Exercise 3

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. Make sure you use only FULL FORMS, as a contracted form might be considered a mistake. 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!
1. I (not see) any good films recently.
2. She (love) reading when she was a girl and started writing her first novel last week.
3. He’s never been very interested in fixing things but lately he (do) quite a few repairs around the house.
4. Vincent van Gogh (paint) Starry Night.
5. She played the violin in an orchestra for five years before she (become) a soloist.
6. Has Mary fed the cat? – Yes, she has. – When she (feed) him?
7. Where is Tom? – I haven’t seen him today, but he (tell) Mary that he'd be in for dinner.
8. I’ve just received a letter saying that we (not pay) this quarter's electricity bill.
9. the newspaper (come)? – Yes, Ann is reading it.
10. you (lock) the door before you left the house?