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Grammar quiz · level B1

Present perfect or past simple

I have lived here since 2015, or I lived there in 2010? Clear rules and a quiz.

Past simple: a finished time

Use the past simple with a finished time: yesterday, last year, in 2010, two days ago.

  • I saw him yesterday.
  • She was in Paris in 2019.

Present perfect: up to now

Use have or has + the past participle for something that started in the past and goes on now, or for experience in your life up to now.

  • We have lived here since 2015.
  • Have you ever eaten sushi?

For, since, ago

For + a length of time. Since + a starting point. Ago goes with the past simple.

  • for ten years
  • since January
  • three years ago

Yet, never, ever

Use yet in questions and negatives, and ever or never for experience.

  • I haven't finished yet.
  • I have never ridden a horse.

Quiz: 10 questions

  1. I ___ him yesterday.

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    saw. Yesterday is a finished time: past simple.

  2. We ___ here since 2015.

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    have lived. Since 2015 and still now: present perfect.

  3. She ___ in Paris in 2019.

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    was. In 2019 is a finished time: past simple.

  4. Have you ___ sushi?

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    ever eaten. Have + ever + past participle: ever eaten.

  5. I have known her ___ ten years.

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    for. Ten years is a length of time: for.

  6. They moved to Texas three years ___.

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    ago. Three years ago: past simple with ago.

  7. He has worked here ___ January.

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    since. January is a starting point: since.

  8. I have never ___ a horse.

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    ridden. Have + past participle: ridden.

  9. What time ___ you get home last night?

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    did. Last night is a finished time: did + the base verb.

  10. I haven't finished my homework ___.

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    yet. In negatives we use yet.

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Word list: New General Service List 1.2 by Browne, Culligan and Phillips (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited under each picture. Listening uses the voice built into your device.

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