Name: __________________ Mark:

Date: _____/ _____ / ______ Teacher:

2. lived in Paris ten years ago.

3. lived in Paris for ten years,
PRESENT PERFECT but he doesn’ t live there now.
FOR UNFINISHED
PAST 3. Is the action finished
or does it continue to the
1. Fill in the gaps with
present?´
for or since.
a) __________half past
a) She lived in London for twelve
ten.
years. _____________
b) __________ Monday.
b) He’ s lived in France for five
c) __________ 2004.
month. ______________
d) __________three
c) I had a Renault for three years.
hours.
________________
e) __________ a few
d) I’ ve had a Renault for six
month.
month. ________________
f) __________ I got
e) He was my boss for four years.
married
_________________
g) __________ she left
f) He’ s been my boss for four
home.
years. _______________
h) __________ 3 o’ clock.
g) I worked there for twenty years.
i) __________ January.
_______________
j) __________ ten
h) I’ ve worked there for twenty
minutes.
years. _____________
k) __________last month.

2. Choose the correct

answer.
4. Complete using the
Harry has lived in Paris for ten Present Perfect.
years.
a) “ How long ___________ you
a) The sentence refers to:
___________ (work) in this
1. the past.
department?”
2. the present.
“ I___________ (work) here
3. the past and the present.
since last month.”
b) Harry:
1. lives in Paris now.
b) Our boss, Mr Smith,
___________(be) the CEO for
the last three years.
c) She ___________(not/be) with
us long; she joined the
company last week.
d) “ ___________ you
___________ (have) that
computer for a long time?”
“ Yes, I ___________ (have)
that computer for two years
now.”
e) “ How long ___________you
___________(know) your
boyfriend?”
“ I ___________(know) him
since high school.”
f) “ How long ___________ he
___________(live) in this
country?”
“ He ___________ (live) here
since 2008.”
d) I don’ t know him for a long
time. We met last week.
e) _________________________
____________________
6. Complete with the
Present Perfect or the Past
Simple.
a) We _________ (live) in our
present house for many years.
In fact, we _________(move)
here in 1996.
b) She _________(not/have) her
IPhone long. I think she
_________(buy) it last week.
c) Thomas _________(be)
divorced for some time now;
he _________(get) divorced
two years ago

5. Correct the sentences.

a) I work here for a long time.

_________________________
____________________
b) He is my teacher for three
years.
_________________________
____________________
c) I have my car for seven month.
_________________________
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