PRESPERF&PAST.PERIODTIME.

SIMPLE PAST & PRESENT PERFECT.

Put the simple past or the present perfect of the verb in brackets.
1.- Im preparing this workbook in August. In the winter I .........................................(PREPARE)
six more workbooks and this month I .................................. (ALSO / TRANSLATE) some texts.
2.- A few months ago, Yolande .......................................... (NOT / SPEAK) English but she can
speak it quite well now, because she ............................... (COME) to Academia Oxford since
Christmas.
3.- Yesterday I ................................. (HANG) the washing out and I ...................... (MAKE) the
lunch, and today mum .................................. (IRON) the clothes and she...........................(PUT)
them in the wardrobe.
4.- Last week Janice................................................(SEND) her sister an e mail, because a few weeks
ago, Janices sister.............................(GET) her computer connected to Internet.
5.- Mrs Davies ....................................... (START) to clean the windows half an hour ago, so she
........................................... (CCLEAN) them since half past ten.
6.- Today it......................... (RAIN) all day and the wind ....................... (BLOW) very strongly too.
7.- Last Wednesday we .................................. (GO) to the country for a picnic and we .................
(MEET) some foreigners, so we ............................ (SPEAK) to them in English and they
........................................ (UNDERSTAND) everything we ..................................... (SAY).
8.- In the summer of 2003 there ................................(BE) a great power cut on the east coast of the
USA and in Canada. Many people................................. (BE) trapped in lifts and in the
underground and they.............................(NOT/ BE ABLE) to escape until the electricity
company ........................... (REPAIR) the fault, and the power ............................(BE) restored
9.- Last night I ................................... (NOT / BE ABLE) to sleep because of the heat and I
.................................(WAKE) up three hours ago, at 4.30 am.
10.- My husband ....................................................(NOT/WORK) today because it is a Bank Holiday
in Spain.
11.- Last Easter we ......................... (GO) to Seville to see the religious processions.
.............................................. (YOU / EVER / GO) to Seville, Mara?
12.- .......................................(YOU / STUDY) many hours this week?
Yes, I .........................(STUDY) a lot because we .................. (HAVE) a lot of exams this week.
13.- When .................................. (YOU / ARRIVE) at the high school? - I ........................... (GET)
here at a quarter to nine, because the bus ............................... (BE) late.
14.- .............................................(YOUR DAD / PAY) for the meal at the restaurant last night?
No, he................................. (NOT / PAY) because my husband ................................
(INSIST) on inviting the family.