Question

Past Simple or Present Perfect? The room is clean now because my mum just (clean) it. I (clean) my room two days ago. Mike (get) a five last Maths lesson. Mike is happy. He (get) a five! 5. He already (do) his home exercise. 6. She (do) her home exercise yesterday. 7. Jim (be) in Moscow la

Answer 1

Has just cleaned

cleaned

got

has got

has alrady done

she does

Answer 2

Let's fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb tenses:

1. The room is clean now because my mum just cleaned it. (Past Simple)
2. I cleaned my room two days ago. (Past Simple)
3. Mike got a five last Maths lesson. Mike is happy. He got a five! (Past Simple)
4. He already did his home exercise. (Present Perfect)
5. She did her home exercise yesterday. (Past Simple)
6. Jim was in Moscow last week. (Past Simple)

Explanation:

1. "Just" indicates that the action was completed in the recent past, so we use the Past Simple tense.
2. "Two days ago" specifies a specific time in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense.
3. "Last Maths lesson" indicates a specific past time, so we use the Past Simple tense. "Is happy" and "He got a five!" refer to the present moment, so we use the Present Simple tense.
4. "Already" implies that the action was completed before the present moment, so we use the Present Perfect tense.
5. "Yesterday" indicates a specific past time, so we use the Past Simple tense.
6. "Last week" specifies a specific time in the past, so we use the Past Simple tense.