Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Simple Exercises

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1. Look at each pair of sentences. Mark S if their meaning is the same or D if it is different.

  • Have you ever ridden a motorbike?
Have you ridden a motorbike recently?

  • She's worked here since the summer
She didn't work here after the summer
  •  I've been to London twice this year.
I've just come back from London.

  • This is the most expensive holiday I've ever had.
I've never had such an expensive holiday before.
  •  My father hasn't been to the theatre for ten years.
My father didn't go to the theatre ten years ago.


2. A journalist is interviewing a politician on a radio programme. Choose the correct form .
Interviewer: Mrs Blake, you want people to vote for you again. Our listeners want to know why.
Politician: I think our achievements are very clear.
I: Well, not always. For example, under your government unemployement has risen/ rose by ten per cent.
P: Yes, but you have to look at the international context. The price of oil has increased/ increased to over forty euros last year and there has been/ was a world recession this year.
I: But now the price of oil has fallen/ fell again.
P: Yes, the future looks very good. Since we came to power we have cut/ cut taxes three times. The last government has increased/ increased them.
I: The opposition says that services have suffered/ suffered. What about the health system? Several hospitals have closed/ closed recently.
P: Yes, but people can see now that we have introduced/ introduced big improvements. Those hospitals have been/ were old. We have invested/invested in new and better hospitals.
I: But people are waiting longer for their operations.
P: No, that's not correct. Patients waited longer before we came to power. The latest stadistics show that we have reduced/ reduced the number of people waiting for operations. 
I: What about your record on education?
P: Standards were terrible under the last government. When we have introduced/ introduced the new education law, the results improved very quickly.
I: Thank you Mrs Blake. Now the news... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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