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Present Perfect or Past Simple Tense?

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Does the sentence require the present perfect or the past simple tense? Meant to be an online resource, you could easily print this to complete in the classroom. Learners fill in each blank with the correct tense. Ten questions are listed. 

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verbs, parts of speech, the present perfect tense, verb tenses, the simple past tense

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past simple tense, present perfect tense, verbs, l.5.1, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Types
Interactives
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