Past simple or present perfect.

Complete the sentences

1. A: Did you like the movie "The Reader " 
B: I don't know. I (see, never) ____________ that movie.

2. Sam (arrive) ____________ in Kiev a week ago.

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

4. Mark is a fantastic writer. He (write) ____________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Shevchenko.

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

6. Things (change) ____________ a great deal at Rothen, 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 fly.

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

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

10. How sad! Dmitriy (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. Anton, 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.

 Упражнения к разделу Present perfect и past simple,

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Поставьте глаголы в скобках в правильную форму, present perfect или past simple.   

1. 'Where's your key?' 'I don't know. I've lost it.' (lose)

2. I was very tired, so I lay down on the bed and went to sleep. (be)

3. Mary  to Australia for a while but she's back again now. (go)

4. 'Where's Ken?' 'He  out. He'll be back in about an hour.' (go)

5. I did German at school but I  most of it. (forget)

6. I meant to phone Diane last night but I . (forget)

7. I  a headache earlier but I feel fine now. (have)

8. Look! There's an ambulance over there. There  an accident. (be)

9. They're still building the new road. They  it. (not/finish)

10. 'Is Helen still here?' 'No, she  out.' (just/go)

11. The police  three people but later they let them go. (arrest)

12. Ann  me her address but I'm afraid I  it. (give, lose)

13. Where's my bike? It  outside the house. It . (be, disappear)

14. What do you think of my English? Do you think I ? (improve)