The comparison of Present Perfect and Past Simple

1. STEP-UP (Pre-Intermediate)
Grammar Class 3.
Present Perfect vs. Past
Simple

2. Plan
Present Perfect Tense: когда
используется, как образуется
Grammar Practice
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple

3. Present Perfect: когда
используется
 Действие завершено к
настоящему моменту
e.g. I have just read this book.
 Жизненный опыт
e.g. I’ve been to the USA.
 Результат в настоящем
e.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

4. 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?

5. Present Perfect: как образуется
S + have/has + Ved/V3
 They have finished the report this week.
S + have/has + not + Ved/V3
 They haven’t finished the report this week.
Have/has + S + Ved/V3…?
 Have they finished their report yet?

6. Grammar Practice: Have you ever
…?
be in hospital visit a Scandinavian
country act in a play
be seasick be to the USA
speak 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 exam
make a speech in
public
be terrified by a book or
film
meet a famous person stay up the whole night
try to smuggle
something through
Customs after a holiday

7. 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

8. Present Perfect or Past Simple
1. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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?)