A) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks :1?

A) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks : 1. What ………………………………………… (you / learn) since you ……………………. (come) here? How many friends ………………………………………. (you / make)? I hope you ……………………………………. (already / meet) a lot of interesting people. 2. Last night my roommate and I ………………………. (have) some free time, so we …………………………. (go) to a show. 3. I …………………………………. (just / have) lunch, but I ……………………………… (not / have) lunch yesterday. 4. Who …………………………………. (write) the play “Hamlet”? 5. How many games …………………………………… (the team / win) so far this season? 6. I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ………………………………………. (never / meet) him. 7. It ………………………………… (rain) a lot last week, but it …………………………… (not / rain) much so far this week. 8. How many letters ………………………………………. (you / write) since the beginning of the month? 9. When we were on vacation, the weather ……………………………… (be) terrible. 10. In her whole lifetime, Mary …………………………………………… (never / see) snow. 11. I don’t know where Ammy is. …………………………………………. (you / see) her? 12. When I ……………………………. (get) home last night, I ………………………. (be) very tired and I …………………………… (go) straight to bed. 13. Your car looks very clean. ……………………………………. (you / wash) it? 14. George ……………………………………. (not / be) very well last week. 15. Mr. Clark …………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up. B) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks : 1. The young man ……………………………… (never / be) to Paris, but he ……………. (read) a book about this city last year. 2. …………………… you …………………… (decide) where to go yet? 3. A : Have some tea, please. B : No, thank you. I …………………………………. (just / have) two cups of tea. 4. Susan …………………………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane …………. ………………. (not / write) a word until now. 5. Her mother ………………………………… (buy) her a pair of new shoes yesterday. 6. The Prime Minister …………………………. (leave) for the USA an hour ago. 7. A : ……………. The plane ……………………. (land)? B : Yes, it ………………………… (land) ten minutes ago. 8. It ………………………………. (not / rain) for a long time. 9. ……………… you ……………… (see) my dog? It ………………………… (run away) this morning. 10. We …………………………. (meet) at a party a long time ago, but I ……………………. (not / see) her since then. 11. I ………………………… (see) an interesting book in a bookshop yesterday, but I …………………………… (not / buy) it. 12. My friend …………………………… (fall) from the bicycle because he ………………. … (not / ride) one for ages. 13. His father ………………………………… (die) in 1970, but he …………………………. (never / visit) his father’s grave since that time. 14. They …………………… (go) to America years ago, but none of them …………………. (come) back since then. 15. A : ……………. You ………………. (speak) to an Englishman? B : Yes, I ……………………. (have) a short conversation with one last night. 16. A : ………………. You ever …………………. (be) to Tatilya? B : Yes, I ………………………. (go) there two years ago. 17. A : ………………. You ………………. (see) Jane recently? B : No, I ……………………………. (see) her for a long time. E) Rewrite the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT TENSE : 1. I haven’t seen her for a long time. It’s ages since I saw her………………………………………… 1. I last met George two weeks ago. I haven’t ………………………………………………………… 2. They have been here for three months. They arrived ……………………………………………………. 3. We started living in Istanbul 12 years ago. We have …………………………………………………………. 4. I last saw my girlfriend five days ago. I haven’t …………………………………………………………. 5. Is this the first time you have tasted a kivi? ………………… (not) you ………………………. One before? 6. I last smoked a cigarette ten years ago. I haven’t …………………………………………………………. 7. I last drank wine two weeks ago. It’s two weeks ……………………………………………………. Wine. 8. I have lived in Istanbul since January. I …………………………………………………………………… (come) 9. They moved to Ankara two years ago. They ……………………………………………………………. Two years. 10. She hasn’t been to Rome before. This is the first time ……………………………………………….