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  Exercise 1. Choose the right form of the verb (Present Perfect/Past Simple).

1. ... it... snowing yet?

a. Did ... stop

b. Is ... stopped

c. Has... stopped

2. Don’t worry about the present. I... it the day before yesterday.

a. buyed

b. have bought

c. bought

3. When ... Jill... school?

a. had ... finished

b. has ... finished

c. did ... finish

4. I can’t find my umbrella. I think somebody ... it by mistake.

a. has taken

b. took

c. takes

5. Have you got any money? Yes, I... my salary already.

a. receive

b. have received

c. received

6. Where is Ann? She ... the shops. She’ll be back soon.

a. went to

b. has gone to

c. have gone to

7. I know this place. I... there many times.

a. have been

b. was

c. were

8. When I was a child, I... always late for school.

a. have been

b. was

c. were

9. There’s the half of my chocolate bar. Somebody ... it.

a. has eaten

b. have eaten

c. ate

10. John is reading a book now. He ... about 50 pages.

a. read

b. has read

c. have read

11. The British ... tea since 1650.

a. drunk

b. drank

c. have drunk

12. The children are dirty because they ... in the garden.

a. have played

b. played

c. has played

13. I am very tired but I... my work yet.

a. haven’t finished

b. have finished

c. finished

14. We ... about it for a long time.

a. knew

b. has known

c. have known

15. — Why is your hair wet? — I... my hair after sport. 

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a. have washed

b. washed

c. has washed

    Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (Present Simple/Present Perfect)

1. I _____ (know) her. She is my neighbour.

2. Mary and I are good friends. We ________ (know) each other for twenty years.

3. I don’t need to wash my car. My son _____ already _______ (wash) it for me.

4. I________ (not wash) up, it’s the duty of my sister.

5. Samantha _____________(play) tennis with her friends in this club every

weekend.

6. She______________ (play) tennis since her childhood.

7. Tom isn’t single. Marian and he ____________ (be) married. I’m sure.

8. Tim and Miriam _____________ (be) married since 1995.

9. Our group ___________ (sing) in the school choir twice a week.

10. She (sing) in the church choir since last year.

11. My brother usually _____________ (change) jobs every five years.

12. He_____________ (change) five jobs already.

13. Jack___________ (leave) the house at 7 o’clock every morning.

14. He ____________ (leave) the house earlier since he changed the work.

15.____________ you___________ (drink) coffee at breakfast every day?

16. No, I prefer tea. I ____________ (drink) only green tea since my childhood.

17. I don’t buy any new CDs. I usually ________ (download) music and films.

18. I __________ (download) new films since I have got the Internet.

19. Sophie is very clever. She__________ (speak) several European languages.

20. She____ (speak) these languages better since she moved to Europe.

21. Claire’s train ________ (arrive) very early at 3 o’clock today. She is at home now.

22. The train _______________ (arrive) at 7.25 every Monday and Friday.

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