English Class

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. A: (you / be / ever)  to London?
2. B: Yes, I (be)  there three times.
3. A: When (be)  the last time you (be)  there?
4. B: Last summer. I (spend)  two weeks in Brighton with my parents and we (go)  to London one weekend.
5. (you / like)  it?
6. Oh yes. We really (have)  a great time in London.
7. Lucky you! I (be / never)  to London.

The Grand Canyon is one of the most spectacular natural features on earth. It is listed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders and became a United States national park in 1919. The park covers an area of nearly 5,000 km².

Carved by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon slices deep into the Colorado Plateau and forms one of the most scenic landscapes in the world. Up to 1963, when the Glen Canyon Dam was built, the Colorado river moved 143 million tons of stones each year.

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past or present perfect).

1.     My friends (visit)  the Grand Canyon National Park last year.

2.     I (be / never)  to the Grand Canyon National Park.

3.     But I (see)  lots of wonderful pictures.

4.     And yesterday I (buy)  a book about the Grand Canyon.

5.     I (read)  30 pages already. It's really interesting.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

6. I (just / finish)  my homework.
7. Mary (already / write)  five letters.
8. Tom (move)  to this town in 1994.
9. My friend (be)  in Canada two years ago.
10. I (not / be)  to Canada so far.
11. But I (already / travel)  to London a couple of times.
12. Last week, Mary and Paul (go)  to the cinema.
13. I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy)  a new film yet.
14. (they / spend)  their holiday in New Zealand last summer?
15. (you / ever / see)  a whale?

Several famous people were born in Edinburgh, for example Alexander Graham Bell (who invented the telephone), Tony Blair (Prime Minister) and Arthur Conan Doyle (who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories). By the way, J. K. Rowling wrote her first Harry Potter book in an Edinburgh coffee-shop.

We use the simple past for situations or actions in the past (often a time expression in the past indicates that we must use simple past). We use the present perfect if there is a connection with the present.

Write the verbs in the correct tense (Simple Past or Present Perfect).

1.     My friend (be)  to Edinburgh three times.

2.     Some years ago he (study)  English there.

3.     Last month he (visit)  some friends in Edinburgh.

4.     Unfortunately, I (can / not)  go to Edinburgh with him.

5.     This is a pity. They are my friends, too, and I (see / not)  them for ages.