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Past Simple, Present Perfect

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  1. B) Make up a similar situation (a visit to a concert, a variety theatre, a circus, etc.) for your fellow-students to present it in the form of a dialogue.
  2. Choose Present Indefinite or Present Continuous.
  3. Cloning the perfect hotelier
  4. Data and Presentation
  5. Element 2: Presenting Different Types of Findings
  6. End your presentation with a brief summary and/or conclusion. Finally, move to questions/comments or discussion.
  7. Ex. 1. Open the brackets using Present Perfect or Past Indefinite.
  8. Ex. 3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English, using one of the Present Tenses.
  9. EXERCISE 1. Explain the usage of the Past Perfect Continuous in the following sentences. Translate into Russian.
  10. EXERCISE 1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
  11. EXERCISE 1. Open the brackets using verbs in the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect, the Present Perfect Continuous.
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Past Simple Present Perfect
Обозначает действие, которое произошло в прошлом и не связано с настоящим Обозначает действие, которое произошло в прошлом и связано с настоящим
Обозначает
– действие, которое произошло в прошлом. Время действия указано или понятно из контекста.   Simon painted his first picture in 1980. (When? In 1980. Время указано.) – действие, которое произошло в прошлом. Точное время неизвестно или неважно, а важен факт или результат действия. Simon has painted a lot of pictures. (When? Неизвестно.)
– действие, которое началось и закончилось в прошлом   Mr Clark taught Maths for thirty years. = He is no longer a teacher. He has retired. – действие, которое началось в прошлом, но продолжается до сих пор Mrs Nelson has taught French for twenty years. = She started teaching French twenty years ago and she is still teaching French today.
– действие, которое произошло в прошлом и которое нельзя повторить (часто из-за чьей-либо смерти) Mike won more than twenty medals when he was an athlete. (He is no longer an athlete.) I once spoke to Frank Sinatra. (He's no longer alive. I won't speak to him again) – действие, которое произошло в прошлом, но которое можно повторить Ben is an athlete. He has won more than ten medals. (He may win some more medals.) I've spoken to Celine Dion. (She is still alive. I may speak to her again)
– действие, которое произошло в течение определенного периода времени в прошлом. Этот период к настоящему моменту закончен I wrote three letters this morning. = данный период времени – this morning – закончен, сейчас день или вечер. – действие, которое произошло в течение определенного периода времени в прошлом. Этот период еще продолжается I've written three letters this morning. = сейчас по-прежнему утро.

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.

1. A: I 1)______ 've seen______ (see) this film before.

B: Me too, but I love this actor. He 2) ______(play) a lot of good roles.

A: Tom Cruise? I 3) _______________ (meet) him, you know.

B: Really? When?

A: When I 4) ____________ (be) in Los Angeles on holiday.

2. A: Who is that man?

B: He's an artist. He 1) _______________ (paint) a lot of beautiful pictures.

A: I think Van Gogh 2) ______ (paint) the most beautiful pictures ever. But his life 3) ______ (be) miserable.

3. A: I 1) ______ (just/hear from) an old friend of mine.

B: Oh, really?

A: Yes. Jim 2) ______ (write) to me. I 3) ______ (get) the letter this morning.

B: That's nice. When 4) ______(you/first/meet) him?

A: He 5) ______ (live) next door to me for three years, but he 6) ______ (move) away last June and I 7) ______ (not/see) him since.

 

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.

Jake and Michael, two friends, are talking.

J: Hello, I (1) _______ (not see) you for ages.

M: No, it must be about two years since we last (2) ______ (meet). What (3) ______ (you/do) with yourself?

J: I (4) ______ (do) all sorts of things. Life (5) ______ (be) very busy lately. I (6) ______ (start) a new job at the sailing centre.

M: Really! Doing what?

J: Well, I (7) ______ (teach) beginners' courses to school groups this term but when those (8) ______ (finish), I'll be teaching more advanced groups on holiday courses.

M: That sounds great. What about your old job at the tourist office then?

J: Well, I (9) ______ (work) there for ten years and I quite (10) ______ (enjoy) the job but I (11) ______ (want) to do something different. I (12) ______ (always/enjoy) sailing in my spare time so I (13) ______ (think) it would be nice to do it for a job.

M: So how long (14) ______ (you/be) at the sailing centre?

J: For about two months now. I'm sure I (15) ______ (do) the right thing. It's a really enjoyable job. And what about you?

M: Well, I'm still at the Rembrandt Hotel. I (16) _______ (work) there for fifteen years now. But I (17) ______ (have) a promotion so that's good. They (18) ______ (give) me the job of head receptionist.

J: Oh, that's good news.

M: Yes, it (19) ______ (make) me feel much better about work. I mean, I (20) ______ (do) a lot of different jobs at the hotel but I (21) ______ (never have) a job with this much responsibility before. I (22) ______ (work) on the reception desk for four years when I (23) ______ (start) at the hotel – that was before they (24) ______ (move) me into the office – but I (25) ______ (be) only a junior receptionist then so I just (26)______ (do) what I (27) ______ (be told) to do.

J: So when (28) ______ (you/get) the new job?

M: A month ago, after I (29) ______ (pass) my intermediate exams in Spanish and German at the college. Did you know I (30) ______ (do) language evening classes at the college for a while now?

J: No, I didn't realize.

M: Yes, I (31) ______ (decide) that I (32) ______ (cannot get) any further at work without learning some languages.

A: And so you did! What a good idea.

 

3. In your notebook, rewrite the following passages putting the verbs into the present perfect simple or past simple.

News (1) _______ (just come in) that there (2) ______ (be) an air crash somewhere off the south coast of England. There (3) ______ (be) 120 passengers and crew on the plane and it is understood that no survivors (4) ______ (be found). Apparently the plane (5) ______ (go) mysteriously out of control and (6) ______ (plunge) into the sea. Relatives of most of the passengers and crew (7) ______ (now be informed) and many of them (8) ______ (set off) for the sea rescue base, but they (9) ______ (not be given) much hope. Most of the passengers (I0) ______ (be) on business.

Despite the problems that the government (11) ______ (have) in the last two years, it (l2) ______ (somehow manage) to stay in power. There (13) ______ (be) a number of scandals involving government ministers, including one rumour about the Prime Minister himself. It is said that he (4) ______ (promise) gifts to certain Members of Parliament in exchange for their vote before he (15) ______ (be elected) leader. In spite of all this, the government (16) ______ (maintain) its position in Parliament and (17) ______ (claim) that this (18) ______ (be) the most successful term of office that a government (19) ______ (ever have). This is rather surprising as they (20) ______ (come) to power with only a small majority.

 


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