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Present Perfect VS Past Simple
Present Perfect VS Past Simple
VS
PAST SIMPLE
Simple Continuous Perfect
Perfect Continuous
to do ... to be + Ving to have + V3\ed to have + been + Ving
Past
now now
now now
Future
now now
We have eaten at this restaurant many times. We haven’t seen each other recently.
Have you ever been to London? Jane has already read this book.
We have never spent so much time together. My sister has eaten a lot of ice cream this week.
just, yet, already, recently, ever, never, before (в значенні: коли-небудь до цього)
today, this week, this month, this year..(мається на увазі вже зроблено,
але період коли це відбулось - теперішній)
дія - результат
досвід
приблизно зараз
Past Simple Present Perfect
action result
now now
всі слова, що вказують на момент в минулому: just, yet, already, recently, ever, never, before (в значенні: коли-небудь до цього)
yesterday, last week, last year, in 1974, in September
today, this week, this month, this year..(мається на увазі вже зроблено,
але період коли це відбулось - теперішній)
I broke my car ten years ago. Call 911, I have just broken my car.
I 1________________ (pay) my dues
Time after time.
I 2________________ (do) my sentence
But committed no crime.
And bad mistakes ‒
I 3________________ (make) a few.
I 4________________ (have) my share of sand kicked in my face
But I 5________________ (come) through.
3. Which country, city, or town have you always wanted to travel to? Why do you want to visit
that place?
5. Is there a food that you have always wanted to try? What is it? Will you get the chance to eat
it?
6. Can we ever have enough fun? Is there something fun that you haven’t been able to do yet?
thought that I lost a child
said “I love you”
for a minute been hungover
to someone by accident
sleepwalked
broken a bone
ghosted someone
pretended to be sick
It is currently experiencing an economic boom. In 1986, the government ........................ (introduce) economic reforms or doi moi (doi
meaning change and moi new). The reforms .......... (permit) the setting up of free market enterprises and .................... (abolish) the
practice of collective farming. However, agriculture remains the most important part of the economy.
Vietnam ..........................(recently/become) the second largest producer of rice in the world after Thailand. The industrial sector
......................... (show) dramatic improvement and expansion as well. In 1993, the World Bank .......................... (declare) 58% of the
population to be living in poverty. By 2005, this figure was less than 20%. Vietnam .............................(also/make) great strides on
the international stage in the last decade or so. It ......................(become) a full member of ASEAN in 1995, and of the WTO in 2006.
The effects of this new·found prosperity can be seen everywhere. Large, glitzy malls ........................(appear) in major cities, while
streets once filled with bicycles are now overflowing with locally produced Japanese, Korean and Chinese motorbikes and cars.
Business visitors wishing to relax in a more traditional Vietnamese town should visit Hoi An. Hoi An ............................. (be) a major
Asian trading port in the 17th and 18th centuries, and its picturesque architecture and relaxed lifestyle ....................(change) little
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