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Past Simple vs Present Perfect Quiz
Contents
:
Past simple and Present Perfect.
Objective
:
Use past simple and Present perfect properly.
Differentiate the uses of past simple and present perfect
Teacher
: Raúl Vásquez.
Points
:25 Points
A.
Read the sentences and click on the correct ones. (10 points)
1.
Vicente's party was such fun that I dont want to go home yet!
V
icente's party has been such
fun
that I don't want to go home yet!
2.
My parents live in a house they have bought 7 years ago.
My parents live in a house they bought 7 years ago.
3. Pedro worked here between 2010 and 2012.
Pedro has worked here between 2010 and 2012.
4. Have you ever tasted black quinoa?
Did you ever taste black quinoa?
5. How many new words did you write down so far in this lesson?
How many new words have you written down so far in this lesson?
6. When I was 6 years old, I have got a bicycle for Christmas.
When I was 6 years old, I got a bicycle for Christmas.
7. I’ve watched that programme on television last night.
I watched that programme on television last night.
8. So far I haven't made too many mistakes.
So far I didn’t make too many mistakes.
9. My English has improved a lot this year.
My English improved a lot this year.
10. In her previous job, Julie spoke English
a lot
.
In her previous job, Julie has spoken English
a lot
.
A. Choose the best answer to fill the blanks
. (15 points)
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology
changed
has changed
a great deal. The first computers
were
has beed
simple machines designed for basic tasks. They
didn't have
haven't had
much memory and they
weren't
haven't been
very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often
paid
have paid
thousands of dollars for machines which actually
did
have done
very little. Most computers
were
have been
separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.
Since then, times
changed
have changed
. Computers
became
have become
powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers
created
have created
a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games
became
have become
faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users
also got
have also got
on the Internet and
began
have begun
communicating with other computer users around the world. We
started
have started
to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past
evolved
have evolved
into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.