English language GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
fourteen. Present PERFECT AND By 2 (I have done and I did)
| A | Practise not use the present perfect (I take done ) when you talk virtually a finished time (for example, yesterday /ten minutes ago/in 2005/when I was a kid ). Use a past tense: · It was very common cold yesterday . (not has been) · Paul and Lucy arrived ten minutes ago . (not accept arrived) · Did you consume a lot of sweets when y'all were a kid ? (not have you eaten) · I got abode late last night . I was very tired and went straight to bed. Utilize the past to inquire When ... ? or What fourth dimension ... ?: · When did your friends arrive ? (not take ... arrived) · What time did you finish work? Compare | Present Perfect | Past unproblematic | | · Tom has lost his central. He tin can't get into the business firm. · Is Carla hither or has she left ? | · Tom lost his primal yesterday . He couldn't get into the house. · When did Carla exit ? | |
| B | Compare | Nowadays Perfect | Past simple | | Nowadays perfect (have done) · I 've washed a lot of work today . Nosotros utilize the present perfect for a menstruation of fourth dimension that continues until at present. For example: today / this week / since 2007 .  · Information technology hasn't rained this calendar week . · Have you seen Anna this morning ? (it is nevertheless morning) · Have you lot seen Tim recently ? · I don't know where Lisa is. I haven't seen her. (= I haven't seen her recently) · Nosotros' ve been waiting for an hour. (we are notwithstanding waiting now) · Jack lives in Los Angeles. He has lived at that place for seven years. · I take never played golf. (in my life) · It'southward the last day of your holiday . You say: It 's been a really good holiday. I 've actually enjoyed it. | Past simple (did) · I did a lot of work yesterday . We use the past simple for a finished time in the past. For example: yesterday /terminal week /from 2007 to 2010 .  · It didn't rain last week . · Did you lot see Anna this morning ? (it is at present afternoon or evening) · Did you lot see Tim on Sunday ? · A: Was Lisa at the party on Sunday ? B: I don't retrieve and then. I didn't see her. · We waited (or were waiting ) for an hour. (nosotros 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 lot come back from holiday you lot say: It was a really skilful vacation. I really enjoyed information technology. | |
EXERCISES
| 14.1 | Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary. | 1 | I 've lost my key. I tin't find it anywhere. | OK | | 2 | Have yous eaten a lot of sweets when yous were a child? | Did y'all eat | | 3 | I' ve bought a new car. You must come up and see it. | ___________ | | 4 | I 've bought a new automobile final week. | ___________ | | 5 | Where have you been yesterday evening? | ___________ | | six | Lucy has left schoolhouse in 1999. | ___________ | | 7 | I'm looking for Mike. Have you seen him? | ___________ | | 8 | ' Have you been to Paris?, 'Aye, many times.' | ___________ | | 9 | I'one thousand very hungry. I haven't eaten much today. | ___________ | | ten | When has this book been published? | ___________ | |
| 14.2 | Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple. | i | (it/not /rain /this calendar week) | It hasn't rained this calendar week. | | 2 | (the weather /be /common cold /recently) | The weather________________________ | | 3 | (information technology /cold /terminal week) | It_________________________________ | | 4 | (I /not /read /a newspaper yesterday) | I_________________________________ | | 5 | (I /not /read /a paper today) | _________________________________ | | vi | (Emily /earn /a lot of coin /this year) | _________________________________ | | vii | (she /not /earn /and then much /terminal year) | _________________________________ | | viii | (you /have /a holiday recently?) | _________________________________ | |
| 14.3 | Put the verb into the correct form, nowadays perfect or past simple. | i | 'What'southward Madrid like? 'I don't know._____ I haven't been____(I / not /be) there.' | | 2 | When ___________ (I /become) habitation final night, __________ (I /be) very tired and _____ (I /become) directly to bed. | | 3 | A: _______________ (you lot /run into) Lisa recently? B: Yes, _____________ (I /saw) her a few days agone. | | iv | I'm tired. _______________ (1 /not /sleep) well last night. | | v | The motorbus drivers were on strike last week. __________ (there /be) no buses. | | half-dozen | Mr Lee _________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then ___________ (he /give) information technology up. At present he works as a gardener. | | 7 | Mary lives in Dublin. _______________. (she /live) there all her life. | | eight | A: _______________ (you /become) to the picture palace last night? B: Yep, but ______________ (it /be) a mistake. The film __________ (be) awful. | | 9 | My granddaddy __________ (die) before I was born. ___________ (1 /never I run into) him. | | 10 | I don't know Karen's husband. ______________ (I /never /run across) him. | | 11 | Ifs nearly lunchtime, and ______________. (I /not /come across) Martin all morning. I wonder where he is. | | 12 | 'Where do you alive?, 'In Boston.' 'How long _________________. (you /alive) at that place?' 'Five years.' 'Where ____________ (you lot /live) before that?' 'In Chicago., 'And how long ___________ (you lot I live) in Chicago?' 'Two years.' | |
| fourteen.4 | Write sentences about yourself using the ideas in brackets. | 1 | (something you haven't done today) | I haven't eaten whatsoever fruit today | | 2 | (something you haven't done today) | _______________________________ | | 3 | (something you didn't do yesterday) | _______________________________ | | 4 | (something yous did yesterday evening) | _______________________________ | | 5 | (something y'all haven't done recently) | _______________________________ | | 6 | (something you've done a lot recently) | _______________________________ | |
Respond KEY
UNIT fourteen
14.i
3 OK
4 I bought
5 Where were yous
six Lucy left school
7 OK
8 OK
nine OK
10 When was this book published ?
14.2
two The weather has been common cold recently.
3 lt was common cold terminal week.
four I didn't read a newspaper yesterday.
5 I oasis't read a newspaper today.
6 Emily has earned a lot of money this twelvemonth.
vii She didn't earn so much last year.
viii Take you had a holiday recently?
fourteen.3
ii I got ... I was ... I went
iii Have you lot seen ... I saw
four I didn't slumber
v There were
6 worked ... he gave
7 She'southward lived I She has lived
eight Did you lot go ... information technology was ... was
nine died ... I never met
ten I've never met I I accept never met
11 I oasis't seen
12 have you lived or have you been living .. . did you lot alive ... did you live
xiv.4
Example answers:
2 I haven't bought anything today.
3 I didn't lookout Television receiver yesterday.
four I went out with some friends yesterday evening.
five I haven't been to the movie theatre recently.
half-dozen I've read a lot of books recently.
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