Question

1. Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets in past simple or present perfect. 1. She loves Paris. She ..................... (be) there many times. 2. Bill ....................... (work) in that company for 3 years. (He still works there). 3. They ....................... (go) to London on holiday last summer. 4. I ....................... (read) that book. It´s good. 5. His parents ....................... (be) here yesterday. 6. They ....................... (go) to Germany when he ....................... (be) only 4. 7. ........... you ......... (watch) any film last night? 8. I ....................... (have) a couple of toasts for breakfast this morning. 9. He ....................... (live) in Rome since he was a teenager. 10. The house looks different. .......... you .............. (paint) it? 11. I ....................... (not see) you in class last Friday. 12. Shakespeare ....................... (write) over one hundred sonnets.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1. Were

2. Worked

3. Went

4. read

5. were

6. went , was

7. Did, watched

8. had

9. lived

10. did, painted

11. have not saw

12. wrote

Explicación:

Basicamente el pasado simple es agregar "ed" a los verbos. Poner was /were al verbo to be

Answer 2

Respuesta:

1. She loves Paris. She  WERE  (be) there many times.  

2. Bill  HAS WORKED (work) in that company for 3 years. (He still works there).  

3. They WENT (go) to London on holiday last summer.  

4. I HAVE READ (read) that book. It´s good.  

5. His parents WERE(be) here yesterday.  

6. They WENT (go) to Germany when he WAS (be) only 4.  

7. DID you WATCHED (watch) a film last night?  

8. I HAD (have) some toast when I got up.  

9. He HAS LIVED (live) in Rome since he was a teenager.  

10. The house looks different. DID you PAINTED (paint) it?  

11. I DID NOT SEE (not see) you in class last Friday.  

12. Shakespeare HAS WRITTEN (write) over one hundred sonnets        

Explicación:

Las siguientes expresiones aparecen con el pasado simple:

Yesterday (ayer)

Yesterday I went to the cinema (ayer fui al cine)

Last week / month / year (la semana pasada, el mes pasado, el año pasado) Last

month I was in France (el mes pasado estuve en Francia)

When (cuando)

When she was a kid, she liked playing with dolls (cuando era niña le gustaba jugar a las muñecas)

In 2007 (en 2007)

In 2007 we went to New York (fuimos a Nueva York en 2007)

In the 1980s (en los años 80)

He was born in the 1980s (nació en los años 80)

las demás oraciones son de presente perfecto (present perfect)