Exercise 2

THE USE OF THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS AND THE PAST INDEFINITE
Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps with the past simple, the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous forms of the verbs in brackets, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Grandmother passes driving test on 950th attempt

Cha Sagong (want) to drive for years, and last week she (move) a step closer to that dream: she passed the written exam for a driving licence on her 950th attempt.
‘I (try) to pass this test for over four years,’ said the sixty-eight-year-old grandmother, ‘And now I (finally, do) it. Over the past two years a lot of people have told me that I’m crazy, but I don’t mind. If you have a dream, you can’t give up.’
She (become) a bit of a legend at the testing centre. ‘It (be) difficult to see her fail so many times,’ said the centre director. ‘And we (hope) that sooner or later she will get through. She’ll be missed, that’s for sure,’ he (add). ‘A day without Cha is like a day without our favourite granny.’
Mrs Sagong (spend) over five million Korean won* on fees so far, now she just needs to pass the practical test, and after she (pass) that she’ll be given a licence.

*South Korean won – the currency of the Republic of Korea