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Past simple or present perfect? — Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or the past simple of the verbs in parentheses.

1I (finish) my report, so I can relax now.

2She (go) to bed late last night because she was studying.

3They (live) in this city for more than ten years.

4We (see) that new restaurant when we were in town yesterday.

5He (never try) snowboarding before.

6I (lose) my keys this morning, but I found them an hour later.

7She (just leave) the office. She’ll be back soon.

8We (meet) at a conference in 2019 and became good friends.

9How long (you know) your best friend?

10My brother (break) his arm, so he can’t play football today.

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