Grammar Worksheet 2
Past simple / Present Perfect
Past simple / Present Perfect
1.- Read the text and fill in the missing words. They are all verbs or parts of verbs. One verb uses the present simple base form. Can you say which one it is and why?
I have been here before!
Have you 1 ever been (be) in a situation in which you suddenly think, “I have been here before”? Or 2 ................ you ever ................ (have) the strange sensation that what is happening to you 3 ................ (happen) before. This is what is known as Déjà vu. Most people have had this sensation at some time or another but so far no one 4 ................ really ................ (come up with) a very convincing explanation of why it happens.
One theory is that we are experiencing something which
5 ................ (occur) in a previous existence. This assumes that we all accept the idea that we 6 ................ (live) through a previous incarnation, or had some ‘out-of-body’ experience which 7 ................ (influence) our present daily life.
Psychologists 8 ................ (make) many attempts to explain the phenomenon. The most popular theory is that there are times when there is a simple malfunction of the brain’s ‘electrical circuit’. What happens is that the brain accidentally stores what we see as a memory before it 9 ................ actually ................ (register) in the consciousness. So basically we have a memory of something that hasn’t happened yet. My opinion is that this tends to happen when I am very tired, and my brain takes longer than it should 10 ................ (process) information.
2.- Put the following groups of words into questions and answers using ever and never.
1 Have you / Sahara Desert? No.
Have you ever been to the Sahara Desert? No, never.
2 Have you / ‘out-of-body’ experience? No.
3 Your teacher / tell / you / the best student / he or she / had? Unfortunately / no.
4 Have / you / bite / a poisonous spider? No / and / I / want to be!
3.- Underline the option which best complete each sentence.
1 I’m afraid I still haven’t done my homework / did my homework.
2 John has never been / never went to Norway, but his sister has.
3 I have already told you the answer twice / yesterday.
4 People’s lives are changing / have changed a lot in the past few years.
5 I’m still waiting / have been waiting for a reply from Sam. I sent him an e-mail two weeks ago.
6 Have you washed / Do you wash your hair every day?
Answers
Grammar Worksheet 2
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2 have, had; 3 has happened, 4 has, come up with; 5 occurred; 6 have lived; 7 has influenced; 8 have made; 9 has, registered; 10 to process.
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2 Have you ever had an ‘out-of-body’ experience? No, never. 3 Has your teacher ever told you you’re the best student he or she has ever had? Unfortunately, no, s/he never has. 4 Have you ever been bitten by a poisonous spider? No, never, and I wouldn’t want to be!
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2 never been, 3 twice, 4 have changed, 5 still waiting, 6 Do you wash.
