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Present perfect vs past simple

Grammar · B1 · 4 printable sheets, each with an answer key.

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  1. Sheet 1 · 35 minPresent perfect or past simple: a new job in TorontoRead an email about a first month at work, practise both tenses, then write about your own first weeks somewhere new.Free
  2. Sheet 2 · 35 minPresent perfect or past simple: correcting a film podcast scriptMedia vocabulary, error correction and word order with both tenses, then a short podcast review of something you watched.
  3. Sheet 3 · 35 minPresent perfect or past simple: a beach clean-up groupRead about a community clean-up project in Cape Town, check understanding, then practise both tenses in environmental news.
  4. Sheet 4 · 35 minPresent perfect or past simple: a term in SeoulAn exchange student's first weeks in Korea: match, choose and transform sentences, then write your own study-abroad update.