English Grammer IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
14. PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST two (I accept done and I did)
| A | Do not employ the present perfect (I have done ) when you talk nigh a finished time (for example, yesterday /x minutes ago/in 2005/when I was a child ). Use a past tense: · It was very cold yesterday . (not has been) · Paul and Lucy arrived ten minutes ago . (not have arrived) · Did you eat a lot of sweets when you lot were a child ? (not have you lot eaten) · I got home late last night . I was very tired and went direct to bed. Use the past to ask When ... ? or What time ... ?: · When did your friends arrive ? (not have ... arrived) · What fourth dimension did you finish work? Compare | Present Perfect | Past uncomplicated | | · Tom has lost his key. He can't get into the business firm. · Is Carla here or has she left ? | · Tom lost his central yesterday . He couldn't get into the house. · When did Carla exit ? | |
| B | Compare | Nowadays Perfect | Past simple | | Present perfect (take done) · I 've done a lot of piece of work today . Nosotros utilize the present perfect for a period of fourth dimension that continues until now. For example: today / this week / since 2007 .  · Information technology hasn't rained this week . · Take y'all seen Anna this morning ? (it is nonetheless morning time) · Accept you seen Tim recently ? · I don't know where Lisa is. I haven't seen her. (= I haven't seen her recently) · We' ve been waiting for an 60 minutes. (we are still waiting now) · Jack lives in Los Angeles. He has lived there for seven years. · I have never played golf game. (in my life) · It'due south the terminal day of your holiday . You say: It 's been a really good holiday. I 've really enjoyed it. | Past simple (did) · I did a lot of work yesterday . We utilize the by simple for a finished time in the past. For example: yesterday /last week /from 2007 to 2010 .  · It didn't rain concluding week . · Did you see Anna this forenoon ? (information technology is now afternoon or evening) · Did you run across Tim on Lord's day ? · A: Was Lisa at the party on Dominicus ? B: I don't recall and so. I didn't see her. · We waited (or were waiting ) for an hour. (we are no longer waiting) · Jack lived in New York for ten years. Now he lives in Los Angeles. · I didn't play golf last summer . · Subsequently you come back from holiday you say: It was a actually good holiday. I actually enjoyed information technology. | |
EXERCISES
| 14.ane | Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. | 1 | I 've lost my key. I can't discover information technology anywhere. | OK | | 2 | Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child? | Did yous eat | | 3 | I' ve bought a new motorcar. You must come and see it. | ___________ | | 4 | I 've bought a new car last week. | ___________ | | 5 | Where have you been yesterday evening? | ___________ | | 6 | Lucy has left school in 1999. | ___________ | | 7 | I'k looking for Mike. Have y'all seen him? | ___________ | | 8 | ' Have you been to Paris?, 'Yes, many times.' | ___________ | | 9 | I'm very hungry. I haven't eaten much today. | ___________ | | 10 | When has this book been published? | ___________ | |
| 14.2 | Brand sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple. | 1 | (it/non /rain /this week) | It hasn't rained this week. | | two | (the weather condition /be /cold /recently) | The weather________________________ | | 3 | (it /common cold /last week) | It_________________________________ | | 4 | (I /not /read /a newspaper yesterday) | I_________________________________ | | 5 | (I /not /read /a newspaper today) | _________________________________ | | 6 | (Emily /earn /a lot of money /this year) | _________________________________ | | 7 | (she /not /earn /so much /last year) | _________________________________ | | viii | (you /accept /a vacation recently?) | _________________________________ | |
| 14.iii | Put the verb into the right course, nowadays perfect or past simple. | i | 'What'due south Madrid like? 'I don't know._____ I haven't been____(I / non /be) there.' | | ii | When ___________ (I /get) home last night, __________ (I /be) very tired and _____ (I /go) straight to bed. | | 3 | A: _______________ (you /see) Lisa recently? B: Yeah, _____________ (I /saw) her a few days ago. | | iv | I'm tired. _______________ (1 /not /sleep) well final night. | | v | The bus drivers were on strike last week. __________ (there /exist) no buses. | | 6 | Mr Lee _________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then ___________ (he /give) it upwards. Now he works as a gardener. | | 7 | Mary lives in Dublin. _______________. (she /live) there all her life. | | 8 | A: _______________ (you /become) to the cinema terminal nighttime? B: Yes, only ______________ (it /be) a mistake. The moving-picture show __________ (be) atrocious. | | 9 | My grandfather __________ (die) before I was born. ___________ (ane /never I run into) him. | | x | I don't know Karen'south hubby. ______________ (I /never /meet) him. | | xi | Ifs almost lunchtime, and ______________. (I /not /run into) Martin all morn. I wonder where he is. | | 12 | 'Where do you live?, 'In Boston.' 'How long _________________. (you /alive) there?' 'Five years.' 'Where ____________ (y'all /live) before that?' 'In Chicago., 'And how long ___________ (you I live) in Chicago?' 'Two years.' | |
| 14.4 | Write sentences nigh yourself using the ideas in brackets. | 1 | (something you lot haven't done today) | I haven't eaten any fruit today | | 2 | (something y'all haven't done today) | _______________________________ | | 3 | (something you didn't practice yesterday) | _______________________________ | | 4 | (something you did yesterday evening) | _______________________________ | | 5 | (something you haven't done recently) | _______________________________ | | 6 | (something you've done a lot recently) | _______________________________ | |
ANSWER KEY
UNIT 14
14.one
three OK
iv I bought
5 Where were y'all
6 Lucy left school
7 OK
eight OK
9 OK
x When was this book published ?
fourteen.two
2 The weather has been common cold recently.
3 lt was cold terminal week.
4 I didn't read a newspaper yesterday.
5 I haven't read a paper today.
half dozen Emily has earned a lot of money this year.
7 She didn't earn so much final year.
8 Have you had a vacation recently?
14.3
2 I got ... I was ... I went
3 Have you seen ... I saw
four I didn't sleep
5 There were
6 worked ... he gave
7 She's lived I She has lived
8 Did yous go ... it was ... was
ix died ... I never met
10 I've never met I I accept never met
11 I haven't seen
12 have y'all lived or take yous been living .. . did yous alive ... did yous live
xiv.four
Case answers:
ii I haven't bought anything today.
iii I didn't lookout man Tv yesterday.
4 I went out with some friends yesterday evening.
5 I haven't been to the cinema recently.
6 I've read a lot of books recently.
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