Present Perfect-Past Simple

Learn the rule
Repeat after the teacher

Look! I have drawn a picture.
Present Perfect
I drew a picture yesterday.
Past Simple

Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form. Use Present Perfect or Past Simple.

I am happy because my mother (buy) me a new computer game.
I am happy because my mother has bought me a new computer game.
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What game she (buy) you? –
She (buy) me a Star Wars game.
What game did she buy you? – She bought me
a Star Wars game.
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I (break) the window!
I have broken the window!
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How you (break) it? –
I (play) football.
How did you break it? –
I played football.
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Children, come here!
I (make) a cake.
Children, come here!
I have made a cake.
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What cake you (make)? –
I (make) a strawberry cake.
What cake did you make? –
I made a strawberry cake.
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You ever (be) to America? –
Yes, I … .
Have you ever been to America? – Yes, I have.
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When you (be) there? –
I (go) to America 2 years ago.
When were you there? –
I went to America 2 years
ago.
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What you (see) in America? –
I (see) the Statue of Liberty.
What did you see in
America? – I saw the Statue of Liberty.
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You ever (play) baseball? – Yes, I … .
Have you ever played baseball? – Yes, I have.
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When you (play) it? – My American friend (visit) me last summer and we (play) together.
When did you play it? – My American friend visited me last summer and we played together.
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Help! A cat (to frighten)
my horse.
Help! A cat has frightened
my horse.
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I’m sorry, sir. He is a circus cat. Yesterday we (teach) him to jump up on a horse.
I’m sorry, sir. He is a circus cat. Yesterday we taught him to jump up on a horse.
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The water (to turn) black.
The water has turned
black.
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We (put) something special in it to make it turn black.
We put something special
in it to make it turn black.
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You ever (take) a picture
of a monster with four
eyes?
Have you ever taken
a picture of a monster
with four eyes?
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You know, yes. I (take) this picture on my summer holidays. Don’t be afraid, it’s a spider.
You know, yes. I took this picture on my summer holidays. Don’t be afraid, it’s a spider.
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