Gap text: Present perfect or past tense?

A: _______ (you/like) your last job? B: I _______ (like) it at first but then I _____ (quarrel) with my employer and he _________ (dismiss) me. A: How long ______ (you/be) there? B: I _________ (be) there for two weeks.

Did you like / liked / quarreled / dismissed / were you / was

____________ (you/see) the moon last night?

Did you see

_____________ (you/lock) the door before you left the house?

Did you lock

A: I ________ (not know) that you ____ (know) Mrs Pitt. _________ (how long/you/know) her? B: I _________ (know) her for ten years.

didn't know / knew / How long have you known / have known

My brother __________ (write) several plays. He __________ (just/finish) his second tragedy.

wrote / has just finished

A: I ______ (lose) my black gloves. ________ (you/see) them anywhere? B: No, I'm afraid I haven't. When _________. (when/last/you/wear) them? A: I ______ (wear) them at the theatre last night. B: Perhaps you ________ (leave) them at the theatre.

have lost / have you seen / did you last wear / wore / left

We ___________ (miss) the bus. Now we'll have to walk.

have missed

I ______________ (never/drink) whisky.

have never drunk

A: This is my house. B: How long ___________ (you/live) here? A: I _______ (live) here since 1970.

have you lived / have lived

I can't go out because I ___________ (not yet finish) my work.

haven't finished yet

A: Where is Tom? B: I _____________ (not see) him today.

haven't seen

I _____________ (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.

haven't seen

A: He ________ (leave) the house at 8.00. B: Where __________ (he/go)? A: I don't know where he ________ (go).

left / did he go / went

I __________ (leave) home at 8.00 and ________ (get) here at twelve.

left / got

He _________ (live) in London for two years and then, _________ (go) to Edinburgh.

lived / went

I ___________ (meet) him last June.

met

I ___________ (read) his books when I was at school. I ___________ (enjoy) them very much.

read / enjoyed

A: He __*?*_______ (serve) in the First World War. B: _____________ (when/that war/begin)? A: It ________ (begin) in 1914 and ______ (last) for four years.

served / When did that war begin? began / lasted

He ___________ (go) out ten minutes ago.

went

Mr Count ________ (work) as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he _________ (retire) and ___________ (go) to live in the country.

worked / retired / went

Cervantes ___________ (write) Don Quixote.

wrote

Shakespeare _________ (write) a lot of plays.

wrote

The actors ________ (arrive) yesterday and _______ (start) rehearsals early this morning.

arrived / started

The concert ________ (begin) at 2:30 and ________ (last) for two hours. Everyone _______ (enjoy) it very much.

began / lasted / enjoyed

A: I ____ (buy) this in Bond Street. B: How much ______ (pay) for it? A: I _____ (pay) £100.

bought / did you pay / paid

He ___________ (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.

broke

Chopin ____________ (compose) some of his music in Majorca. Majorca: An island in Spain

composed

I __________ (do) this sort of work when I _________ (be) an apprentice.

did / was

A: When __________ (he/arrive)? B: He ____________ (arrive) at 2.00.

did he arrive / arrived

A: Where _______ (you/find) this knife? B: I _________ (find) it in the garden. A: Why __________ (you/not leave) it there?

did you find / found / didn't you leave

A: ________________ (you/wear) your hair long when you were at school? B: Yes, my mother ___________ (insist) on it. But when I ___________ (leave) school I _______ (cut) my hair and _________ (wear) it short ever since.

did you wear / insisted / left / cut / have worn

A: I _________ (fly) over Loch Ness last week. B: _________ (you/see) the Loch Ness monster?

flew / did you see

It _________ (be) very cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer.

has been

Mr Pound is the bank manager. He _________ (be) here for five years.

has been

The play ____________ (just/begin). You are a little late.

has just begun

He __________ (just/go) out.

has just gone

A: Do you know that lady who _____ (just/leave) the shop? B: Yes, that is Miss Thrift. Is she a customer of yours? A: Not exactly. She _______ (be) in here several times but she _____ (never/buy) anything.

has just left / has been / never has bought /

A: The clock is slow. B: It isn't slow, it ______________ (stop).

has stopped

He ______________ (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.

hasn't smoked

I __________ (already/ write) the letter but I can't find a stamp.

have already written

Here are your shoes; I ___________ (just/clean) them.

have just cleaned

A: _____ (the newspaper/come)? B: Yes, Ann is reading it.

Has the newspaper come?

A: ______ (you/be) here before? B: Yes, I _________ (spend) my holiday here last year. A: ___________ (you/have) a good time? B: No, it ________ (never/stop) raining.

Have you been / spent / Did you have / never stopped

___________ (you/have) breakfast yet? Yes, I __________ (have) it at 8.00.

Have you had / had