Present Perfect or Simple Past?

 

Specific time in the past = simple past

I drove to Vancouver yesterday.

We went to Hawaii in 2007.

 

Unspecific time in the past = present perfect

I have driven to Vancouver a lot.

We have never gone to Hawaii.

 

Decide if the time is specific or unspecific.

 1.

1995 a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 2.

yesterday a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 3.

many times a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 4.

recently a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 5.

on my birthday a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 6.

5 years ago a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 7.

lately a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

 8.

Thursday a. specific time - simple past b. unspecific time - present perfect

Choose simple past or present perfect.

 1.

We ______________ (leave) our country in 2005.

 2.

We ________________ (live) here for a long time.

 3.

I ______________ (live) in Portland when I was a child.

 4.

She ________________ (call) me three times last week.

 5.

I _________________ (always, love) sports.

 6.

I ________________ (study) a lot lately.

 7.

I _____________ (get) my driver's license in January.

 8.

We _______________ (eat) at a restaurant last Sunday.

 9.

I ________________ (never, visit) California

 10.

She _________________ (work) too much recently.

 11.

We __________________ (know) each other for a long time.

 12.

We ________________ (take) the bus three times.

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