Writing exercise: Simple past vs. Present perfect.

Si aún no conoces tu nivel de inglés, ve a nuestro Test de Inglés de Platzi y conócelo en minutos. 🚀

Rellena los espacios en blanco con la forma correcta del verbo que está entre paréntesis. Recuerda utilizar las estructuras gramaticales del módulo estudiado (past simple, present perfect, ‘used to’, y ‘just’). No mires las respuestas antes de terminar.

1. I ______ (go) to my grandma’s last weekend, and it ______ (be) great. She doesn’t cook very often anymore, but she ______ (prepare) my favorite dish. I ______ (feel) the same way I ______ (feel) when I was a kid. I ______ (not / can) be happier.

2. Judy and Kyle are best friends. They ______ (meet) when they were kids in 1995, and since then, they ______ (be) inseparable. They do everything together! Last year, they ______ (travel) to Spain for five days. But it ______ (not / be) the first time they ______(travel) together. They ______ (be) to the US, Japan, and many other places.

3. My wife prepares dinner every night. Unfortunately, tonight I ______ (not / can) eat with her. I ______ (forget) to tell her my boss ______ (invite) me for a dinner meeting. She ______ (understand) when I ______ (tell) her: “I’m sorry, babe, I ______ (eat).”

4. I ______ (live) in front of a park when I was young. I have many good memories of that. It ______ (be) there I ______ (meet) my boyfriend. He ______ (go) there to read, and one day I finally ______ (have) the chance to invite him to go out. We ______ (have) an amazing first date, right there in that same park. We ______ (be) together since that day.

Respuestas

• Writing exercise: Simple past vs. Present perfect.

Contribución creada por Andrés Guano.