1. REVISION 3
Present Perfect Simple
Past Simple
Conversation
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Present Perfect Simple
I have opened the window.
You have closed your book.
We have checked a test.
They have written an exercise.
He has done his homework.
She has broken her leg.
It has slept.

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Present Perfect Simple
QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES
Have you opened the window?
Have they written a test?
Has he done his homework?
You haven’t opened the window.
They haven’t written a test.
He hasn’t done his homework.

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Present Perfect Simple
It is used to express:
• an action from the past has a result in the
present: The train has arrived. (And the train is
here now.)
• I + have + past participle
He + has + past participle

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Present Perfect: exercise 1a
1. I ............................................... (break) a cup.
2. He ............................................. (pay) the bill.
3. She ........................................ (fall) from a tree.
4. We ................................... (forget) the address.
5. They ................................. (buy) some sweets.

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Present Perfect: exercise 1b
1. We ............................................ (not / watch) a video.
2. He .......................................... (not / help) his parents.
3. She .................................................. (not / see) him.
4. We .......................................... (not / forget) the keys.
5. They ......................................... (not / buy) new jeans.

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Present Perfect: exercise 1c
1. ..................... you ...................... (meet) him?
2. ................... he ...................... (pay) the bill?
3. ................... they ................. (fall) from a wall?
4. .................... she ......................arrived in NY?
5. ..................... we .................... (buy) any milk?

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Present Perfect Simple
ever, never, already, still not, yet, not yet
Have you ever been to the U.S.A?
Have you been to Britain yet?
I have never eaten sushi.
I haven’t drunk wine yet.
I have already read Harry Potter.
I still haven’t found what I am looking for.

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Present Perfect Simple
for, since
I have studied English grammar
for ten years.
FOR + a period of time
I have studied English grammar
since 1998.
SINCE + a point of time

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Present Perfect: ever, never, for, since
1. She’s lived there ............................ many years,
................................ 1989, I believe.
2. He has ..................................... loved anybody as much as her.
3. We have known Paul .............................................. three years.
4. Have you .................................................. met him?

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Present Perfect: ever, never, for, since
5. I have known him ......................................... we went to school
together, but I’ve ............................................... met his parents.
6. They have ....................................................... eaten Indian food.
7. She’s been in France ................................................... February.
8. We haven’t seen you .......................................... a very long time.

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Past Simple
I visited my grandmother.
You played tennis.
He appeared on TV.
She wrote a book.
It slept.
We won a cup.
They met a famous person.

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Past Simple: QUESTIONS, NEGATIVES
Did you visit your grandmother?
Did he appear on TV?
Did they meet a famous person?
I didn’t see your sister.
He didn’t write a letter.
We didn’t watch the film.

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Past Simple
It is used to express:
• an action which happened and finished at a
particular time in the past
Useful words:
• yesterday • last year
• two days ago • in September 1998
• before two years • when I was a child

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Past Simple: exercise 1a
1. I .......................... (take) him to the hospital.
2. We .............................. (buy) a new house.
3. They ...................... (win) a race yesterday.
4. He ........................ (go) to school last week.

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Past Simple: exercise 1b
1. They ..................................... (not / drink) Champagne.
2. We .............................................. (not / come) on time.
3. She ................................... (catch) the train yesterday.
4. I ................................. (not / have) free time last
month.

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Past Simple: exercise 1c
1. ........................... they ............................ (visit) you last Monday?
2. ........................... she ............................. (bring) a bottle?
3. ........................ you ................................. (finish) school last year?
4. .............................. he ................................. (sing) his new songs?

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Present Perfect or Past Simple
1. Tim Jackson .................................................... (write) a lot of books.
2. He ............................................... (write) his first fourteen years ago.
3. ............................ you ever .............................. (try) Japanese food?
4. He ............................. never .................................. (be) to the USA.
5. She ............................................... (live) in Manchester for five years
and she doesn’t want to move anywhere else.

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Present Perfect or Past Simple
6. They ............................ (live) in London for two years,
and then in 1995 they ......................... (move) to
Oxford.
7. I ........................... never ...................... (be) to Russia.
8. When ...................... you ......................... (go) there?
9. We ............................ (meet) Maria and Francis three
years ago.

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CONVERSATION
1. How long have you lived in your town?
2. How long have you studied English?
3. How long have you known your best friend?
4. How long have you had your bike?
5. How long have you had your computer?
6. How many countries have you visited?
7. Have you been to .................?
8. Where did you go on a holiday last year?
9. Who did you go there with?
10. What did you see / do ? Who did you meet?