The balloon began to ________ away in the air from the child.

Before he gave his answer, the student had to _________ and think for a moment.

The Yankees hoped to ______________ the Mets in the last baseball game and win the world series championship.

The only _________ Bill could take to travel to see his mother was down Highway 94 since the main road was closed.

I had a ________ case of the flu that kept me off of work for a few days, but I didn’t need to go to the hospital.

I _________ to eat at a place where the cooks do not wear gloves and hairnets while preparing the food.

We were _________ that it was getting late, so we finished practicing outside and went home.

If you put salt instead of sugar in your chocolate cake recipe, you will  ________ it and people will refuse to eat it.

My ___________ was to win the gold medal in swimming at the Olympics.

Because the bed is made of _________ wood, the bed frame is very strong, reliable, and not easy to break.

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] I __________ (be) to Paris before.

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] David __________ (see) this movie in his childhood.

 [Use the Present Perfect Simple]  Marvin, Sandy, and I  ____________ (visit) Berlin. 

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] __________________ a celebrity before? (you / meet)

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] Margaret and Tom ______________ (not live) in Madrid. 

[Use the long form, no contractions]

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] _________________ (she / begin) the application for work? 

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] We _____________ (not / take) vacation this year already.

[Use the long form, no contractions]

When do we use the present perfect?  (for example: I've gone to the gym a lot since 2018.

We use past simple (I ate a sandwich...) 1) with a time word (i.e. yesterday) and 2) to say it's a completed action in the past.

[Use the Present Perfect Simple]  Margaret _________________ (eat) at this Chinese restaurant before with her partner.

[Use the Present Perfect Simple] ______________ (you / ride) a motorcycle before? 

[Use the Present Perfect Simple]  I _____________ (not study) in this class, but I hope I still get a good score on the test.

[Use the long form, no contractions]

[Use the Present Perfect Simple]  Martin _______________ (know) me since we started school together.

I haven't spoken to Tom _______ college, but I have seen his movies in the theater ______ five years now.  Has he been with his same girlfriend now _______May 2012?

We can use the present perfect simple to also talk about:

1) action during a time that is not finished (i.e. She's been to the gym this week.) 

2) actions completed in the very recent past (i.e. Marin has just come back from Toronto.)

[Present Perfect or Past Simple]  I think we ___________ (see) that movie already. Can we choose another?

[Present Perfect or Past Simple] I ___________ (read) a lot of good books recently. Lately, I've been learning more about Greek Mythology. 

[Present Perfect or Past Simple] I __________ (go) to the doctor's yesterday, and he told me my blood results have been very good since I changed medications.

[Present Perfect or Past Simple] Jeremy hasn't made plans with me lately, but he ________ (call) me last week today to wish me a happy birthday! How sweet of him!

[Present Perfect or Past Simple]  She .... just ... (choose) a dress for the wedding, but they still haven't picked their wedding rings for the ceremony.