1) Halle ________ a city for over 1,200 years. a) has been b) was 2) Halle _______ many names throughout its history. a) had b) has had 3) It ______ a part of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg in the 10th century. a) became b) has become 4) Moritzburg ________ between 1484 and 1503. a) was built b) has been built 5) It ________ the residence of the Archbishops of Magdeburg before it became a night club. a) was b) has been 6) Swedish troops ________ Moritzburg during the Thirty Years' War. a) have destroyed b) destroyed 7) George Frideric Handel ______ born in 1685. a) was b) has been 8) Handel ______ a lot of famous music. a) composed b) has composed 9) Handel ______ in London. a) has died b) died 10) Since the end of the 19th century, Moritzburg ________ an art museum. a) housed b) has housed 11) Construction of the Red Tower _______ in 1418. a) has begun b) began 12) The Red Tower _______ on the market square in Halle for many centuries. a) stood b) has stood 13) August Hermann Francke _______ the Francke Foundations in 1698. a) founded b) has founded 14) French and Prussian forces ______ in the Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806. a) have clashed b) clashed 15) Halle ________ part of the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815. a) became b) has become 16) The National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ________ in Halle since 1878. a) was located b) has been located 17) Halle _______ destroyed during World War II. a) hasn't been b) wasn't 18) The Handel Festival _______ since 1952. a) has taken place b) took place 19) In 1991 the population of Halle ________ around 305,000 people. a) has reached b) reached 20) Many people ________ since the German Reunification. a) moved away b) have moved away

Halle - simple past or present perfect?

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