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Unit 2
Unit 2
LANGUAGE
DOSSIER
Unit 2: Live and learn
My life............................................................................................................................ 10
immature – mature
unreliable – reliable
insecure – secure
unemotional – emotional
unfair – fair
irresponsible – responsible
intolerant – tolerant
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Page 20 exercise 1:
Rules
We use the present perfect to describe a situation or experience which happened in the
past when:
1. the time period hasn’t finished,
I haven’t eaten today. [Today has not finished.]
2. the action is complete but it has an effect now.
I’ve left home. [I am on the streets now.]
Affirmative and Negative
I’ve / I haven’t left home.
He’s / He hasn’t been on the streets.
They have / They haven’t sent a text.
Questions
Have you (ever) left home?
Has he (ever) been on the streets?
Have they (ever) sent a text?
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1. They are walking because they have just missed the bus.
2. She is laughing because she has just seen a funny film.
3. Her friend is screaming because she has just found a spider.
4. The boy is running because he has just stolen some bread.
5. They are studying because they have just arrived at the library.
6. I’m frowning because I have just heard bad news.
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Regular Irregular
study – studied wear – worn
work – worked see – seen
play – played be – been
cook – cooked drive – driven
pass – passed buy – bought
decide – decided do – done
eat – eaten
sleep – slept
leave – left
have – had
take – taken
Page 21 exercise 9:
Rules
a) The past simple describes completed actions in the past.
b) The present perfect often describes unfinished time periods.
Page 23 exercise 8:
Rules
a) With the past simple we use ago with a period of time.
b) With the present perfect we use for with a period of time and since with a point
of time.
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