Question

Verbs, present perfect simple vs past simple



1. You ------ me why you reacted that way at your wedding. (never / tell)
2. This is the most absurd idea that I -------(ever / hear)
3. When ---------him for the first time? (you / see)
4. Yesterday, I ------- for him for more than one hour, but he didn't show up. (wait)
5. Everybody is present. It is only your nephew who ------ yet. (not / arrive)
6. "Have you read this book?" "I ------it yet." (not/ finish)
7. I have not seen him since he -------to the country. (move)
8. -------two books so far. (write)
9. When ------- married? (your sister / get)
10. How long ------ married? (she / be)

1. ------ ? Ron and Bridget got married. (you / hear)
2. Guglielmo Marconi was a physicist who -------the Nobel Prize in physics for the transmission of radio waves. (get)
3. Shakespeare ------- at least 37 theatre plays, as well as numerous poems. (write)
4. Socrates -------- a Greek philosopher. (be)
5. Ow ------- my finger. It is bleeding. (I / cut)
6. Look! George ------- a new car. (buy)
7 My grandparents ------ married in London. (get)
8. He ------- a lot recently, so he deserves a good pay. (work)
He ------- a good friend to me. (always/ be)
10. They ------- a bookstore, long ago, in their youth. (have)​

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You never told me why you reacted that way at your wedding. (past simple)

This is the most absurd idea that I have ever heard. (present perfect simple)

When did you see him for the first time? (past simple)

Yesterday, I waited for him for more than one hour, but he didn't show up. (past simple)

Everybody is present. It is only your nephew who has not arrived yet. (present perfect simple)

"Have you read this book?" "I haven't finished it yet." (present perfect simple)

I have not seen him since he moved to the country. (present perfect simple)

I have written two books so far. (present perfect simple)

When did your sister get married? (past simple)

How long has she been married? (present perfect simple)

Did you hear? Ron and Bridget got married. (past simple)

Guglielmo Marconi was a physicist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for the transmission of radio waves. (past simple)

Shakespeare wrote at least 37 theatre plays, as well as numerous poems. (past simple)

Socrates was a Greek philosopher. (past simple)

Oh, I cut my finger. It is bleeding. (past simple)

Look! George has bought a new car. (present perfect simple)

My grandparents got married in London. (past simple)

He has worked a lot recently, so he deserves a good pay. (present perfect simple)

He has always been a good friend to me. (present perfect simple)

They had a bookstore, long ago, in their youth. (past simple)