English language GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
14. PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST 2 (I have done and I did)
| A | Do not utilize the nowadays perfect (I have washed ) when you talk about a finished time (for example, yesterday /ten minutes ago/in 2005/when I was a kid ). Use a past tense: · It was very cold yesterday . (not has been) · Paul and Lucy arrived x minutes ago . (not have arrived) · Did you lot eat a lot of sweets when y'all were a child ? (not accept you eaten) · I got home late last nighttime . I was very tired and went straight to bed. Use the past to ask When ... ? or What time ... ?: · When did your friends arrive ? (non have ... arrived) · What time did you end work? Compare | Present Perfect | Past unproblematic | | · Tom has lost his cardinal. He can't become into the house. · Is Carla here or has she left ? | · Tom lost his key yesterday . He couldn't go into the business firm. · When did Carla go out ? | |
| B | Compare | Present Perfect | Past unproblematic | | Present perfect (have washed) · I 've done a lot of work today . Nosotros use the nowadays perfect for a period of time that continues until now. For example: today / this week / since 2007 .  · It hasn't rained this week . · Have you seen Anna this morning ? (it is however morning) · Take 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 hour. (nosotros are even so waiting now) · Jack lives in Los Angeles. He has lived there for seven years. · I take never played golf. (in my life) · It'southward the last day of your vacation . You say: It 's been a really practiced holiday. I 've actually enjoyed information technology. | Past unproblematic (did) · I did a lot of work yesterday . We use the past simple for a finished time in the past. For example: yesterday /final week /from 2007 to 2010 .  · Information technology didn't rain last week . · Did y'all see Anna this morning ? (it is now afternoon or evening) · Did you come across Tim on Sunday ? · A: Was Lisa at the party on Lord's day ? B: I don't think and then. I didn't meet her. · We waited (or were waiting ) for an hour. (we are no longer waiting) · Jack lived in New York for x years. Now he lives in Los Angeles. · I didn't play golf last summer . · After yous come back from holiday yous say: It was a really expert holiday. I really enjoyed information technology. | |
EXERCISES
| 14.i | Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. | 1 | I 've lost my key. I can't detect it anywhere. | OK | | two | Have you lot eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child? | Did you eat | | 3 | I' ve bought a new car. You must come and see it. | ___________ | | 4 | I 've bought a new machine last week. | ___________ | | 5 | Where accept you been yesterday evening? | ___________ | | 6 | Lucy has left school in 1999. | ___________ | | 7 | I'yard looking for Mike. Have y'all seen him? | ___________ | | 8 | ' Take you been to Paris?, 'Aye, 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. Employ the present perfect or past unproblematic. | i | (it/not /pelting /this calendar week) | It hasn't rained this week. | | 2 | (the weather condition /be /cold /recently) | The weather________________________ | | 3 | (it /cold /last week) | It_________________________________ | | 4 | (I /not /read /a newspaper yesterday) | I_________________________________ | | five | (I /non /read /a newspaper today) | _________________________________ | | vi | (Emily /earn /a lot of money /this yr) | _________________________________ | | seven | (she /not /earn /so much /last year) | _________________________________ | | 8 | (you /take /a vacation recently?) | _________________________________ | |
| 14.iii | Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past uncomplicated. | 1 | 'What's Madrid like? 'I don't know._____ I haven't been____(I / not /exist) in that location.' | | two | When ___________ (I /get) habitation last nighttime, __________ (I /be) very tired and _____ (I /go) straight to bed. | | 3 | A: _______________ (you /run into) Lisa recently? B: Yes, _____________ (I /saw) her a few days agone. | | 4 | I'm tired. _______________ (1 /not /sleep) well last nighttime. | | 5 | The bus drivers were on strike last week. __________ (there /be) no buses. | | 6 | Mr Lee _________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then ___________ (he /requite) it upwardly. Now he works as a gardener. | | 7 | Mary lives in Dublin. _______________. (she /alive) in that location all her life. | | 8 | A: _______________ (you /go) to the cinema last night? B: Yes, only ______________ (it /be) a mistake. The film __________ (be) awful. | | 9 | My grandpa __________ (die) earlier I was built-in. ___________ (1 /never I meet) him. | | 10 | I don't know Karen'due south husband. ______________ (I /never /come across) him. | | 11 | Ifs almost lunchtime, and ______________. (I /non /see) Martin all morn. I wonder where he is. | | 12 | 'Where do y'all live?, 'In Boston.' 'How long _________________. (yous /alive) there?' 'Five years.' 'Where ____________ (you /alive) before that?' 'In Chicago., 'And how long ___________ (yous I live) in Chicago?' 'Two years.' | |
| 14.4 | Write sentences virtually yourself using the ideas in brackets. | 1 | (something you lot haven't done today) | I haven't eaten whatever fruit today | | ii | (something you lot haven't done today) | _______________________________ | | three | (something yous didn't do yesterday) | _______________________________ | | iv | (something you did yesterday evening) | _______________________________ | | 5 | (something you haven't done recently) | _______________________________ | | 6 | (something you've done a lot recently) | _______________________________ | |
Answer Cardinal
Unit xiv
xiv.ane
3 OK
4 I bought
v Where were you
6 Lucy left school
7 OK
8 OK
nine OK
10 When was this volume published ?
fourteen.ii
ii The weather condition has been cold recently.
iii lt was cold last week.
4 I didn't read a newspaper yesterday.
v I haven't read a newspaper today.
half-dozen Emily has earned a lot of money this year.
7 She didn't earn and then much last year.
8 Have you had a holiday recently?
xiv.3
2 I got ... I was ... I went
3 Accept you seen ... I saw
iv I didn't sleep
v There were
half dozen worked ... he gave
7 She'southward lived I She has lived
viii Did y'all go ... it was ... was
ix died ... I never met
10 I've never met I I have never met
11 I haven't seen
12 have you lot lived or have you been living .. . did you alive ... did you live
14.4
Case answers:
2 I haven't bought anything today.
iii I didn't watch TV yesterday.
iv 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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