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Present Perfect Simple or past Simple




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�The following time clauses might help you choose which tense to use. They do not provide you 100% guarantee, but might help you decide, so it is useful to know them. However, the main thing remains the translation of the sentence.
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  1. ..times
  2. ago
  3. already
  4. at 13:15
  5. during
  6. ever
  7. for 3 hours
  8. how long
  9. in 1999
  10. just
  11. last
  12. lately
  13. never
  14. on Monday
  15. recently
  16. several times
  17. since
  18. so far
  19. the other day
  20. the previous
  21. then
  22. this
  23. today
  24. when
  25. while
  26. yesterday
  27. yet

Please use Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple. In order to avoid losing points do not use contracted forms but full forms such as did not or have not.

  1. We �(start) this project only last week and that is why we �(not/do) much yet.
  2. I first �(meet) Karen three years ago and we �(be) very close friends ever since.
  3. She �(already/do) the washing up and now she is free.
  4. As I �(come) home I �(see) that the door �(be) open.
  5. The children �(come) home at 5 o�clock and �(go) to the kitchen right away.

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