Present perfect / past simple concept quiz

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I lived in Manchester for three years.
1. I live in Manchester now.
2. I don't live in Manchester now.
I've lived in Cambridge since I was 16.
1. I live in Cambridge now.
2. I don't live in Cambridge now.
I've eaten too much!
1. I feel uncomfortable.
2. This doesn't affect me now.
I ate too much at the annual dinner last week.
1. But I feel fine now
2. I feel uncomfortable now as a result.
I haven't seen 'Pirates of the Cribbean: at World's End' yet.
1. I plan to see it sometime.
2. You don't know whether I plan to see it or not.
They've painted the classroom.
1. It's a different colour than it was last time.
2. It's the same colour as it was last time.
Have you ever been to Malaysia?
1. I want to know when, exactly, you went to Malaysia.
2. I just want to know whether you went there at some time during your life.
She's gone to Shenzhen for the day.
1. She's in Shenzhen.
2. She's back in Hong Kong.
She's been to Shanghai.
1. She's in Shanghai.
2. She went to Shanghai at some time in her life - we don't know when - and she's not there now.
They've been married for seven years.
1. They got married seven years ago and they're still married now.
2. They were married for a period of seven years. We don't know whether they are sill married.

Resources page for present perfect tense

Notes on present perfect tense

Gap fill exercises

Letter : present perfect or past simple?
Fill the gaps in the complaint letter with past simple or present perfect verb forms

Present perfect, past simple and past continuous 01
Gapped dialogue. 'Have you ever...?' with a short anecdote as the reply using past simple and past continuous.

Present perfect, past simple and past continuous 02
Gapped dialogue. 'Have you ever...?' with a short anecdote as the reply using past simple and past continuous.

Quizzes - multiple choice / short answer

Present perfect - concept quiz 1
Fifteen-question concept checking quiz. All main uses of present perfect simple.

Present perfect and past simple quiz 2
Twelve-question multiple-choice quiz with feedback and explanations.

Present perfect and past simple quiz 1
Twelve-question MC quiz testing present perfect for (recent) actions with present consequences, and events in an unfinished time period (the life of a living person, this week, this month etc.)