The present perfect and the simple past
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past tense.
1 This is my house. ~How long you (live) here? ~ I (live) here since 1970.
2 He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh.
5 Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays.
6 My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy.
7 I (fly) over Loch Ness last week. ~You (see) the Loch Ness monster?
8 I (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
9 He (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
10 Chopin (compose) some of his music in Majorca.
11 When he (arrive)? ~ He (arrive) at 2.00.
12 You (lock) the door before you left the house?
13 I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much.
14 I can't go out because I (not finish) my work.
15 I never (drink) whisky. ~Well, have some now.
16 I (write) the letter but I can't find a stamp.
17 The clock is slow. ~It isn't slow, it (stop).
18 Here are your shoes; I just (clean) them.
19 I (leave) home at 8.00 and (get) here at 12.00.
20 I (do) this sort of work when I (be) an apprentice.
21 He just (go) out.
22 He (go) out ten minutes ago.
23 You (have) breakfast yet? ~ Yes, I (have) it at 7.00.
21. He (live) ....had lived.... in the country for ten years when he first (come) .....came... to London.
22. I (not talk) ......didn't talk..... to him because when I (arrive) .....arrived... he already (leave) ...had left.......
23. When we (go) ......had gone........ out again, the wind (stop) .......stopped.........
24. He (think) ......had thought........ he (win) .....won.... in the lottery but he (not have) ......didn't have.... of course.
25. No sooner the bell (ring) .....had rung....... when the pupils (go) ..........went...... out to play.