Complete the sentences with the correct form of the tense in brackets. Use past
simple or present perfect (simple and progressive).
1. What ___________________ since you came to this school? I hope you ___________________many friends in the past year. (YOU LEARN, MAKE)

2. She _____________ tired when she ________________ home last night, so she _____________
straight to bed. (BE, GET, GO)

3. I ___________________ her husband. I don't even know what he looks like. (NEVER
MEET)

4. It ______________________ the whole week. I wonder when it's going to stop. (SNOW)

5. Who ________________ The Taming of the Shrew ? – I think it was Henry James. (WRITE)

6. The weather _______________ great when we _____________ in Sicily last August. (BE, BE)

7. I _____________________ to study for the past hour, but I simply can't concentrate. (TRY)

8. World War I ___________________ in 1914 and ___________________ four years later.
(START, END)

9. I ___________________ lunch, but I ___________________ coffee yet. (JUST HAVE, NOT
HAVE).

10.I _______________________ a nice girl recently. – How long ______________________ on? –
Oh, for about a month. (SEE, IT GO)

11.Last night I ___________________ some spare time, so I ___________________ to the cinema
to see the latest Bond movie. (HAVE, GO)

12.I ___________________ my room recently. That's why it looks so nice and fresh. (PAINT)

13.How many matches _____________________ so far this season? Well, I ___________________
almost all games last season, but I _____________________ any this year. (YOU WIN,
WIN, NOT WIN)

14.Mom _____________________ thank you notes the whole morning. She
_______________________ about 20 so far. (WRITE, ALREADY WRITE)

15.Dad ___________________ as a consultant for over 20 years. Then he ___________________.
(WORK, RETIRE)

16.___________________ Max at the staff meeting last Tuesday? No, I ___________________
him for ages. (YOU SEE, NOT SEE)