[Grammar] My father __________ me a bicycle...

[Meja]

The task is to put the verb in the bracket in the correct tense (it shouldn't be any of the future tenses):

My father __________ me a bicycle for my birthday. (give)

We can use the past simple tense:
My father gave me a bicycle for my birthday.
Beside this answer, can we also use the present perfect tense?
My father has given me a bicycle for my birthday (and I have and use that bike in the present).

 

[GoesStation]

Without further context, the simple past, present perfect, or past perfect are all possible.

 

[Meja]

There is no further context. Only the simple past is given in the answer key.

 

[andrewg927]

If this question is an exercise for past simple in your grammar book, then you need to use past simple.

 

[Meja]

It is an exercise in which students are supposed to choose between past simple and present perfect.

 

[GoesStation]

It is an exercise in which students are supposed to choose between past simple and present perfect.

Either tense is possible. It's not a good question.

 

[Meja]

Do you mean that my question is not good or the one given in the test book?

 

[andrewg927]

The one in your book.