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Present Perfect Uses (2)
Present Perfect Uses (2)
Hello people! How are you? Today we will continue working with the present perfect and its uses!
Hoy continuaremos con el presente perfecto y sus usos.
You have to complete these tasks, and at 5 pm we will meet so you can correct the activities and ask me if you
have any doubts. Tienen que completer estas actividades, y nos encontraremos a las 17 hs para corregirlas, recuerden,
por zoom.
So, get ready! Let’s start!
1. Read the following interview with a politician on a reality TV show. Lee la siguiente entrevista a un politico en
un reality show. Why are some people criticising him? ____________________
Interviewer: I’ve come to this tropical island to talk to a controversial participant on the reality show Celebrity
Survival. Kenneth Jameson has been a politician for eight years. Kenneth, how long have you been on the show?
Interviewer: Some of your colleagues say that it’s wrong to take time off to do something like this. What is your
response?
Kenneth: I’ve missed only two sessions of Parliament since 3rd June, when the show started. We don’t meet every
day, you know!
Interviewer: OK, thank you for talking to me, Kenneth, and good luck.
2. Function: Read the text again and choose the correct option to complete the rules. Lee el texto nuevamente y
elegí la opción correcta para completar las reglas.
1. We use How long and for and since to ask or give information about…
time/place.
2. We use the present perfect to talk about…
a) an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
b) an action that started and finished in the past.
3. We use the present perfect and for with…
a specific time/ a period of time.
4. We use the present perfect and since with…
a specific time/a period of time.
3. PRACTICE Complete these questions and answers with the present perfect form of the verb in brackets and
for and since. Completá las siguientes preguntas y respuestas con el presente perfecto y for y since.
1 A: How long has Jim known (know) Mary?
B: He has known Mary for a long time.
2. A: How long ______Ella__________(work) here?
B: ______________________________________2007.
3. A: How long _______ you ________ (know) Millie?
B: ______________________________________last year.
4. How long _______you__________(live) here?
B: ________________________________________
5. A: How long _______Derek ________ (be) a soap actor?
B: ____________________________________three years.
4. six of the following sentences contain mistakes. Correct them and try to explain why they are wrong. Seis de
las siguientes oraciones contienen errores. Corregilos y tratá de explicar por qué están mal.
1. I haven’t never met anyone famous.
2. We have never watch a period drama at home.
3. The old man has travelled all over the world to film that amazing documentary.
4. Lindsey has been on the show for January 1999.
5. We haven’t been to New York last year.
6. Has Lindsey and Catherine ever watched a movie on a 3D television?
7. I have worked in the television industry since a really long time.
5. Make questions to the following answers. Hacé preguntas para las siguientes respuestas:
1. ___________________________________________?
Yes, I have. I visited lot of beautiful places when I was there.
2. __________________________________________?
No, I haven’t. I don’t like reading.
3. __________________________________________?
Yes, I have. I loved the main actress.
4. ___________________________________________?
No, I haven’t. I don’t like cartoons.