------------------------------------------- (eat/already).
9. When Jack was at school, he ----------------------------------- (learn) to play the saxophone. He
----------------------------------------- (play) it ever since.
10. Could you give me some advice? I ----------------------------------------

(buy) this sweater at Macy's. Do

you think I should take it back?

11. Maria lives in Boston. Before she --------------------------------- (move)here, she -----------------(live) in
Seattle for 3 years.
12. Peter ---------------------------- (go) to Paris last year. That means that he --------------------------- (be)
to Paris 3 times!
13. Just a moment! I ------------------------------------------------ (think) of a good idea yet!
14. Maria -------------------------------------------------------- (believe) that for ages!
15. How long ------------------------------------------------

(you/live) there before coming here?

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

Put each of the following verbs into either the past simple or present perfect.
1.

She --------------------------- (write) the email but doesn't know how to send it.

2. Hurry up! The concert ------------------------------------- (begin) and we are late.

3. Madonna ------------------------------------ (record) many albums and will probably make many more.
4. Nat King Cole ------------------------------ (record) many albums during his wonderful career.
5. How many books ----------------------------------- (read) this year?
6. How many books ---------------------------------------- (read) last year?
7. -----------------------------------------(newspaper/arrive)? Yes, Ken is reading it at the moment.
8. Where ------------------------------------ (you/find) that book? I -------------------------- (find) it in the
library.
9. ------------------------------------------- (you/smoke) a lot before becoming a non-smoker?
10. He ---------------------------------------------- (leave) the house a few minutes ago.
11. She ------------------------------------------ (just/ leave) the house.
12. I ----------------------------------------- (not know) you ----------------------------- (be) here!
------------------------------------------------------ (you/be) here long?
13. ----------------------------------------------- (you/see) today's paper?
14. I'm tired. I ---------------------------------------------- (not get) much sleep last night.