Simple Past/Present Perfect
Using the words in brackets, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
1. A: Did you like the movie "Inglorious Bastards?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never) ______________ that movie.
2. John (arrive) ____________ in Zagreb a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) ______________ each other for over fifteen years.
4. I (have, not) _____________ this much fun since I (be) ___________ a kid.
5. Things (change) ___________ a great deal at Amistad Corporation. When they first (start) ______________ working three years ago, the company (have, only) ______________ six employees. Since then, they (expand) ______________.
6. I (tell) ____________ him to stay on the track while he was hiking, but he (wander) ___________ off into the woods.
7. Listen Jenny, I don't care if you (miss) _____________ the bus this morning. You (be) _____________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
8. How sad! George (dream) ____________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) _____________ the ocean.
9. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) _____________ much easier and more comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) ______________ two or three months to get from Europe to America. Things (change) __________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from Zagreb to New York in a matter of hours.
10. Bill, I can't believe how much you (change) ___________ since the last time I (see) __________ you. You (grow) _____________ so much!
11. This tree (be) __________ planted by my parents when I _________ (be) born fifteen years ago.
12. This mountain (be, never) ____________ climbed by anyone. Several climbers (try) ___________ to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) ___________. The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) ____________ trying to reach the summit.