Present Perfect-Simple Past

 

PRESENT PERFECT

Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or present perfect simple tense

1. -I (fly) over Loch Ness last week.
- (you/see) the Loch Ness monster?
2. Chopin (compose) some of his music in Majorca
3. I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much.
4. Here are your shoes! I (just/clean) them.
5. Mr Pound is the bank manager. He (be) here for five years.
6. Mr Count (work) as a cashier for twenty five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country.
7. -He (serve) in the First World War.
-When (that war/begin)?
-It (begin) in 1914 and (last) for four years.
8.-How long (you/know) your new assistant?
-I (know) him for two years.
-What (he/do) before he (come) here?
-I think he (be) in prison.
10.Tom: “I hear that Mr Benson (just/die) . You (know) him quite well, didn’t you?”
Jack: “Yes. We (work) for the same company for ten years.
12. Mary (be) in Japan for two years. She is working there and likes it very much.
13. (you/meet) my brother at the lecture yesterday?
Yes, I .
14. I (lose) my keys- Can you help me look for them?