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Past Simple and Present Perfect

1) The daughter explains that she washed the dishes yesterday but has not had time today. She also says she just got home from school two hours ago and was on the phone with her friend Lucy when she arrived. 2) A fills in sentences using the past simple and present perfect tenses, including that they just cycled 50 km, wrote an essay yesterday, and their friend rang 10 minutes ago. 3) Questions are completed with the present perfect or past simple, including that someone lived somewhere as a child, they have not seen her since last year, and they finished a contract last week.

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Past Simple and Present Perfect

1) The daughter explains that she washed the dishes yesterday but has not had time today. She also says she just got home from school two hours ago and was on the phone with her friend Lucy when she arrived. 2) A fills in sentences using the past simple and present perfect tenses, including that they just cycled 50 km, wrote an essay yesterday, and their friend rang 10 minutes ago. 3) Questions are completed with the present perfect or past simple, including that someone lived somewhere as a child, they have not seen her since last year, and they finished a contract last week.

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1) Conversation: Fill with the past simple or present perfect

Mother: I want to prepare dinner. .(you / wash) the dishes yet?


Daughter: I (wash) the dishes yesterday, but I.. (have / not) the
time yet to do it today.
Mother: ..(you / do / already) your homework?
Daughter: No, I ..(come / just) home from school.
Mother: You .(come) home from school two hours ago!
Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy. (call) when I ..(arrive) and I
(finish / just) the phone call.
Mother:.. (you / see / not) Lucy at school in the morning?
Daughter: Yes, but we ..(have / not) time to talk then.
2) Use past simple or present perfect
A: I (cycle / just) 50 km.
A: I (write) an essay yesterday.
B: I .. (ring) my friend 10 minutes ago.
A: Two days ago, I (watch) a Madonna concert on TV.
A: I.. (spend) my summer holiday in Australia last year.
3) Complete with present perfect or past simple
Q1 - He ..................(live) there when he was a child
Q2 - I ........................(see) her since last year
Q3 - They ............................(leave) a few minutes ago
Q4 - She .......................(not/be) unemployed since she left school
Q5 - They ....... (finish)the contract last week
Q6 - The film ...............(start) yet
Q7 - She ...................(be) ill since Thursday
Q8 - I .............. (finish) the project last night
Q9 - Look- someone ...................(leave) their handbag in the room
Q10 - .......................(you/be) to Rome?

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