1. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE ( P.P.T.)

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5. The formula of P.P.T. is this : Have ______________ Has Past participle + They have been to N.Y. She has eaten frog´s leg. You haven’t studied a lot.

12. Indefinite Time I have been to New York. ( When ?? ) She has eaten frog´s leg. ( When ?? )

15. SINCE FOR I have studied here since 1.999. I have studied here for 5 years.

16. PRESENT PERFECT + for, since Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its starting point , with since + a point in time . Since + a point in time: since this morning, since last week, since yesterday, since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock .

17. SINCE I’ve ridden a bike since I was a child. I’ve ridden a bike since I was 12.

19. Using the present perfect, we can define a period of time before now by considering its duration, with for + a period of time. For + a period of time: for six years, for a week, for a month , for hours, for two hours .

20. FOR They’ve been married for 1 year. They’ve dated for 3 years.

23. I’VE STUDIED ENGLISH SINCE... FOR.... .

25. JUST I have just finished my exercise. He has just had lunch.

27. This / Today They are used to identify a time that began in the past and hasn’t finished yet.

28. I have watched “ Harry Potter ” this year. She has seen Tony this weekend. I have been to school today . Today she has studied a lot.

29. I went to school this morning. I have gone to school this morning. Which one is correct? ?

30. BOTH are correct !! I went to school this morning. ( now is more than midday, the morning has already finished !!) I have gone to school this morning. ( now is still morning, it hasn’t finished yet !!)

31. J ust E ver A lready N ever S ince F or Y et Pay attention to these words :

32. YET Have you taken a shower yet ? No, I haven’t taken it yet . INTERROGATIVE YET NEGATIVE

34. ALREADY I have already taken a shower. AFFIRMATIVE ALREADY INTERROGATIVE

39. Have you already eaten lobster? No, I haven’t eaten it yet . Have you eaten shrimp yet ? Yes, I have already eaten it. MD

40. EVER NEVER Have you ever ridden a horse? I have never ridden a horse.

42. Have you ever seen a witch? No, I haven’t. I’ve never seen a witch.

43. Have you ever sung in a choir? Yes, I have.

47. To fail - failed - failed

48. To dance - danced - danced ballet

49. To drive - drove - driven

50. To have - had - had

51. To fly - flew - flown

52. To receive - d - d a love letter

53. Chess set To have - had - had

54. wallet To find - found - found

55. To lose - lost - lost Something valuable

56. And there are more words... Lately / Recently / for a while I haven’t seen him lately . She has practiced tennis recently . You haven’t tried it for a while .

57. ... and more , Once / twice / 3 times / 4 times / etc. We have fought once . He has traveled to Chicago twice . I have had a cold 3 times this year.

70. Simple Past or Present Perfect

72. Compare these sentences

84. Let’s Practice

93. Write down the sentences. Use present perfect. Example: Snoopy / climb / onto his house. Snoopy has climbed onto his house. 1 Brian / play / football 2 Susan / read / her new book 3 I / find / some money in the street 4 Mr and Mrs Baker / have / an accident

94. 5 Tom Davis / win / the volleyball match 6 Alison Brown / lose / the swimming match 7 Mr Martin / make / breakfast for the boys 8 The girls / bring / some wood for the fire 9 The Snows / buy / a van for their holidays 10 Mrs Black / wash / the dishes

95. 11 The dog / eat / bone. 12 Fred / write / a letter. 13 The singer / sing / a song. 14 My friend and I/ meet/ the famous actor. 15 Titanic / sink / in the ocean. 16 The teachers / teach / the lesson. 17 The players / play / recently. 18 The cat / scratch / the sofa. MD

96. SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

97. 1. I ______________a great film yesterday. (see) 2. ________________a new car? (you ever buy) 3. Sue ______________the flu last winter. (have) 4. A few days ago we ______to his uncle. (drive) 5. They ____ bingo Wednesday afternoon. (play) 6. _________the bus to get there. (already take) 7. Last week my rabbit ___________away. (run)

98. 8. We ________________a lot last Sunday. (do) 9. ___________________to India? (she ever be) 10. I _______________him last Monday. (meet) 11. She __________________yet. (not wake up) 12. I _______her since last Thursday. (not meet) 13. Bob _______________well last night. (sleep) 14. I _____a letter from her two days ago. (get) 15. They ________ in Germany. (already arrive)

99. EXERCISES P.P.T. SINCE - FOR

100. 1 I haven't been to Italy____________ 10 years. 2 She has lived in Paris _____________January. 3 Jim has studied__________ three hours. Now he is tired. 4 My friend has been ill __________a long time. 5 I haven't seen him____________ Easter. 6 He hasn't had a holiday __________last summer.

101. 7 The pilots have been on strike___ two months. 8 We've had terrible weather ________Saturday. 9 I've known Tom __________1990. 10 He hasn't done any work _________a month. 11 We have had this car _________1998. 12 We have been here __________ two hours.

102. 13 She hasn't written _________Christmas. 14 Carol hasn't eaten meat ___________ages. 15 We worked in his office _______three years. 16__________ how long have they lived here? 17 Nobody has seen him _________ last Friday. 18 It has been foggy ___________ some days.