Fill in with Present Perfect or Past Simple.
1.The president 1) .. ……. ... (announce) the introduction of a new set of measures to deal with unemployment. The problem 2) ……….. (become) worse in recent months, and yesterday the president 3) ……..(state) that action must be taken now. She actually 4) ………(sign) the new bill during this morning's session of Parliament.
2.George 1) ………(arrive) late to work again this morning. He 2) ……… (be) late at least five times this month. The supervisor 3) ……… (speak) to him about it yesterday but he obviously 4) ………..(not/pay) any attention.
3.John Keats, who 1) …….. (die) when he 2) ……… (be) only 26 years old, 3) ………. (write) a lot of beautiful poems. I 4) ………. (read) most of his poetry, but I 5) ………. (never/manage) to get to the end of Endymion. It's too long for me!
4. Clare 1) ………(be) in New York for almost a year now. I 2) ………. (go) to visit her last month and I have to say I 3) ………. (be) very impressed. I 4) ………. (visit) most of the major cities in Europe but I 5) ………. (never/see) any place as exciting as the Big Apple.
5.I 1) ……… (see) five films this month, but I 2) ……… (not/like) any of them very much. Actually, I think the films they 3) ……..(make) ten years ago 4) ……..(be) much better than anything I 5) ………….(see) for ages.
