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Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Simple
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Simple
Past Simple and Past Perfect Simple
Below you can find a few exercises on these two tenses. They are all interactive, so you will see if your answers are correct.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Future tenses
Practise the use of will, be going to, Present Continuous (sometimes called Present Progressive) and Present Simple for expressing future.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
have/has + past participle (-ed or the 3rd column)
We use the present perfect simple tense to talk about things where there is a connection between the past and the present.
He has written 16 books.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE
have/has + been + the verb in gerund (...ing)
We use the present perfect continuous when the focus is on an activity that is unfinished. Very often we can ask the question "how long".
She has been writing emails for three hours.
If you want to learn more about the differences between these two tenses, have a look at this website.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
have/has + past participle (-ed or the 3rd column)
We use the present perfect simple tense to talk about things where there is a connection between the past and the present.
He has written 16 books.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE
have/has + been + the verb in gerund (...ing)
We use the present perfect continuous when the focus is on an activity that is unfinished. Very often we can ask the question "how long".
She has been writing emails for three hours.
If you want to learn more about the differences between these two tenses, have a look at this website.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3