IT II/ SIST/2DO CUAT/TN

 Complete the sentences with Simple Past or Present Perfect:

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I.................(see, never)  that movie.

2. Sam................ (arrive)  in San Diego a week ago.

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

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

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

6. Things.............. (change)  a great deal at Coltech, 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 snake.

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

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

10. How sad! George...............(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. Jonny, 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.

b. Complete the text with Present Perfect or Simple Past:

ince computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change)  a great deal. The first computers............ (be)  simple machines designed for basic tasks. They.............. (have, not)  much memory and they ............(be, not)  very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often............. (pay)  thousands of dollars for machines which actually.............. (do)  very little. Most computers............(be)  separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.

Times............. (change) . Computers........... (become)  powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers.............(create)  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.............. (become)  faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users.......... (get, also)  on the Internet and..............(begin)  communicating with other computer users around the world. We............. (start)  to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past............. (evolve)  into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.

Simple Present-Simple Past Practice/Question Making

A. Complete with DO or DOES + verb

1).......  you  mineral water? (to drink)
2)...... Sarah and Linda  their pets? (to feed)
3)......  your teacher  your homework? (to check)
4)......  they  in the old house? (to live)
5)......  the cat  on the wall in the mornings? (to sit)
6)......  Nina  computer games? (to play)
7)......  your parents  TV in the afternoon? (to watch)
8)......  your grandmother  the phone? (to answer)
9)......  Andy  the shopping? (to do)
10).....  Garry and Ken  a cup of tea in the afternoon? (to have)

B.Fill in the blanks with do, does, is, are.


1. Where.....  you live?

2. How.....  you?

3. When.....  they come to school?

4. Where.....  she work?

5. Why..... Kim sad?

6. Who.....  your teacher?

7. What.....  their names?

8. Who.....  you sit with in class?

9. When.....  the boys go to sleep?

10. How.....  Tom like his new car? 

C. Simple Present Questions



D. SIMPLE PAST QUESTIONS: Make questions for the part in brackets using WHEN-HOW-WHO-WHAT-HOW OFTEN-WHICH and WHY.

a. They wanted to see (Fiona):
b. I got up at (7 o´clock):
c. She paid ($20):
d. We didn´t like the movie (because it was too long):
e. I liked (the red t-shirt), not the blue one:
f. We had (breaded meat and salad) for dinner.
g. We have (dictation) on Fridays:
h. Our meeting finished (late):
i. I ate (an apple pie):
j. Sarah played tennis last week:
k. They wrote (to Hellen):
l. I didn´t eat the chicken (because it was too spicy):

E.Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use Simple Past.

Example: ____________ their friends? (they/to meet)

Answer: Did they meet their friends?
1)  after the cat? (the dog/to run)
2)  photos when you were on holiday? (you/to take)
3)  to music yesterday evening? (Steven/to listen)
4)  a cup of tea in the café? (the ladies/to have)
5)  text messages during the French lesson? (Nancy/to send)
6)  pullovers last Friday? (Melissa and Ruth/to wear)
7)  hello to people in the street? (your brother/to say)
8)  the windows in your classroom? (the teacher/to open)
9)  chess two weeks ago? (the girls in your class/to play)
10)  breakfast last morning? (your mother/to make)