Past Simple Present Perfect LINGODA
Past Simple Present Perfect LINGODA
Past Simple Present Perfect LINGODA
vs. Present
Perfect
GRAMMAR
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Have you ever got confused about
English tenses? More than once,
probably!
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Preview and warm-up
■ In this lesson you are going to learn about the differences between the past
simple and the present perfect and you will talk about your past experiences.
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The past simple
Did she go to London last She went to London last She didn’t go to London
week? week. last week.
Did you meet with our I met with our clients in I didn’t meet with our
clients in England? England. clients in England.
Did you attend the I attended the meeting last I didn’t attend the meeting
meeting last week? week. last week.
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The present perfect
■ We use the present perfect to talk about experiences in our life up to now,
but we don’t say exactly when they happened.
■ In this context we often use the words: never and ever, yet, already, and so far.
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Past simple and present perfect
■ When someone asks a question in the present perfect, we can answer in the
present perfect or the past simple.
■ It depends if you want to give more information or not.
Question Answer
Has she met your parents yet? Yes, she met them last weekend.
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For and since
We often use the words for and since in the present perfect. We can also use for
with the past simple. You need to be careful how you use them.
■ For tells us how long an action goes on
■ Since tells us when an action started
For Since
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Been and gone
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Positive and negative practice: the past simple
Look at the sentences below and turn them into the negative form
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2. I met with our clients a few
days ago. ____________________________________________________
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3. I bought a new iPad last year. ____________________________________________________
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4. I attended the meeting last
week. ____________________________________________________
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5. I walked to work yesterday. ____________________________________________________
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Positive and negative practice: present perfect
Look at the sentences below and turn them into the negative form
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5. She has finished her task.
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Find the mistakes
Five of these sentences have mistakes with the present perfect or past
simple in them. Can you find them?
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For or since?
He lived there
I have lived here
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_______________ I was
years before he
born.
moved abroad.
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Fill in the gaps
Fill in the gaps with the words below and then answer the questions.
You can answer with present perfect or past simple.
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Choose the verbs
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Writing
Using the previous page to help you, write a short text about
your academic and professional life up to now. You may wish to
include some of the suggested words below.
achieved graduated
Worked as studied
skills learnt
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Read your text
Read your text aloud. Have you used the correct tenses?
Do they have any questions?
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The present perfect
■ We also use the present perfect for something which happened very recently.
■ The word we often hear with this is just.
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Action or result?
■ Sometimes we use the present perfect to focus on the result of the action.
■ We use the past simple to focus simply on the action.
Action Result
What did you do today? Tell me. What have you done today? Show me.
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The present perfect
■ We use the present perfect simple to say how many times we have done
something.
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Read through the dialogue. Notice which actions have
present results.
Hi Tom. I telephoned you yesterday morning about the report but you
didn’t pick up. How come?
Sorry Fran, I was in a meeting. Unfortunately I’ve been very busy recently so I
haven’t finished my section of the report yet, but I’ve made good progress on
the introduction.
That’s alright. Have you managed to chase up our clients that haven’t
paid us yet?
I’ve arranged to meet with them next week to discuss the matter.
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Present results
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Just
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What have they just done?
What do you think the people in the pictures have just done?
Can you imagine what they’re saying?
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? ? ? ?? ?
About you
? ? ? have
?just ?done?
What
?
you
?
? ? ? ?
finish work
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Complete the sentences
1. I have never…
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Game
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Reflect on the goals
yes no
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Reflect on this lesson
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If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again
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Exercise p. 10
She didn’t go to Manchester last week., 2. I didn’t meet with our clients a few weeks
ago., 3. I didn’t buy a new iPad last year., 4. I didn’t attend the meeting last week., 5. I
didn’t walk to work yesterday.
Exercise p. 11
I haven’t been to London., I’ve never worked as a freelancer before., I haven’t met
with our clients yet., The director has not decided to relocate our company yet., She
hasn’t finished her task yet.
Exercise p. 12
1. Did you go to…, 2. -, 3. -, 4. Has not updated it’s software…, 5. Yuri worked for…, 6.
-, 7. I have never, 8. How long have you had it for?
Answer key (1/2)
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Exercise p. 13
Since, for, for, since
Exercise p. 14
1. been, 2. smoked, 3. had, 4. spoken
Exercise p. 15
was, has been, starred, was, has published, has earned, made
Exercise p. 23
1. just had, 2. just got/come, 3. just bought, 4. just started
Answer key (2/2)
Homework
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Unscramble the questions
been
B
disgusting?
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Writing
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Activity p. 32
A. Have you ever been to the USA? B. Have you ever eaten something disgusting?
Homework answer key
About this material
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