Grammar Class 3.Present Perfect vs. Past

Simple

STEP-UP (Pre-Intermediate)

Plan

Present Perfect Tense: когда используется, как образуется

Grammar Practice

Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

Present Perfect: когда используется

Действие завершено к настоящему моменту

e.g. I have just read this book.

Жизненный опытe.g. I’ve been to the USA.

Результат в настоящемe.g. I’ve lost my key – I can’t get inside.

Незавершенный период времени (today, this week, this year, etc)

Незавершенное действие с (how long, for, since) длительный период времени

e.g. I have worked in this company for 20 years

Слова-маркеры Present Perfect

just – только что

already – уже

yet – уже, еще (в отрицаниях и вопросах)

this week (month, year)

today - сегодня

recently - недавно

lately – в последнее время

ever – когда-либо

so far – пока что

up to now – к настоящему моменту

I’ve just come back home.

He has already seen this film

Has it stopped raining yet?

Present Perfect: как образуется

They have finished the report this week.

They haven’t finished the report this week.

Have they finished their report yet?

S + have/has + Ved/V3

S + have/has + not + Ved/V3

Have/has + S + Ved/V3…?

Grammar Practice: Have you ever …?

be in hospital visit a Scandinavian country act in a play

be seasick be to the USAspeak to someone from

Wales or Scotland

be to a circus have your name in a newspaper

dream about something

that actually happened later

sing karaoke win money in a competition

save somebody’s life

fail a test or an exammake a speech in

publicbe terrified by a book or

film

meet a famous person stay up the whole nighttry to smuggle

something through Customs after a holiday

About you

a) three things they have done today

b) three positive events that have

happened to them this year

c) three significant decisions that they

have taken this year

Present Perfect or Past Simple1. Незаконченное действие

Darya Dontsova has written

50 detective stories. (она все еще жива и пишет ,

результат к настоящему моменту)

1. Законченное действие в прошлом

Pushkin wrote many

interesting stories(он уже ничего не напишет)

2. I have been to the USA

three times. ( к настоящему

моменту)

2. My grandmother went to

the USA three times. (в течение жизни)

3. Действие произошло в прошлом, но результат есть в настоящем

I have lost my key! I’m trying

to find it.

3. Действие произошло и завершилось в прошлом, встало в цепочку

прошедших событий

I lost my key but soon I got a

new one.

4. Есть маркер Present Perfect (this

week, today, etc )

I've seen John this week.

4. Есть маркер Past Simple

(yesterday, last week, last month, … ago )

I saw John last week.

Grammar Practice

1. Our visitors _____ (arrive). They're sitting in the garden.

2. There's still a problem with the television. Someone ____ (repair) it, but then it broke down again.

3. _____ (I / lose) my credit card. I can't find it anywhere.

4. The match ___ (start). United are playing well.

5. My sister ____(run) away from home. But she came back two days later.

6. Daniel _____(earn) some money last week. But I’m afraid he's already spent it all.

7. _____ (we / plant) an apple tree in the garden. Unfortunately it died.

8. Prices _____(go) up. Everything is more expensive this year.

9. Someone ____(turn) on the hi-fi. What's that song called?

10. (I /phone) the office at eleven to speak to the manager, but he isn't there today.

11. (I / make) a cake. Would you like a piece?

12. The runner Amos Temila ______(break) the world record for the 1500 metres in Frankfurt. Then two days later in Helsinki, Lee Williams ran it in an even faster time.

Tell me more cut you finger? (How/it happen?)

eat Indian food? ( what/ the restaurant? /enjoy it?

)

wear fancy dresses? (what/ the celebration?

/enjoy it?)

do anything brave? (what/it? Why/do it?)

sleep in a tent? ( where/ you sleep? /enjoy it?)

sail a boat? (where/you sail? /enjoy it?)

sing in a public? (what/concert about?)

catch fish? (where/ you catch it? /enjoy it?)

climb mountain? (where/you climb? /enjoy it?)