0 8 - Ficha de Trabalho Present Perfect and past simple (1)

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 Inglês 9º Ano – Present Perfect and Simple Past 
 Nome: _________________________________________________ Data: ___/___/___ 
 
 
1. Choose the correct form of the present perfect or past simple. 
a) Let’s go to the cinema. I didn’t see / haven’t seen a film for ages. 
b) Have you finished / did you finish your homework yet? 
c) We spent / ‘ve spent all our money at the shop on Saturday. 
d) Have you heard the news? George has won / won the lottery. 
e) I don’t think it will rain tomorrow, it didn’t rain / hasn’t rained yesterday – 
in fact, it hasn’t rained / didn’t rain in weeks 
 
 
2. Complete the paragraph about the London Underground by putting in the 
present perfect simple or past simple forms of the verbs in brackets. 
 
London (have) _________________ an underground train system since the 19th 
century. The London Underground (start) _________________ in 1863, when Victorian 
engineers and workers (build) _________________ the Metropolitan Railway. This 
railway line (go) _________________ from Paddington Station to Farringdon Street 
Station, and steam engines (pull) _________________ the coaches. Eleven more lines 
(open) _________________ since then. The world’s first underground electric railway 
(open) _________________ in 1890. This line (go) _________________ from the City of 
London to Stockwell in South London. The most modern line is Jubilee line, which 
(open) _________________ in 1979. Since the London Underground (begin) 
_________________ many other cities, such as New York and Moscow, (build) 
_________________ their own systems. 
(From Oxford Practice Grammar Basic)