Simple Past / Present Perfect

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses

Principio del formulario

1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never)_____________that movie.
2. Sam (arrive)_____________in San Diego a week ago.

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

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

5. I (have, not)________________this much fun since I (be)_____________a kid.

6. Things (change)________________a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start)_____working here three years ago, the company (have, only)___________six employees. Since then, we (expand)______________to include more than 2000 full-time workers.

7. I (tell)____________him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander)____________off into the forest and (be)____________bitten by a snake.

8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)______________the bus this morning. You (be)______________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)_______________the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.

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

11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)___________much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take)_____________two or three months

to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be)____________very rough and often dangerous. Things (change)____________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)_____________since the last time I (see)_______________you. You (grow)______________at least a foot!