Make the present perfect simple Choose positive, negative or question: (she / pass the exam?) _ (you / eat lunch yet?) _ (he / read the newspaper today?) (you / not / study French for ten years) _ (they / be in London for six months) _ (where / you / be?) _ (we / not / go to Paris) _ (she / not / see ‘The Lord of the Rings’) _ (he / not / meet my mother) _ 10 (they / not / visit St Paul’s Cathedral yet) _ Choose the present perfect or past simple: I _ (never / go) to Vienna My great great grandfather _ (have) five sisters He _ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student Oh no! I _ (lose) my wallet! _ (you / see) Julie today? At the weekend, they _ (play) football, then they _ (go) to a restaurant I _ (read) six books this week Amy _ (live) in Portugal when she was young She _ (visit) her grandmother last month 10 The Vandals _ (invade) Rome in the year 455 Choose the present perfect simple or continuous: Julie _ (be) at the office since am We _ (write) this book for months and months I _ (always / agree) that London is a lovely city John _ (bake) cakes since 12 o’clock The writer _ (deserve) this award for a long time We _ (always / hate) rush hour traffic Lucy is exhausted these days She _ (work) too hard The table leg’s covered in marks! The cat _ (scratch) it She _ (promise) to help many times, but she has never come 10 I _ (want) to go back to university for a long time Change this direct speech into reported speech: “He works in a bank” She said _ “We went out last night” She told me “I’m coming!” She said _ “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived” She told me “ I’d never been there before” She said _ “I didn’t go to the party” She told me “Lucy’ll come later” She said _ “He hasn’t eaten breakfast” She told me “I can help you tomorrow” She said _ 10 “You should go to bed early” She told me