Past Simple and Present Perfect (разница в употреблении)

Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.

1. I (know)  _______ her for six years.

I (know) _______  him when I was at school.

1. He (live) _______  in Paris from 1997 to 2000.

He (live) _______  in New York since 2001.

1. Where's Pete? I (not see) _______  him for ages.

I (not see) _______  Pete last night.

1. We (be) _______  at primary school from 1993 to 1998.

We (be) _______ in this class since September.

1. I (not watch) _______  this video yet.

I (not watch) _______ a video at the weekend.

Упражнение 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or in the Present Perfect.

1.  I ________ (never/ be) to the USA. I ______ (want) to go there last summer but I couldn’t.

2.  He _______ (live) in this street all his life.

3.  His father ________ (come back) to London last Sunday.

4.  Yan __________ (write) a letter to Nick two days ago.

5.  He ________ (send) his letter yesterday.

6.  They  ________  (just/ buy) some postcards.

Упражнение 3. Fill in last night, ever, ago, just, yet, always in the right place.

1.  Nick’s uncle went to Russia 3 years.

2.  Mr. Rambler has come back from Belarus.

3.  Nick has wanted to visit Belarus.

4.  Mr. Rambler saw Yan.

5.  They haven’t visited this old castle.

6. Have you been to England?

Упражнение 4. Choose the correct option.

1. She has /‘s had a moped since she was 15.

2. We took /‘ve taken a taxi to town that morning.

3. We played /'ve played volleyball last night

4. I'm really hungry. I didn’t eat / haven’t eaten since last night.

5. They visited/ ‘ve visited Colorado last summer.