Simple Past or Present Perfect Tense - Grammar Exercise

Complete the following sentences using appropriate forms of the verb. Click here for a printer friendly version of this grammar exercise.

1	I can’t go on holiday because I --------------------- my leg.
	broke
	have broken
	break
	had broken

2	I am sure we ------------------------ before.
	have met
	met
	had met
	meet

3	I --------------------- to the boss today about my holiday.
	speak
	spoke
	have spoken
	had spoken

4	I ------------------------ Jane yesterday.
	have seen
	saw
	had seen
	see

5	She ------------------------ three years ago.
	died
	had died
	has died
	die

6	We ------------------------ each other since 1990.
	knew
	have known
	had known
	know

7	I ------------------------ a ghost.
	have never seen
	never saw
	had never seen
	never see

8	The Chinese ---------------------- paper.
	invented
	invent
	have invented
	had invented

9	Who --------------------- the cat in?
	has let
	had let
	let
	is let

10	Who ------------------------- you that necklace?
	has given
	had given
	give
	gave

If you didn't do so well, or you would like to learn more about present perfect tense before doing this exercise go to the present perfect tense study page. To learn more about simple past tense go to the simple past tense study page. Click here for a printer friendly version of this grammar exercise.

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