9th Session Present Perfect & Past Simple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMfpOgtpiY Past simple We use it to specify the time or place of the action
Present Perfect We use it when time in the action is not relevant or not specified
My husband lied to me the other day about his job We went to the Caribbean on our last holiday Where did you watch Titatic? El Pibe was a great Colombian soccer player
My husband has lied to me about his job We have been to the Caribbean on holiday Have you watched Titanic? El Pibe has been a great Colombia soccer player
1) Tom wrote his 1st novel in 1995, the 2nd in 2000 and the 3rd is in progress. (Question for this?) Which has been his best novel? / how many novels has Tom written so far/up to now?
What was Tom’s first
novel? / When did Tom write his 1st novel? / How long did Tom write his last novel? 2) Emeterio and Felipe known as the Tolimenses debuted as a comedian couple in 1955. They split up in 1992. (Question for this?) How long did they work together? / When did they debut as a comedian couple? 3) We won’t be happy until we see our son again Why aren’t these people happy? Because they haven’t seen their son 4) My dad started driving the school bus since 1990 and now he would like to do something different Why is his/her father fed up with the job? Because he has driven the school bus for a long time/ Because he has been doing his job many years 5) Michael Jackson gave more than 1000 concerts (Question for this?) Where did Michael Jackson sing last time? / Michael Jackson has become an icon for the pop music
Let’s use Past Simple or Present Perfect here https://soundcloud.com/federico-bueno-637908942/past-simple-or-present-perfect started
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made
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written
married
worked
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worked divorced
lived
died Has been
1) When did John Lennon start his first band? 2) How long Julian Lennon has been in the music business? 3) When did Roald Dahl write The BFG? 4) How many novels has Sophie Dahl written?
5) Where did Sigmund Freud work? 6) Where has Bella Freud worked since 1990? 7) Who did Prince Rainier marry? 8) How many times has Princess Caroline been married? https://soundcloud.com/federico-bueno-637908942/past-simple-or-present-perfect-questions
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https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/present-perfect-vs-past-simple-2 https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-perfect-simple-past-simple-exercises.html
Yesterday’s Activities Complete these situations with the Present Perfect
It’s = it has
I’ve just found them
Finished/ended
Have you seen Have never read
Have you ever been
I have Had/drunk
Have just been
They’ve gone
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