Choose the correct time expression to complete the sentences

1. They flew to Tokyo last week / over the last week.

2. We’ve met some nice people two weeks ago / during the last two weeks.

3. I haven’t been to Australia last year / up till now.

4. My sister has visited eight different countries over the last two months / last month.

5. They haven’t been abroad in 1990 / since 1990.

6. Have you read any good travel books recently / last summer?

Say what they have not done yet / didn’t do:

1. Sue / not read / Gone with the Wind / yet.

2. Sue / not read / Gone with the Wind / when she was in school.

3. Jill / not enter / London University / last year.

4. Larry / not produce / a new film / yet.

5. Peggy and Paul / not move / to another flat last month.

6. Pete / not finish / his project yet.

7. My cousin / not get married / this month.

8. Mr.Brown / not recover / yet.

9. They / not go / on business / two weeks ago.

10. Jill / not like / John when she first saw him.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Present Perfect.

1. A: I …(1)…(see) this film before.

B: Me too, but I love this actor. He…(2)…(play) a lot of good roles.

A: Tom Cruise? I…(3)…(meet) him, you know.

B: Really? When?

A: When I…(4)…(be) in Los Angeles on holiday.

2. A: Who is that man?

B: He’s an artist. He’s…(1)…(paint) a lot of beautiful pictures.

A: I think Van Gogh…(2)…(paint) the most beautiful pictures ever. But his life…(3)…(be) miserable.

3. A: I…(1)…(just / hear from) an old friend of mine.

B: Oh, really?

A: Yes. Jim…(2)…(write) to me. I…(3)…(get) the letter this morning.

B: That’s nice. When…(4)…(you / first / meet) him?

A: He…(5)…(live) next door to me for more than three years, but he…(6)…(move) away last June and I…(7)…(not / see) him since.

Make up a dialogue: Lucy is phoning Mary who’s away on the Virgin Islands. They are talking about the holiday.