Verb Tense Exercise 5

Simple Past / Present Perfect

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

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

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

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

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

6. Things (change) have changed a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) started working here three years ago, the company (have, only) only had six employees. Since then, we (expand) have expanded to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell) told him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) wandered off into the forest and (be) was bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) missed the bus this morning. You (be) have been 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) has never seen the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

10. How sad! George (dream) dreamt of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) never saw the ocean.

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) has become much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) took two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) was very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) have changed 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) have changed since the last time I (see) saw you. You (grow) have grown at least a foot!

13. This tree (be) was planted by the settlers who (found) founded our city over four hundred years ago.

14. This mountain (be, never) has never been climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try) have tried to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) has ever succeeded. The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) have died trying to reach the summit.

15. I (visit, never) have never visited Africa, but I (travel) have traveled to South America several times. The last time I (go) went to South America, I (visit) visited Brazil and Peru. I (spend) spent two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) hiked for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) flew over the Nazca Lines.

DESCRIPTION VIDEOS

BACHELORETTE

This story or a girl that found a book in the forest. Since them begun to write her adventures there. When she has been in the train stations, walking on the street and also her life.The book was published. ¡All the people have read the book oh the girl! So what she became in a women famous. Her life changed very much. Time later everything has changed, and every time has become smaller; she and her story were different. She doesn’t happy, lonely and anything read her story… she didn’t be equally. Everything over finished for her.

MY INMORTAL

This song transmits feelings of sadness and darkness. This video denotes solitude. She appears wait somebody that went and he didn’t returned again. There is melancholy.The image has a good composition: the source, children, the trees, etc.The landscapes, the city and the places.

BIG TIME SENSUALITY

She was in half of the street, In the city. The cars don’t stop while She dances on a car. She goes for several places, but always dancing on the car. The singer shows feeling of joy; She didn’t stop any moment. She moved with sensuality, seem happy. ¡She was crazy!. This video is very different.