Put the verbs into the correct tense
(simple past or present perfect simple).
EXERCISE 1
Mother: I want to prepare dinner. (you / wash)........... the dishes yet?
Daughter: I (wash)........... the dishes yesterday, but I (have / not)............ the time yet to do it today.
Mother: (you / do / already)............. your homework?
Daughter: No, I (come / just) ..............home from school.
Mother: You (come) ................home from school two hours ago!
Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy (call)................. when I (arrive)............... and I (finish / just)........... the phone call.
Mother: (you / see / not)............ Lucy at school in the morning?
Daughter: Yes, but we (have / not) .................time to talk then.
A: I (cycle / just) ................50 km.
B: I (cycle)................... 100 km last week.
A: I (write)...................... an essay yesterday.
B: I (write / already)............... two essays this term.
A: I (ring / just)................... my friend.
B: I (ring)................ my friend 10 minutes ago.
A: Two days ago, I (watch) ..................a Madonna concert on TV.
B: I (see / already) ......................Madonna live in concert.
A: I (spend)................ my summer holiday in Australia last year.
B: I (be / not).................. to Australia yet.
A: (you / play / already)........... the new computer game?
B: No, not yet. I only (buy)................ it yesterday and I (have / not)................ the time yet.
A: (you / go) ..................to the cinema last night?
B: Yes. I (be) ..................there with Sue and Louis. (you / be).......... to the cinema recently?
A: I last (go)............... to the cinema two weeks ago.
B: So you (see / not)................ the new action film yet.
A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) ..............it?
B: Oh, I really (love)................ it. But Sue (like / not) it - too much action!
A: But why (you / take) ...............her with you? She (tell).............. me last week that she (hate)................ action films.
B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try)................. to flirt with him all the time. So he (can / concentrate / not) .................on the film.
EXERCISE 4
I (just / finish)........... my homework.
Mary (already / write)............... five letters.
Tom (move).......... to this town in 1994.
My friend (be).............. in Canada two years ago.
I (not / be)................. to Canada so far.
But I (already / travel).......... to London a couple of times.
Last week, Mary and Paul (go).......... to the cinema.
I can't take any pictures because I (not / buy).............. a new film yet.
(they / spend)................ their holiday in New Zealand last summer?
(you / ever / see).................... a whale?
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