L4 - Grammar 21 Present Perfect Tense

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Grammar 21A
Present Perfect Tense

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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE 4-1: Past Participle

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PRACTICE 1
A. Write the past participle.

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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE & PAST SIMPLE

A. Use to talk about something in the past (time ISNT important)

I have told her about it. (action happened in the past but theres no time)

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A. Use to talk about something in the past (time IS important)

I told her about it this morning. (action happened in the past but there is a time)

A. Use to with words like: ever, never, many times, several times,

before, already, yet, just etc.

I have seen that movie three times. I think I have met him once before. Have you finished your homework yet? I havealreadyspoken to her. There haveneverbeen any earthquakes in Singapore. Nobody haseverclimbed that mountain. Has there everbeen a war in Thailand? A. To talk about changes that has happened over some time.Use with

since.

My English has improvedsince I started speaking English to my classmates.

A. To talk about actions in the past but it has an impact now.

Where is your key? I dont know. Ive lost it. (He lost it yesterday, and he still doesnt have it now.) I have cut my finger. (I cut it just now, and the cut will be there for a few days.) Where is Sally? Shesgone out. (= She is out now.)

He told me his name minutes ago but I have forgotten it. (= I cant remember it now.)

A. Use with: in the last week/year, this week/month, so far, up to now etc.

Have you been to Korea in the last year? We have had three tests in the last week.

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NAME: ___________________ My car has broken down three times this week.

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PRACTICE 1

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PRACTICE 2
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?" B: I don't know. I (see, never) ___________________that movie. 2. Sam (arrive) ___________________ in San Diego a week ago. 3. My best friend and I (know) ___________________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ___________________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway. 5. I (have, not) ___________________ this much fun since I (be) ___________________ a kid. 6. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first (start) ___________________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) ___________________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ___________________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 7. I (tell) ___________________ him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he (wander) ___________________ off into the forest and (be) ___________________ bitten by a snake. 8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ___________________ the bus this morning. You (be) ___________________ late to work too many times. You are fired! 9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 10. How sad! George (dream) ___________________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. 11. In the last hundred years, traveling (become) ___________________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take) ___________________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be) ___________________ very rough and often dangerous. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. 12. Jonny, I can't believe how much you (change) ___________________ since the last time I (see) ___________________ you. You (grow) ___________________ at least a foot! Page | 5

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13. This tree (be) ___________________ planted by the settlers who (found) ___________________ our city over four hundred years ago. Page | 6 14. This mountain (be, never) ___________________ climbed by anyone. Several mountaineers (try)___________________ to reach the top, but nobody (succeed, ever) ___________________ . The climb is extremely difficult and many people (die) ___________________ trying to reach the summit. 15. I (visit, never) ___________________ Africa, but I (travel) ___________________ to South America several times. The last time I (go) ___________________ to South America, I (visit) ___________________ Brazil and Peru. I (spend) ___________________ two weeks in the Amazon, (hike) ___________________ for a week near Machu Picchu, and (fly) ___________________ over the Nazca Lines.

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Grammar 21B
Present Perfect Tense

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PRACTICE 3
A. Fill in the blanks with past simple or present perfect tense. Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's,
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technology (change)

a great deal. The first computers (be)

simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not)

much

memory and they (be, not)

very powerful. Early computers were

often quite expensive and customers often (pay)

thousands of

dollars for machines which actually (do)

very little. Most computers

(be)

separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive

typewriters or for playing games.

Times (change)

. Computers (become)

powerful machines

with very practical applications. Programmers (create)

a large

selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's

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games (become)

faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many

computer users (get, also)

on the Internet and (begin)

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communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start)

to create international communities online. In short, the simple,

individual machines of the past (evolve) Wide Web of knowledge..

into an international World

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PRACTICE 1 PAIR
1. My best friend and I (know) ___________________ each other for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week. 2. I (have, not) ___________________ this much fun since I (be) ___________________ a kid.
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but he (wander) ___________________ off into the forest and (be) ___________________ bitten by a snake.Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ___________________ ten very creative short stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
4. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"

B: I don't know. I (see, never) ___________________that movie. 5. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see, never) ___________________ the ocean. He should come with us to Miami. 6. Sam (arrive) ___________________ in San Diego a week ago. 7. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) ___________________ the bus this morning. You (be) ___________________ late to work too many times. You are fired!
8. Things (change) ___________________ a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When

we first (start) ___________________ working here three years ago, the company (have, only) ___________________ six employees. Since then, we (expand) ___________________ to include more than 2000 full-time workers. 9. How sad! George (dream) ___________________ of going to California before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ___________________ the ocean.

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