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Verb Tenses Tutorial Exercise 5

Simple Past / Present Perfect

1.A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars"?

B: I don't know. I (see, never) ................................. that movie.

2. Sam (arrive) ................................. in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I (know) ..... each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ................. ten very creative short stories in the last year.

One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not) ................................. this much fun since I (be) ................. a kid.

6. Things (change) ................. a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) ............ working here

three years ago, the company (have, only) ................ six employees. Since then, we (expand).......... to

include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell) ................ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) ...................... off

into the forest and (be) ...................... bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ........... the bus this morning. You (be) .............. late to

work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) .............. the

ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream) .............. of going to California before died, but he didn't make it. He

(see, never) ............. the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) .................. much easier and very comfortable. In the

19th century, it (take) .... two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip

(be) ........very rough and often dangerous. Things (change)............ a great deal in the last hundred and

fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change)......... since the last time I (see)............... you. You

(grow) ............... at least a foot!

13. This tree (be)....... planted by the settlers who (found)........... our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never) ................................. climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try)

................................. to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) ................ The climb is extremely

difficult and many people (die) ................ trying to reach the summit.

15. I (visit, never) ................. Africa, but I (travel) ................. to South America several times. The

last time I (go)............... to South America, I (visit) ................... Brazil and Peru. I (spend)............ two

weeks in the Amazon, (hike) ....... for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) ..... over the Nazca Lines.

Focus on Verbs Exercise 6

Simple Past / Present Perfect

1. Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change)

................................. a great deal. The first computers (be) ................................. simple machines de-

signed for basic tasks. They (have, not) ................................. much memory and they (be, not)

................................. very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often

(pay) ................................. thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) .................................

very little. Most computers (be) ................................. separate, individual machines used mostly as

expensive typewriters or for playing games.

2. Times (change) .................................. Computers (become) ................................. powerful ma-

chines with very practical applications. Programmers (create) ................................. a large selection of

useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still

playing video games, but today's games (become) ................................. faster, more exciting interac-

tive adventures. Many computer users (get, also) ................................. on the Internet and (begin)

................................. communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start)

................................. to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual ma-

chines of the past (evolve) ................................. into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.

Куприна Р. Н.

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