SpeakOut B1 Unit 2.1 Present Perfect vs Past Sim ...

John Wayne has made/made more than 200 films before he died in 1979.

Christina Aguilera has recorded/recorded an album in Spanish, but she doesn’t speak the language.

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.

Jack Black has been/was an actor since 1969.

Ex-President Ronald Reagan has appeared/appeared in over fifty films from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Tom Cruise has studied/studied to be a priest

Cuba Gooding Jr’s first job has been/was as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympics.

Drew Barrymore has never directed/never directed a film.

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain have all died/all died when they were twenty-seven.

Jennifer Aniston has dated/dated all of the male actors in Friends in real life.

At the age of ten, Justin Timberlake has won/won the 1991 pre-teen Mr America contest.

George Clooney has had/had a pet lion when he was a boy.

Harrison Ford has had/had a species of spider named after him.

Jennifer Lopez has started/started singing and dancing lessons at the age of five.

Samuel L. Jackson has first appeared/first appeared in a film when he was two years old.

Quentin Tarantino has directed/directed but never acted in films.

Brad Pitt has never won/never won an Oscar.

Steven Spielberg has appeared/appeared in the 1984 film ET.

The film Titanic has never been/was never translated into any languages other than English.

James Bond is a real agent in the British secret service. He has worked/worked there for over twenty years.