Share SpeakOut B1 Unit 2.1 Present Perfect vs Past Simple
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At the age of ten, Justin Timberlake has won/won the 1991 pre-teen Mr America contest.
won
Christina Aguilera has recorded/recorded an album in Spanish, but she doesn’t speak the language.
has recorded
When he was a child, Jim Carrey has worn/wore tap shoes to bed, in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
wore
Drew Barrymore has never directed/never directed a film.
has never directed
Samuel L. Jackson has first appeared/first appeared in a film when he was two years old.
first appeared
Jack Black has been/was an actor since 1969.
has been
The film Titanic has never been/was never translated into any languages other than English.
has never been
Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain have all died/all died when they were twenty-seven.
all died
James Bond is a real agent in the British secret service. He has worked/worked there for over twenty years.
has worked
Tom Cruise has studied/studied to be a priest
studied
Quentin Tarantino has directed/directed but never acted in films.
has directed
Jennifer Lopez has started/started singing and dancing lessons at the age of five.
started
Cuba Gooding Jr’s first job has been/was as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympics.
was
George Clooney has had/had a pet lion when he was a boy.
had
Brad Pitt has never won/never won an Oscar.
has never won
Ex-President Ronald Reagan has appeared/appeared in over fifty films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
appeared
