EXCERCISES
** To check your
understanding of both tenses try to do the following exercises **
** Complete the
following sentences by choosing the correct answer from between brackets **
1.
I ------------ a teacher for 15
years.
(was, have been, has been)
2.
He --------------- the meeting
yesterday.
(doesn’t attend, hasn’t attended, didn’t attend)
3.
Yarmouk university -------------- in 1976.
(has been established, was established, is established)
4.
A year ago Husam ------------- a
scholarship to continue his higher studies in Canada. (has won, won, have won)
5.
The thief --------- last night.
(was arrested, has been
arrested, have been arrested)
6.
I ----------- to her since yesterday.
(haven’t spoken, hasn’t, spoken, didn’t speak)
7.
We --------- our home a month ago.
(have sold, sold, has sold)
8.
I ------------ five times. I don’t
think anyone is in.
(has knocked, have knocked, knocked)
9.
I ------------ copying the book yet.
(haven’t finished, hasn’t finished, didn’t finish)
10.
She really loves that film. She
------------ it three times.>
(have seen, has seen, saw)
11.
My brother --------------- in the
army since he waas eighteen.
(has been, have been, was)
12.
We read the instructions but we
------------ them.
(haven’t understood, hasn’t understood, didn’t understand)