Verbesserung der 2. Schulaufgabe - Present Perfect or Simple Past?

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!


Present perfect or simple past (10 credits)





Last week my uncle [sell] his old car. Today he
[come] back from Germany in a brand-new
BMW. The day before yesterday he [fly] to Munich and then he
[take] the train to Dingolfing in Lower Bavaria. From there
he [phone] my aunt and [tell] her
that everything [be] okay.
My uncle [always - want] to own a BMW, but so far he
[never - have] enough money. So why has he
got a BMW now? - It’s not his car, but he [fetch] it for a
friend who is going to sell him his old Audi.