Past Simple and Present Perfect Worksheet

This is a downloadable ESL worksheet to practise the difference between past simple and present perfect.

Worksheet to practise past simple and present perfect

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Aim To practise the past simple and present perfect.
Activity Students complete sentences and questions.
Organisation Individual / pair work
Preparation Make enough copies of the worksheet for the number of students in your class.
What do I do?
  1. Hand out the worksheet.
  2. Students complete the sentences and corresponding questions by choosing verbs from the list and putting them in the correct form.

BUY
HAVE
LEAVE
LIVE (x2)
KNOW

1. How long _______________________________________________?
He _____________________________ her since he was five years old.

2. _______________________________________________________?
He _____________________________ in 1990 and never came back.

3. _______________________________________________________?
He _____________________________ his current job for 5 years.

4. _______________________________________________________?
I _____________________________ a newspaper yesterday.

5. _______________________________________________________?
We _____________________________ there for six years.

6. _______________________________________________________?
John _____________________________ here all his life.

Answers
1 How long has he known her? has known
2 When did he leave? left
3 How long has he had his current job? has had
4 What did you buy yesterday? bought
5 How long did you live there? lived
6 How long has John lived here? has lived

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