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Past simple, present perfect and past perfect

1. Choose the correct option.

Recently, my doctor me not to eat so much fast food because it is bad for my health.

a) advised
b) had advised
c) has advised

2. Choose the correct option.

Last year her son to the Internet and spent huge amounts of money on gadgets.

a) was addicted
b) has been addicted
c) had been addicted

3. Choose the correct option.

This morning a salesman into the house and wanted me to buy a very expensive vacuum
cleaner.

a) came
b) has come
c) had come

4. Choose the correct option.

In todays reunion, he that he couldnt control his shopping addiction and was being treated in
a private clinic.

a) had admitted
b) admitted
c) has admitted

5. Choose the correct option.

He for the same education and job opportunities for years when his effort was recognized.

a) had fought
b) has fought
c) fought

6. Choose the correct option.

Last week they the issue of overcrowded cities.

a) discussed

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b) have discussed
c) had discussed

7. Choose the correct option.

Over the past years, teenagers their consumption habits.

a) increased
b) had increased
c) have increased

8. Choose the correct option.

When help arrived, the children in a critical situation of malnutrition.

a) had been
b) were
c) have been

9. Choose the correct option.

She a complaint when the company returned her calls.

a) has already filed

b) already filed
c) had already filed

10. Choose the correct option.

In 1993 a new immigration law

a) was approved.
b) had been approved.
c) has been approved.

11. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: Scientists
have found a cure for cancer.

12. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: Researchers
havent discovered a treatment for a rare disease.

13. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: The issue of
pre-natal sex selection has become the most discussed subject among the scientific
community.

14. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: He has
worked in many companies before working here.

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15. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: He has
fought for his peoples rights and freedom for decades.

16. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: Women
voted for the first time yesterday in a Muslim country.

17. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: He was a
volunteer for ten years.

18. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: He worked
as a delivery boy when he was young.

19. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: They had
thought about having a baby when the doctor told them they were infertile.

20. Identify the tense of the highlighted verb and explain its use in the sentence: She had
been a slave for twenty years when she escaped from captivity.

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Past simple, present perfect and past perfect Answer Key

1. c)

2. a)

3. a)

4. c)

5. a)

6. a)

7. c)

8. a)

9. c)

10. a)

11. The highlighted verb is in the Present Perfect and it expresses an accomplishment done by
the investigators. It indicates an action that started in the past and has only finished in the
present.

12. The highlighted verb is in the Present Perfect and it expresses an action that hasnt happen
yet and this tense suggests that we are still waiting for the action to occur.

13. The highlighted verb is in the Present Perfect and it expresses a change occurred over the
time the action started in the past until the present time.

14. The highlighted verb is in the Present Perfect and it expresses the experience someone has
had over time.

15. The highlighted verb is in the Present Perfect and it expresses the duration of an action that
started in the past and has occurred up to the present.

16. The highlighted verb is in the Past Simple and it refers to an action that was fully completed
in the past as the time expression yesterday confirms.

17. The highlighted verb is in the Past Simple and it refers to the duration of an action that
started in the past and has finished in the past. This tense indicates that he is no longer a
volunteer.

18. The highlighted verb is in the Past Simple and it refers to an action that was a habit in the
past, an action done on a regular basis in the past as the time expression when he was young
confirms.

19. The highlighted verb is in the Past Perfect and it refers to an action in the past which
occurred before another action in the past.

20. The highlighted verb is in the Past Perfect and it refers to the duration of a completed action
in the past before another action in the past.

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