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Simple Past Vs Present PerfectSet 7

1Which sentence does not refer to an unfinished action?
2Since the Internet was first created in the 1960s, it changed people's lives a lot.
3Present Perfect or Past Simple:HOW MANY PEOPLE ..... AN ADVENTURE?
4Nam last saw Lan when he was a student.
5I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.
6I last saw David when I went to my friend's birthday party.
7Present perfect <> past simpleI ..... (trip) over my shoelaces and now my knee is grazed.
8He watched TV when he had dinner.
9Forms of bread ..... as food since prehistoric times. Probably, the first bread ..... from acorns or beechnuts.
10"Oh no! Claire's already left"Is the action above relevant to the present time?
11I last met him ten years ago.
12Several months have ..... since we last spoke about the project.
13We ..... touch since we ..... school three years ago.
14Complete. Use the Present Perfect Simple or the Past Simple. Yesterday, I ..... (teach) Rocky a new trick. I ..... (hide) his ball and ..... (tell) him to find it.
15We ..... each other since she ..... to London.
16I ..... to Greece in 2010 and I ..... here for 9 years. (come; live)
17It ..... about a month since I ..... to Brian.
18Which one cannot be used with present perfect?
19In which tenses do we normally use past participle form?
20Is this sentence correct?I always fall on the ice, but I've never fallen on my head.
21I've been waiting for your phone call .....
22Choose the correct answer:2. Maykol hasn't won / didn't win the race last week..
23He has visited Paris last year.
24Differentiate between present perfect and simple past: "They visited the museum last week."
25They ..... in Paris for two years. They ..... now in London.
26Is the following sentence correct? ..... > I have been to Japan last year.
27Explain the use of the present perfect in relation to life experiences.
28I ..... Lora Jones last week. B:Really. I ..... her for a long time.
29Which sentence uses present perfect tense incorrectly?
30Which sentence uses the past tense and present perfect tense correctly together?
31Exercise 1: Complete the conversation with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.Amy: John, I ..... (not see) you since last month!
32I ..... to New York once.
33Knowing the Present Perfect means:
34The Present Perfect tense always requires a specific time reference.
35Adel hasn't contacted me since he ..... Cairo.
36What is the difference in meaning between these two sentences?
37I just saw him .....
38We ..... close friends since we were in grade 6.
39Signal words:for, yet, never, ever, how long, always, since, just
40What time does the film start?It ..... (start) since you ..... (go out).
41Choose the correct optionI ..... back my university since I .....
42My sister ..... to New York three times and she's going again next month.
43Complete the sentence using the Past Simple or Present Perfect:Where ..... (be/you)?
44There has been a great increase in the number of obese children in big cities .....
45SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT: ..... you seen Ali before?
46The action of the sentences in Present Perfect never has an effect on the present.
47They ..... (move) to Australia last December, so they ..... (be) there for nearly a year.
48Julie has been living in Rome ..... May.
49Since ....., I have heard nothing from him.
50It's an hour since he ....., so he must be at the office now.
51Present perfect and past: Jack ..... in New York for ten years. Now he lives in Los Angeles.
52What does the present perfect tense NOT specify?
53I have been waiting for you ......
54Sorry, I forgot / have forgotten my pencil.
55They didn't tell us where had they gone last weekend. A) didn't B) tell C) where D) had
56The last time I played football was in 1991.
57How does the present perfect tense differ from the simple past tense?
58Complete the sentence with the correct verb tense. Choose between the Simple Past or Present Perfect." I ..... Natasha for the new job position yet. Her plane is delayed."
59I ..... him yesterday. He ..... from France.
60What is the tense that a Present Perfect sentence converts to?
61My father has ever told me honesty ..... the best policy.