PAST SIMPLE TENSE + PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (3) Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1. There _________ a serious food in this area last year.

A. was B. has been C. were D. have been

2. She _________ me good health and success on my last birthday.

A. wished B. wishes C. has wished D. wishing

3. The last time they __________Ha Noi was in 2008.

A. visit B. visited C. visiting D. have visited

4. She __________her project yet.

A. hasn’t finished B. has finished C. finished D. didn’t finish

5. I __________English since I was a child.

A. have learn B. has learnt C. learnt D. have learnt

6. Last week, I ___________Ha Long Bay with my family.

A. visited B. visit C. am visiting D. have visited

7. She ___________five novels so far.

A. have written B wrote C. writes D. has written

8. They first __________each other in 2009.

A. meet B. met C. will meet D. have met

9. We have been good friends since we________at School.

A. are B. were C. have been D. was

10. There ________an outbreak of coronavirus in the world lately.

A. were B. was C. has been D. have been

Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences using past simple and present perfect tenses.

11. I began watching TV three hours ago.

A. I have watched TV for three hours.

B. I have watched TV for three hours ago.

C. I have watched TV since three hours.

12. The last time she ate fast food was in January.

A. She has eaten fast food since January.

B. She hasn’t eaten fast food since January.

C. She hasn’t eaten fast food for January.

13. He has played soccer since three o’clock.

A. He started to play soccer at three o’clock.

B. He started to play soccer three o’clock ago.

C. He started to play soccer three o’clock before.

14. I haven’t met her for a long time.

A. It’s a long time since I have met her.

B. It’s a long time since I haven’t met her.

C. It’s a long time since I last met her.

15. Tuan started to do his homework ten minutes ago.

A. Tuan has done his homework since ten minutes.

B. Tuan has done his homework for ten minutes.

C. Tuan have done his homework for ten minutes.

16. When did you study English?

A. How long have you studied English?

B. How long did you study English?

C. How long has you studied English?

17. They began building this house 2 months ago.

A. They haven’t built this house for 2 months.

B. They have built this house for 2 months ago.

C. They have built this house for 2 months.

18. My father started to work in this factory last week.

A. My father has worked in this factory in last week.

B. My father has worked in this factory for last week.

C. My father has worked in this factory since last week.

19. How long has he worked in the garden?

A. When has he worked in the garden?

B. When did he start to work in the garden?

C. When did he started to work in the garden?

20. How long ago did you learn music?

A. How long have you learnt music?

B. How long have you started to learn music?

C. How long did you learn music?

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Exercise 4: Change to past simple

1, Children have broken the window for 10 minutes.

=> The window has been broken by children for 10 minutes.

2, She has brought her dog to the meeting.

=> Her dog has been bought to the meeting.

3, We have built this house since 1970.

=> This house has been built since 1970.

4, Tom has bought a car for a long time.

=> Tom's car has been bought for a long time.

6, Students have did their homework.

=> Students' homework was done.

7, She has drawn a nice picture.

=> A nice picture has been drawn by her.

8, You have drunk a lot of coca.

=> A lot of coca has been drunk by you.

9, The princess has lost her shoe.

=> The princess's shoe have been lost.

10, They have seen this film when they were 15.

=> This film has been seen when they were 15.

1. was driving

2. haven't met

3. turned

4. was doing

1. While Tim (drive)______was driving________ to work, he had a wonderful idea.

2. We ( not meet) ______haven't met________ since last year.

3. Would you mind if I (turn) _____turned_________ on the TV?

4. I (do) ______did________ my homework between 8 and 9 pm last night.

was driving

haven't met

turned

did

B-C-A-A-D

1. We could had done more if we had had more time. --> have

2. He said that if he has more time , he would come to see us. --> had

3. While  I did my homework , I had a good idea. --> was doing

4. Don't make so much fusses over the children. --> fuss
5. John's friends had celebrated a  farewell party for him last Sunday. --> celebrated

1, could had ⇒ could have

2, has ⇒ had

3, did  ⇒ was doing

4, fusses  ⇒ fuss

5, had celebrated  ⇒ celebrated

1/ She _________ the house last weekend.

A. was cleaning B. cleans C. clean D. cleaned

2. I _________ a little English before I went to Singapore.

A. study B. had studied C. had study D. have studied

3/ Why _________ you absent yesterday ?

A. did B. are C. was D.were

4/ Who _________ you at the airport last month?

A. meet B. met C. did meet D. were meet

5/ When he _________ , she was cleaning her room.

A. arrives B. arrived C. is arriving D. was arriving

6/ Last night, the police _________ me on my way home.

A. is stopping B. stopped C. stops D. was stopping

7/ Mai and Huong _________ their last summer vacation on the farm.

A. don’t spend B. aren’t spent C. didn’t spend D. weren’t spent

8/ What _________ you _________ last night?

A. do / do B. did / do C. do / did D. were / doing

9/ Before I went to bed, I _________ my teeth.

A. have brushed B. had brushed C. brushed D. brush

10/ The floor _________ with a sheet of plastic five days ago. A. covered B. was covering C. was covered D. is covered 11/ Before my mother came home, my brother _________ food on the table.

A. had prepared B. have prepared C. prepared D. had prepare

12/ Phong _________ with his friends last month.

A. went fish B. went fished C. went fishing D. went to fish

13/ I watched movie after I _________ my homework.

A. have completed B. had complete C. had completed D. completed

14/ She _________ breakfast at 8.30 yesterday morning.

A. had B. is having C. was having D. has

15/ When I got up, it _________.

A. rains B. rained C. is raining D. was raining

16/ Mrs. Thu _________ the newspaper while her husband was watching T.V. A. was reading B. is reading C. reads D. read

17/ Mr. Quang fell over while he _________ basketball.

A. was playing B. is playing C.played D. plays

18/ When I came home, everybody _________ the television.

A. watched B. were watching C. was watching D. is watching

19/ My father _________ out when my sister arrived at the zoo .

A. goes B. have gone C. has gone D. had gone

20/ Alice _________ a Vietnamese person until he met Nam.

A. had never met B. have never met C. never met D. never have met