Chapter 3 : Buy it !

Theme :Consumerism and Financial Awareness

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
CONTENT LEARNING
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 PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

 Present Perfect Simple
We use the Present Perfect Simple:
• for actions which happened in the past, but we don’t mention
when exactly.
example : I’ve lost my sunglasses.
• for actions that happened in the past and their results are
obvious in the present.
example: Derek has washed his car.
• for actions which were completed a short time ago (usually
with just)
example: I’ve just bought this CD. Do you like it?
TIME EXPRESSION

always, ever, never,

before, so far, yet,
already, just,
once, twice,
how long, recently,
etc
 TIME EXPRESSION
Read the sentences. Which tense do they both use?
In which sentence has the person not returned yet?

a) Mona has been to an ice hockey game in

Canada.

b) Mona has gone to an ice hockey game in

Canada.
 TIME EXPRESSION
• have/has gone means that someone has gone
somewhere and is still there.
Jenny has gone to the gym.
(she is still there)

• have/has been means that someone has visited a

place but has come back.
Jenny has been to China. (now she is back)
Complete with the Past Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect
Continuous of verbs in the brackets.

1. A: Sorry I’m late!

Have been waiting
B: I ___________________ (wait) here since three o’clock.

A: Sorry. OK?
have
B: Where ___________ been (be) ?
you __________
was
A: Trying to get here! The traffic ________________ (be) terrible.
Complete with the Past Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect
Continuous of verbs in the brackets.

have
2. A: How long ____________you been working/ (work)at this restaurant?
_______________
worked
started
B: Just six months. I ___________(start) work in June.
worked
A: So, is this the first restaurant you ________________ (work) at?

B: Yes, it is.
Complete with the Past Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect
Continuous of verbs in the brackets.

3. A: Julia and I ____________

saw (see) Tony last night.

have not seen

B: Really? I _______________ (not see) him for years. Is he still living in Oxford?

A: I ________________ (not ask) him.

did not ask
Complete with the Past Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect
Continuous of verbs in the brackets.

Have been going (go) up and down

4. A: Hey, Claire, stop for a minute. We _____________________
got Haven’t you got a shopping
the same aisles since we ______________ (get) here.
list?

forgot
B: I ________________ (forget) to make him one but that’s not the problem. I just

can’t find what I want. This new supermarket seems complicated. I think they
have placed
________________ (place) the items in a weird order.
Complete with the Past Simple, the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect
Continuous of verbs in the brackets.
haven’t known
(1) ________________ (not know) Carla for very long, but she is my best friend, We
met
(2) ____________________ (meet) two years ago at the local youth club. We
became
immediately (3) (become)___________________ friends when we (4)
______________discovered
(discover) that we had the same interests. For example, both of us
Have
(5) ____________________ (collect) been
coins collecting
since we were five years old and have got
big collections. We also like sports and (6) _______________ (join) the local
have
volleyball team. Wejoined
(7) ______________ (not play) in an important match yet, but
haven’t played
we want to play in the next one, so for three months now we (8) ___________ (train)
vey hard. have been
training