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Present Perfect / Past Tense Exercise

I. Write the correct form of each verb given in the brackets to complete the paragraph below.

My name is Kamal Zinoune. I’m from Morocco. Right now, I’m studying English at this university. I __________________ (BE) here since the beginning of January this year. I ____________________ (ARRIVE) here on August 2, and my classes _______________ (BEGIN) on the 6th. Since I __________________ (COME) here, I ____________________ (DO) many things, and I ____________________ (MEET) many people. For example, I ________________________ (BE) to several parties. Last Saturday, I _______________________ (GO) to a party at my friend’s house. There _________________ (BE) only people from Morocco at the party. There I ______________________ (FIND) some other Moroccan students who are studying at the same university. They ______________________ (BE) here for a few years. When they learned that I was new here, they all _____________ (INVITE) me to visit them in the hostel. They _________________ (SAY) I’d feel happier if I could talk to someone from back home once in a while. Of course, we ____________________ (SPEAK) Arabic only that night, so I ____________________ (NOT, PRACTICE) my English. However, I _____________ (HAVE) a wonderful time that night.

II. Fill in each blank with One word only to complete the following paragraph.

Actually I have been using English since I arrived in Canada in January and I think my English _________ improved since then. Why? Well, there are students from various countries on campus. Because our mother tongues are different, we have to talk to each other in English. By using English frequently, of course, a person’s English would become better. For me, I like to talk with people from other countries to learn about them and their cultures. Naturally, I ________ been taking the opportunity to meet and talk to different students. Some of them have actually become my good friends _________ I started reaching out. Now we get together when we are free. We usually talk to each other and do some activities. For example, we had a picnic in a beautiful park _________ weekend. We prepared and ate some nice food and played some games. We had a wonderful time. And we used English only!

At the beginning of this paragraph, we see “Actually I have been using English since I arrived in Canada in January… “ What does the sentence mean? (Circle the letter of the best answer.)

a. I used English in February, but I didn’t use it in March.

b. I used English after I came to Canada, but I don’t use it anymore.

c. I used English last month and I still use it today.

d. I used English in January and I will use it next month.

Present Perfect / Past Tense Exercise

1. My name is Kamal Zinoune. I’m from Morocco. Right now, I’m

studying English at this university. I __________________ (BE) here

since the beginning of January.

2. I ____________________ (ARRIVE) here on August 2, and my classes

_______________ (BEGIN) on the 6th.

3. Since I __________________ (COME) here, I ____________________

(DO) many things, and I ____________________ (MEET) many people.

4. For example, I ________________________ (BE) to several parties.

5. Last Saturday, I _______________________ (GO) to a party at my

friend’s house.

6. There _________________ (BE) only people from Morocco at the party.

7. There I ______________________ (FIND) some other Moroccan

students who are studying at the same university.

8. They ________________ (BE) here for a few years.

9. And they all _____________ (INVITE) me to visit them in the hostel.

10. They _________________ (SAY) I’d feel happier if I could talk to

someone from back home once in a while.

11. Of course, we ____________________ (SPEAK) Arabic only that

night, so I ____________________ (NOT, PRACTICE) my English.

12. However, since I ___________________ (BEGIN) studying here, I

____________________ (GET) to know a lot of other people.

13. I ___________________ (MEET) students from Latin America, Africa,

the Middle East and Asia. And I enjoy talking to them.

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