Differences between the Present Perfect Tense and the Simple Past Tense.

The present perfect is used when the time period I have seen three movies this week.
has NOT finished: (This week has not finished yet.)
The simple past is used when the time period I saw three movies last week.
HAS finished: (Last week is finished.)
The present perfect is often used when giving Martin has crashed his car again.
recent news: (This is new information.)
The simple past is used when giving older Martin crashed his car last year.
information: (This is old information.)
The present perfect is used when the time is not I have seen that movie already.
specific: (We don't know when.)
I saw that movie on Thursday.
The simple past is used when the time is clear:
(We know exactly when.)
The present perfect is used with for and since, I have lived in Victoria for five years.
when the actions have not finished yet: (I still live in Victoria.)
The simple past is used with for and since, when I lived in Victoria for five years.
the actions have already finished: (I don't live in Victoria now.)

Complete the sentence with Present Perfect or Past Simple using the verb in brackets:

1 Paul ________________ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993. (live)

2 The Titanic ________________ in 1912. (sink)

3 Somebody ________________ my bicycle! Now I'll have to walk home. (steal)

4 Gerry ________________ off his bike three times this month. (fall)

5 Jane ________________ from university last July. (graduate)

6 I ________________ the movie Titanic three times. I'm going to see it again tonight. (see)

7 I ________________ to work every day for the last six weeks! (walk)
8 When Margareth was a child, she ________________ in Seoul. (live)

9 Ouch! ________________ my finger! (cut)

10 I ________________ my key yesterday, so I couldn't get into the house. Eventually, I found it in
my jacket pocket. (lose)

Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses

Malaria? In Canada?
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Have you ever had malaria? If you have, the chances are that you ________________
(get) the disease in a hot country. Malaria is most common in tropical countries,
especially those with wet and humid climates, where the mosquitos which carry the
disease can flourish. However, recently, malaria ________________ (become) more
common in Canada. According to a recent report, over 1000 people ________________ (contract)
the disease in Canada in 1997, and the number ________________ (rise) every year since 1994.
This is an alarming trend.

Why is the incidence of malaria rising here? The answer is travel. More and more Canadians travel
abroad every year, and some of them catch malaria. However, when a Toronto woman
________________ (become) sick last year, her doctor ________________ (discover) that she
________________ (never travel) abroad in her life. She must have been bitten by a mosquito which
________________ (get) the disease from another sick Canadian.