ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
fourteen. PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST ii (I have done and I did)
| A | Do not employ the present perfect (I take washed ) when y'all talk almost a finished time (for case, yesterday /10 minutes agone/in 2005/when I was a child ). Utilise a by 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 kid ? (not have you eaten) · I got home late last dark . I was very tired and went straight to bed. Use the past to ask When ... ? or What time ... ?: · When did your friends get in ? (not have ... arrived) · What time did y'all finish work? Compare | Present Perfect | Past simple | | · Tom has lost his key. He tin can't get into the house. · Is Carla here or has she left ? | · Tom lost his key yesterday . He couldn't become into the firm. · When did Carla leave ? | |
| B | Compare | Present Perfect | Past simple | | Present perfect (have done) · I 've done a lot of work today . Nosotros use the nowadays perfect for a period of time that continues until at present. For example: today / this calendar week / since 2007 .  · It hasn't rained this week . · Have yous seen Anna this morning ? (it is withal 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 have never played golf. (in my life) · It's the last solar day of your holiday . Y'all say: It 's been a really good vacation. I 've actually enjoyed it. | Past simple (did) · I did a lot of work yesterday . We use the by elementary for a finished time in the past. For example: yesterday /concluding week /from 2007 to 2010 .  · Information technology didn't rain last week . · Did you meet Anna this morning time ? (information technology is now afternoon or evening) · Did you run across Tim on Sunday ? · A: Was Lisa at the party on Sunday ? B: I don't think 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 . · Later on you come up back from holiday you lot say: Information technology was a actually good vacation. I actually enjoyed information technology. | |
EXERCISES
| 14.1 | Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or incorrect? Correct them where necessary. | 1 | I 've lost my key. I can't find it anywhere. | OK | | two | Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child? | Did y'all swallow | | iii | I' ve bought a new machine. You must come and run across information technology. | ___________ | | four | I 've bought a new car last week. | ___________ | | five | Where have you been yesterday evening? | ___________ | | half dozen | Lucy has left school in 1999. | ___________ | | vii | I'one thousand looking for Mike. Have yous seen him? | ___________ | | 8 | ' Have you been to Paris?, 'Yep, many times.' | ___________ | | ix | I'chiliad very hungry. I oasis't eaten much today. | ___________ | | ten | When has this book been published? | ___________ | |
| xiv.2 | Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past elementary. | 1 | (information technology/not /rain /this calendar week) | Information technology hasn't rained this week. | | 2 | (the weather /be /cold /recently) | The weather________________________ | | 3 | (it /common cold /concluding week) | It_________________________________ | | four | (I /non /read /a paper yesterday) | I_________________________________ | | 5 | (I /not /read /a newspaper today) | _________________________________ | | 6 | (Emily /earn /a lot of money /this yr) | _________________________________ | | 7 | (she /not /earn /and so much /terminal year) | _________________________________ | | eight | (yous /have /a holiday recently?) | _________________________________ | |
| 14.iii | Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple. | ane | 'What'due south Madrid like? 'I don't know._____ I haven't been____(I / not /be) at that place.' | | ii | When ___________ (I /get) habitation concluding dark, __________ (I /be) very tired and _____ (I /go) straight to bed. | | iii | A: _______________ (you /see) Lisa recently? B: Yes, _____________ (I /saw) her a few days ago. | | 4 | I'm tired. _______________ (i /not /sleep) well last dark. | | five | The bus drivers were on strike last calendar week. __________ (there /be) no buses. | | vi | Mr Lee _________ (work) in a banking concern for 15 years. Then ___________ (he /give) information technology up. Now he works as a gardener. | | vii | Mary lives in Dublin. _______________. (she /live) there all her life. | | viii | A: _______________ (you /become) to the cinema terminal night? B: Yes, only ______________ (it /be) a error. The film __________ (be) awful. | | 9 | My grandfather __________ (dice) earlier I was born. ___________ (i /never I run across) him. | | 10 | I don't know Karen'south married man. ______________ (I /never /meet) him. | | 11 | Ifs nearly lunchtime, and ______________. (I /not /see) Martin all morning. I wonder where he is. | | 12 | 'Where practise you live?, 'In Boston.' 'How long _________________. (you lot /alive) there?' 'Five years.' 'Where ____________ (you /alive) before that?' 'In Chicago., 'And how long ___________ (you I alive) in Chicago?' '2 years.' | |
| 14.four | Write sentences about yourself using the ideas in brackets. | 1 | (something yous haven't washed today) | I haven't eaten any fruit today | | two | (something yous oasis't done today) | _______________________________ | | 3 | (something you lot didn't do yesterday) | _______________________________ | | four | (something you did yesterday evening) | _______________________________ | | v | (something you haven't washed recently) | _______________________________ | | six | (something you've done a lot recently) | _______________________________ | |
Answer KEY
Unit fourteen
14.1
three OK
4 I bought
5 Where were y'all
six Lucy left school
vii OK
8 OK
9 OK
10 When was this book published ?
14.2
2 The atmospheric condition has been cold recently.
3 lt was cold final week.
4 I didn't read a paper yesterday.
five I haven't read a newspaper today.
half-dozen Emily has earned a lot of money this year.
7 She didn't earn so much last year.
8 Have you had a holiday recently?
14.3
two I got ... I was ... I went
3 Take you seen ... I saw
4 I didn't sleep
five There were
vi worked ... he gave
seven She's lived I She has lived
viii Did you get ... it was ... was
9 died ... I never met
x I've never met I I have never met
11 I haven't seen
12 have y'all lived or have you been living .. . did y'all live ... did you alive
fourteen.4
Case answers:
2 I oasis't bought anything today.
3 I didn't watch TV yesterday.
4 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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