Arbeitsblatt: Übung zu Simple Past-Present Perfect

Name: 20.11.03 1. Simple past or present perfect? Find the correct form of the irregular verbs 1. Yesterday (to see) an interesting TV show. 2. Inspector: (to be) at the scene of crime1yet? – Policeman: No, Sir, (to be) there so far. (to be) at Ricks Café at that time. 3. The truck (to begin) to move slowly. 4. The pilot (to fly) over the crash area for 3 hours now. 5. The girl (to dream) of proper2 young guy. (2x!!!) 6. The first underground railway in the world (to build) in 1863. 7. London, in the 1850s, (to be) the biggest city in the world. 8. The girls in the crowd (to take) over the whole railway station. 9. man (to ride) motorbike. 10. Tell me what you (to learn) so far. (2x!!!) 11. Tell me what you (to learn) yesterday. 12. (not to do) my homework so far. 13. The crashed aeroplane (to burn) for the whole night. 14. The spider (to hang) from the wall. 15. She (to be) just 16, when she (to leave) the home of her parents and (to go) to Hollywood. 16. The goalkeeper (to catch) the ball just on time before the striker (to get) it. 17. *When the teacher (to speak) to his students, an electrical fitter3 (to fall) off the ladder and (to break) his neck, when he (to hit) the ground right in front of the headmasters office. 2. Look at the list of irregular verbs on page 138 in your text book. Find 5 examples of sentences and write them down in the simple present, simple past and present perfect. Ex. Lilly shoots Jim. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1 2 3 Tatort anständig Installateur, Elektrotechniker Lilly shot Jim. Lilly has shot Jim.