Verb Tense Exercise 5

Simple Past / Present Perfect

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never)_________that movie.

2. Sam (arrive) _________ in San Diego a week ago.

3. My best friend and I (know) _________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.

4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) _________ ten very creative short stories the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.

5. I (have, not) _________ this much fun since I (be) _________ a kid.

6. Things (change) _________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) _________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) _________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) _________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell) _______ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)_________ off into the forest and (be)_______ bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)_________ the bus this morning. You (be) _____ late to work too many times. You are fired!

9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) _________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream) _________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _________ the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) _________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) _________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) _________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.

12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) _________ since the last time I (see) you. You (grow) _________ at least a foot!

13. This tree (be) _________ planted by the settlers who (found) _________ our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never) _________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) _________to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) _________ . The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) _________ trying to reach the summit.

15. I (visit, never) _________ Africa, but I (travel) _________ to South America several times. The last time I (go) _________ to South America, I (visit) _________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend) _________ two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) _________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) _________ over the Nazca Lines.
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