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9. Present Perfect vs Past Simple

is used to describe is used to describe

an action in the time an action in

“up to now” “finished time”

(there is a connection (no connection with the present)

between the past and the present)

Compare

Typical time words: Typical time words:

this week when

never yesterday

today last month

lately in 1981

for ages ten minutes ago

long ago, etc.

Compare these sentences.

Present Perfect

Past Simple

  1. I have already been to London.

  2. She has returned from her business trip.

  3. We have not seen the contract yet.

  1. I was in London last year.

  2. She returned from her business trip 2 days ago.

  3. We didn’t see the contract when we were at their office.

We know the result, but we don’t know the time of the action.

We know exactly when the action took place in the past.

Ex. 1. Finished or unfinished time? Put the expressions in two lists.

A long time ago, one Saturday morning, in my life, last weekend, for the last ten years, the day before yesterday, when he was a child, before, lately, ever since he left college, when she was at university, in that job, last year.

Ex. 2. Complete each sentence a) to j) with an appropriate ending from 1) to 10)

Do not use an ending more than once.

a) I haven’t cooked dinner …….

1) when she was at university

b) I have done hundreds of jobs …..

2) so far

c) He studied geography………

3) when he was 19

d) I’ve known her……………..

4) lately

e) I have made sandwiches……..

5) over the years

f) I waited outside your house……

6) the other day

g) I have seen Kate rather often….

7) till a quarter to 10

h) The price of petrol has risen by 10%…

8) over the recent years

i) He last went to a football match

9) yet

j) He went to the hairdresser’s

10) all my life

Ex. 3. Open the brackets using the verbs in present perfect and past simple.

1. Our company (reach) good results this year.

2. Our company (reach) good results last year.

3. Mr. Jefferson just (send) a fax to our partners.

4. Mr. Jefferson (send) a fax to our partners yesterday.

5. You (see) my mobile? I can’t find it.

6. You (see) my new car when I (come) to work on Monday?

7. Mrs. and Mr. McCartney (live) in London for 25 years.

8. Mrs. and Mr. McCartney (live) in London before the 2nd World War.

9. We (not to buy) anything when we (be) in Paris.

10. We (not to buy) anything for the picnic yet.

11. Our Managing Director (be) ill since Tuesday.

12. Our Managing Director (be) ill last month and (not to sign) the papers.

Ex. 4. Choose the right answer.

1.We … a holiday this summer yet.

a) didn’t have

b) don’t have

c) haven’t had

2. You … my pen again!

    1. take

    2. have taken

    3. took

3. She … very happy when we came back.

a) is

b) was

c) has been

4. Last Sunday she … ill and didn’t go on a picnic.

a) has been

b)is

c)was

5. When … you … this document last?

a)did … see

b)have … seen

c)do … see

6. We … your passport, so could you come to our office and take it?

a)find

b)found

c)have found

7 .Where … you at 8.30 yesterday?

a)have been

b)were

c)are

8. He … this book and now you can take it if you like.

a)has read

b)read

c)reads

9. I … the whole evening writing invitations and went to bed late.

a)have spent

b)spend

c)spent

Ex. 5. Translate the sentences into English using Past Simple and Present Perfect.

1. Вчера мы встретили Билла в ресторане.

2. Я только что встретила свою подругу.

3. Вы когда-нибудь были в Египте?

4. Я был в Греции в прошлом году.

5. Мы никогда еще не пробовали японскую еду.

6. Вчера мы попробовали «суши» и нам не понравилось.

7. Они начали производство этих автомобилей в 1997 г.

8. Они только что начали производить эти машины и еще не получили много заказов.

9. Вы уже подготовили отчет о продажах?

10. Вы вчера говорили с нашим консультантом?

11. В прошлом году мы подписали крупный контракт.

12. На этой неделе мы подписали новый контракт с немецкой фирмой.

13. Эта фирма начала сотрудничать с нами два года назад.

14. Мы купили новый дом прошлым летом.

15. Я уже видел эти документы.