3+Unit3+PresPerfectSimplePast

=__Present Perfect ( I have been)__= =We use this tense for actions which started in the past and= = 1) still continue = = 2) Have just finished = = 3) Have a strong connection with the present = = This strong connection with the present is shown by words like = = ever, today ,this year ,. recently ,just , already , just now, never , for 3 years , since , so far = = = = 4) Experiences( except if indicated that the action is finished ) = = Have you ever been to Kuala Lumpur? = = I have read this book 4 times. = =__Simple Past__ ( I drank, I danced, I didn't see)= = We use this for actions that have completely finished and it is used with words such as = = yesterday, 5 years ago, when I was young, last year, When I was in the army. = = The time is usually mentioned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! = = = =Signal Words= = =
 * ~ =Simple Past= ||~ =Present Perfect Simple= ||
 * * = yesterday =
 * = ... ago =
 * = in 1990 =
 * = the other day =
 * = last ... = || * = just =
 * = already =
 * = up to now =
 * = until now / till now =
 * = ever =
 * = (not) yet =
 * = so far =
 * = lately / recently = ||
 * =__**Simple past(**__ action finished __**)**__= || =__**Present perfect**__ (action continues or just finished __**)**__= ||
 * =**I lived in Paris when I was young**= || =**I have lived Paris for a long time**= ||
 * =**He was in the army**= || =**He has been in the army for 3 years and enjoys it very much**= ||
 * =**The weather was very nich last week**= || =**The weather has been very nice this week**= ||

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__**4 ) []**__
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 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 1]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 2]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 3]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 4]

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= ** 2)__For and Since__ ** = =__For__: durant: := =**__Since__: des de**: un punt en concret:=

since 1935, since world war II, since january 15th,since the christmas hollidays
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/235.html ==__**[|1 )http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/since_for.htm] **__== __** 2 ) http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.since.i.htm// **__ http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html []

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= [|3) Already,],yet,(ja) = =‘Already’ usually comes __in mid-position i només va amb__ .Affirmatives/ Interrogatives =
 * YET**: Va al **FINAL** de la frase i **__només__** amb ** NEGATIVES / iNTERROGATIVES **

=a. Don't forget to buy some CD's= =b. I have already bought some. They are on the desk= =a. Have you downloaded music yet ??= =Have you already downloaded the music???= =B. Yes, I have already made the first CD, but I haven't made the second one yet. =

=//The train’s// already //left! What are we going to do?//= =**Have you** already **had lunch????**= =I have already spent an hour on the Internet.= =I haven't found the website yet. = =I have already found 3 good websites. = =Have you tried google yet?? = =Have you found the information yet? =

=__ STILL(todavía), YET : (todavía) __= = yet should be placed at the end of the sentence.=

= Still should be placed before the verb, except with the verb 'to be' when it comes after.=

=We haven't started **yet**. = =They **still** haven't arrived.= =**I** still **miss him**= =**Is it** still **7 o'clock???**= =**Is it 7 0'clock** yet? **????**= =**Are you** still **working in that factory??**= =The train **still** hasn't arrived.= =The train hasn't arrived **yet**. =

0)**http://www.better-english.com/grammar/stillyet.htm** http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Still_Yet_Already.htm
 * http://autoenglish.org/gr.presper.i.htm**

__1 )http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm__
__2) http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm__

__**4 ) http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.perf.i.htm**__
__**5 ) http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper/exercises?ex07**__
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 1]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 2]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 3]
 * [|Choose the Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 4]

Tests on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast2.htm
 * === [|Test 1] ===
 * === [|Test 2] ===
 * === [|Test 3] ===

Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect Simple

 * === //Certain time in the past or// just / already / yet//: [|Exercise 1], [|Exercise 2] ===
 * === Certain event in the past or how often so far: : [|Exercise 3], [|Exercise 4] ===
 * ===Emphasis on action or result: [|Exercise 5], [|Exercise 6]===
 * ===Mix: [|Exercise 7], [|Exercise 08]===
 * ===Exercise on the text [|Grand Canyon]===
 * ===Exercise on the text [|Edinburgh]===

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__Use__ When do we use which tense? Simple Past Present Perfect Simple '... **ago**' is a signal word for ... Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple
 * 'How often so far'** is a signal word for ...
 * 'Until now'** is an signal word for ...
 * 'Yesterday',** 'last week' und 'in 2006' are signal words for ...
 * 'Just', 'already', 'yet'** are signal words for ...

Positive'**Already'** is a signal word for ... Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple '**Yet'** is a signal word for ... Simple Past Present Perfect Simple Simple Past Present Perfect Simple
 * 'Just'** is a signal word for ...
 * '2 years ago'** is a signal word for ...
 * 'Yesterday**' is a signal word for ...


 * __Positive Sentences__ **

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). William (tidy / already)

up his room. Caroline (miss)

the schoolbus yesterday. I (finish / just)

my homework. I cannot go out tonight. My grandparents (come)

to see us. In 2004, the Olympic Summer Games (take)

place in Athens.

Mary (win)

the lottery last year. We (prepare / already)

dinner. James (find)

your ring in the garden yesterday. He (come / just)

home. They (buy)

their car two years ago.

He (leave / just)

his house. We (build)

a tree house last week. Two years ago, Fiona (break)

her leg. I (wash / already)

the dishes. The other day, our cat (bring)

home a mouse.


 * __Negative sentences__ **

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). We (watch / not)

TV last night. Joanna (read / not)

the book yet. Collin (not / go)

on holiday last year. I (have / not)

any problems so far. They (learn / not)

the new words yet.

I  (see / not)

anyone yet. Phil (go / not)

to the cinema last night. We (be / not)

to the zoo so far. She (arrive / not)

yet. Emily (visit / not)

me last week. Questions

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). (they / be / ever)
 * __Questions__ **

to New York? (you / see)

Catherine a minute ago? What time (you / get)

up today? (he / hear)

the news yet? How often (you / play)

that game up to now?


 * __Text__ **

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). A: I (see / not)

you for a long time. Where (you / be)

? B: I (come / just)

back from Canada. A: Oh really? What (you / do)

in Canada? B: I (take)

a nature tour. A: Wow! (you / see)

many wild animals there? B: Of course. I (watch)

bears, wolves and whales in the wild. That (be)

so interesting. (you / spend / ever)

a holiday in Canada? A: Yes, I (travel)

around Canada twice so far. B: When (you / go)

there? A: The first time I (go)

there (be)

in 1997 and the second time in 2004. B: (you / enjoy)

it? A: I absolutely (love)

it, especially the west coast.

Text Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). A: (you / taste / ever)

sushi? B: Yes, I (eat)

sushi at least five times so far. A: When (you / eat)

sushi for the first time? B: I (eat)

sushi for the first time on my dad's 50th birthday. He (invite)

the whole family to a Japanese restaurant. A: (you / like)

it? B: Absolutely. In fact, it (be)

so good that we (be)

to that restaurant three times yet. And on my mum's birthday, we (order)

some sushi and (have)

it at home.