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1. Complete the sentences with the correct form f the verbs. Use
the pastsimple or the present perfect.
a) My family _______________ ( move) to La Corua last year.
b) I ________________ (not like) reading when I was young.c)
________________ they _________ (do) their homework yesterday?
d) She _________________ (send) 50 text messages since
Monday.
e) _________ you ____________ (live) here all your life?
f) We _________________ (not sleep) well last night.
g) Our new head teacher__________________ (change) the school
recently.
h) I _______________ (grow) a lot in the last two years.
i) ____________ you ____________ (have) a good time today?
j) Bill _______________(start) smoking when he was 16.
k) We _____________________ (work) hard this year.
2. Write for or since in front of these time expressions.
a) __________ six hours
b) __________ 9:30
c) __________ 1992
d) __________24 th July
e) __________ nine weeks
f) __________ two minutes
g) __________ Tuesday
h) __________ January
i) __________ four months.
5. Complete with for, since, ever, already, yet or just.
a) John has ....................... had lunch because the
washing-up is done.
b) Have you .. Japanese food?
c) Mary is in hospital; Have you visited her ..?
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d) We have met Leticia .. September.
e) (We arrived five minutes ago ) We have .. arrived home.
f) He hasn't phoned us ................ Friday.
EJERCICIOS VOLUNTARIOS
PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS
1. Complete the gaps with the past simple or past continuous of
the verbsin brackets
a) The phone ......................(ring) while we
.......................... (have) dinner.
b) When they ...................(arrive) home, their children
............................... ( watch ) TV.
c) What .............. you ................. (doing) yesterday
night at 10 oclock?
I ......................... (study) for my English exam.
d) Where .............. you ................. (go) on holidays
last year?
I ...................... ( go) to the beach with my family.
e) Jane . ( wait) for me when I ( arrive)
f) ( you / go) out last night? No, I was too tired.
g) John . ( take) a photograph of me while I . ( not /look)
h) I havent seen Alan for ages. When I last . (see) him, he..
(try) to find a job in London.
i) I . (walk) along the street when suddenly I . (hear )
footsteps behind me. Somebody . ( follow) me . I was frightenedand
I ..( start) to run.
Attention!!!!!! Footsteps = pasos / follow = seguir
j) When I was young, I .. ( want) to be a bus driver.
2. Translate the following sentences into English .
a) Cuando llegu a la estacin, mis padres me estaban
esperando.
b) Conoc a mi mejor amigo mientras estaba trabajando en
Madrid.
c) Qu estabas haciendo ayer a las diez de la noche? Estaba
cenando.
d) Dnde fuiste de vacaciones el verano pasado? Fui a la
playa.
