Test recap: past simple vs present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Let's look at the present perfect

They ..............written a text

1. have
2. has

I............................
fed the hamster.

1. have
2. has

Victoria .......................
read the newspaper.

1. have
2. has

past participle is voltooid deelwoord

Past Simple Present Perfect

How do we form the Present Perfect?

Positive: I/ we/you/ they + have + past participle (PP)

                   he/she/it + has + past participle (PP)

Negative: I/ we/you/ they + haven't + past participle (PP)

                   he/she/it + hasn't + past participle (PP)

Questions: Have + I/ we/you/ they + past participle (PP)

                   Has + he/she/it +  past participle (PP)

Signaalwoorden

FYNE JAS

for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since

Use the present perfect:
We ..... (not pack) yet.

Use the present perfect:
My sister ....... (bake) a cake.

Use the present perfect:
Martha..... her homework. (finish)

Use the present perfect:
We .... .... to school (go)

for/since
I have known Mary _____ a long time now

1. since
2. for

I've had a headache ... Monday

1. for
2. since

I was a waiter ________ ten months. Now I'm a chef.

1. for
2. since

I haven't seen you ... last March.

1. since
2. for

We sang that song yesterday.

Choose the correct tense:

1. Past Simple: sang
2. Present Perfect: have sung

Past Simple or Present Perfect?
Mary .................(win) the lottery last year.

1. simple past: won
2. present perfect: has won

We have been studying the Past Simple and the Present Perfect

We went to Disneyland last year. (past simple - you went there last summer)

We have been back at school since March. (present perfect - you are still going to school!)

Now show you know when to use the correct tense!

I ... (like) watching Spongebob when I was a kid.

They ... ... (pack) their bags already.

We ... (celebrate) my father's birthday yesterday.

I ... (see) her at the train station yesterday morning.

That girl ... never ... (meet) her father before.

Ginny ... ... (paint) her room, it's still wet.

Tom and Alice ... ... (wash) their car, look how shiny it is!

Me and my friend ... ... (have) so much fun since the day we met!

I  lived in London two years ago. 

I have lived in Liverpool for two years.

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Put this sentence in the present perfect:
I .... ( to know) him all my life.

1. knew
2. am knowing
3. have known
4. know

Which tense is this sentence?
My cat died last week.

1. past simple
2. present perfect

Which tense is this sentence?

Lucy lived in London.

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

Drag the signal word to the correct tense. 

Past Simple

Present perfect

for (ongoing event) 

in 2015

two months ago

since

already

present perfect: Choose the present perfect.
Rebecca .... (to go) bed

1. Rebecca goes to bed
2. Rebecca is going to bed
3. Rebecca went to bed
4. Rebecca has gone to bed

Write a sentence about something you have never done in your life.

Tip

This question is worth 4 points:

1 point for capital letters used correctly.

1 point for correct punctuation - (full stop, comma, apostrophes).

2 points for correct tense.

Write a sentence explaining what you did yesterday.

Tip

This question is worth 4 points:

1 point for capital letters used correctly.

1 point for correct punctuation - (full stop, comma, apostrophes).

2 points for correct tense.

Grammar Workshop Extra

It's a pairwork activity where two of you  have to work together. Fold up the sheet, one of you says the sentence - the partner checks and corrects if necessary. You can do it as a speaking activity or also as a speaking and then writing activity.