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UNIDADES TECNOLOGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE - ENGLISH 2

Skill or linguistic content: Grammar and vocabulary. Description: Differentiate the structure and use of
simple past and present prefect. Unit: 1 Lesson: 3
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________
SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT & FOR/SINCE
A. Read and complete.

A. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or
the Present Perfect Simple.
1) John ........................... (not call) me recently.
2) They ........................... (buy) a new car last month.
3) The teacher ........................... (not return) the tests yet.
4) How long ........................... she ........................... (know) about this problem?
5) ........................... you ever ........................... (hear) such an unbelievable story?
6) When I was a child, I ........................... (live) in England for two years.
7) He ........................... (buy) me a beautiful gift for my birthday.
8) I am so excited to have a dog. I ......................................... (always / want) one.
B. Correct the error in each of the sentences.
1) Have you ever eat Chinese food? 5) They have sent out the invitations yet.
............................................................................ ............................................................................
2) Mr. Brown already left the office. 6) The lesson has started ten minutes ago.
............................................................................ ............................................................................
3) She has moved to another city last year. 7) Jack hasn’t seen Jill since she has graduated.
............................................................................ ............................................................................
4) We haven’t been abroad since a year. 8) Did she just leave?
............................................................................ ............................................................................
C. Circle the correct tense.
My Uncle Billy (1) did / has done some amazing things! He’s only 45, but he (2) already travelled / has already
travelled around the world. Amazingly, he (3) has climbed / climbed Mount Everest. He (4) did / has done that
when he was only 16! And he (5) flew / has flown a plane. He was a pilot in the Air Force when he (6) learnt / has
learnt how to do that. Once, when his plane crashed in Africa, he (7) walked / has walked across the Sahara
Desert for ten days with no food or water! Isn’t that amazing? And two years ago, he (8) caught / has caught a tiger
and a lion with his bare hands. He said he (9) hasn’t been / wasn’t scared of them at all! But my mum doesn’t think
he’s amazing. She says that Uncle Billy (10) never told / has never told the truth in his life!
D. Write sentences about Fred. Use the present perfect simple or past simple.
1 Fred / never / be / Athens ...............................................................................................................................
2 He / go / to school / in Thessaloniki ...............................................................................................................................
3 He / leave school / ten years ago ...............................................................................................................................
4 He / start / his own business / in 2006 ...............................................................................................................................
5 The business / be / very / successful ...............................................................................................................................
6 He / get married / in 2007 ...............................................................................................................................
7 Fred’s wife / just have / a baby girl ...............................................................................................................................
8 They / never be / so happy ............................................................................................................................... !
E. Find the past participles and use them in the sentences.
1 I have never ............................................. a car before.
2 Have Mum and Dad ............................................. up yet? I
want my breakfast!
3 Have you heard? They have .............................................
Anne to sing in the competition!
4 Has your mobile phone ever ............................................. in
the middle of a lesson?
5 Harry has never ............................................. in a lake before.
6 I can’t remember her name but I have never
............................................. her face.
7 Ouch! Help! That dog has just .............................................
me.
8 Oh dear! I think I’ve ............................................. a silly
mistake!
9 Who is this actor? I have never .............................................
his name before.
10 I’ve ............................................. all my exercises. I did them
in five minutes!

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