Put the verbs in brackets into simple past or present perfect :
1. We ( study ).............a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.
2. We ( study )............almost every lesson in this book so far.
3. We ( watch / never ).............that interesting program on television last nigh.
5. My wife and I ( travel )............by air many times.
6. My wife and I ( travel )............to Mexico by air last summer.
7. I ( read )............that novel by Hemingway several times before.
8. I ( have ).........a little trouble with my car last week.
9. However, I ( have )..........no trouble with my car since then.
10. We ( live )...........in HN for ten years now and like it a lot.
11. The last time I ( go )............to HN was in May.
12. When my parents were on holiday I ( stay )..........with my aunt for a week.
13. I ( not see ) ...........my son for ages. He ( not visit )..........me since May.
14. Tom ( be )........to HN twice. He loves it very much.
15. My sister ( work )..............for an enterprise for two years.
16. I ( move )...........to HN in 2000. I ( be )..............three a long time now.
17. It was so cold today that I ( wear )............a sweater at school.
18. So far this month there ( be )...........three robberies in this street.
19. When I was young I ( meet )............him three times.
20. Since I ( be )........in this city I ( not see ).........him.
21. She ( work )...........in a bank two years ago.
22. I ( go )............to town yesterday and I ( buy )............. a new book.
23. He ( work )...........here since August.
24. I ( read )........that book already.
25. I ( walk )..........to school every day last night.
26. We ( not be )..........three lately.
27. When I live in HN, I ( work )............in a bank.
28. She ( play )...............tennis since she was eight.
29. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. It ( rain )............for two hours.
30. Ann is looking for a job. She began looking six months ago. She ( look )...........six months.
31. The Sound of music ( become )...............a timeless film classic.
32. Laura ( never / win ).............a beauty contest.
33. I ( not / listen )............to the new Tom Waits CD yet.
34. You ( see )...........any good films recently?
35. The population of India ( increase ).............since 1992.
36. You ( ever / write ).............a love letter for Valentine' Day?
37. You ( ever / meet )..............a famous person?
38. We ( already / see )..............the film at home.
39. Keren ( send ).........me an email last week.
40. My boy friend ( give ).................up smoking for 2 months.
41. They ( be )...............at the pet shop yesterday.
42. We ( do )...............the shopping for our grandmother last weekend.
43. You can have that newspaper. I ( finish )..............with it.
44. There is no more cheese. I ( eat )...........it all, I'm afraid.
45. They bill isn't right. They ( make )...........a mistake.
46. Don't you want to see this programme? It ( just / start )...................
47. It'll soon get warm in here. I ( turn )..............the heating on.
48. They ( pay ).................money for your mother?
49. Someone ( take )...............my bicycle.
50. Wait for few minutes, please? I ( finish )...........my dinner.
