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Put the
1.
verbs
Mary:
/ ..............................
..............................
fo
.' rm.
3.
An accident
..............................
(occur) near my house /ast night A
man
(hit) by a caro He
: yo~ng
bicycle when someone in front of him sudd~~i
(ride) his
car door. The accident
y
(open) a
..... :
(see) by severa/ witnesses. The
..............................
(question) /ast night by the po/ice.
y
A:
B:
What
W
e
l.
r.
..............................
EXERCISE
THE PRESENT
PERFECT SIMPLE-
EL PRETRITO
TIME
PERFECTO COMPUESTO
EXPRESSIONS
EXPRESIONES
WITH
THE
TEMPORALES
PRESENT
PERFECT
CON EL PRETRITO
SIMPLEPERFECTO
COMPUESTO
together,
(whom)
.
SPECIAL
4.
EXPRESIONES
PRESENT
WITH
ESPECIALES
PERFECT
CONTRASTE
ENTRE
EL PRETRITO
THE
PRESENT
PERFECT
CON EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO
SIMPLE
/ CONTRAST
EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO
WITH
PERFECTO
PAST SIMPLECOMPUESTO
SIMPLE
His words
5.
EXPRESSIONS
-
COMPUESTO
SIMPLE
THE PRESENT
PERFECT CONTINUOUS
EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO COMPUESTO
CONTINUO
6.
....................................
to wh
'.
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PRESENT
PERFECT
PERFECT
CONTlNUOUS-
CONTRASTE
ENTRE
Y EL PRETRITO
SIMPLE
/ CONTRAST
EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO
WITH
PERFECTO
COMPUESTO
PRESENT
COMPUESTO
CONTINUO
EXERCISE
THE
EL
PRESENT
PRETRITO
PERFECT
PERFECTO
SIMPLE
~"In
COMPUESTO
AFIRMATIVA:
Sujeto
'
+ have / has not + participio pasado del verbo principal They haven't sung.
INTERROGATIVA:
Have / Has
B
C
h?l:'(~.~.I!.C?~'!
(know) each other for five years.
.
1.
(you be)? I
(be) very worned.
Where
,
}.
(write) him several letters since September.
We
NEGATIVA:
Sujeto
Jenny
7. .
.
estions in the Present Perfect Simple using the words given below. Then
~ Wnte qu
.
ith full sentences that are true for you.
answer the questlOns WI
1. you / visit / the Canary Islands?
Nota: Fijate en que las expresiones que empleamos deben indicar que quedan
incluidos momentos tanto del pasado como del presente.
Acciones que empezaron en el pasado y an continan. La frase suele llevar las
preposiciones for o since, y el verbo a veces se traduce en presente.
1 have .had this house for ages.
a new caro
(buy)
8.
.
t Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
. the blanks with the Presen
.....................................................................................................................
4.
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.
.
.
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EXERCISE
TIME
2
A
EXPRESSIONS
EXPRESIONES
WITH
THE
TEMPORALES
PRESENT
PERFECT
CON EL PRETRITO
SIMPLEPERFECTO
COMPUESTO
Las preposiciones for y since se usan mucho con el Present Perfect Simple e
, introducen expresiones temporales. Ambas indican que la accin empez en
el pasado y que contina en el momento presente.
For indica lo que dura la accin.
We have been here for an hour.
Since seala el momento en que empez.
\ We have been here since ten o'clock.
2.
3.
~~~~~. ;~.~~~.:~~~~;~. .,
.~.~~.~~~~.~..;
.;~.~.~~;
~~~'~'i~~;'
~i'~~'
.,..;~Ir~~~;
'~'i~'i~';
~.~~~.; .
4.
~.~.~.,~
..~.~~
..~~~; ~~ .~~.;~.~.
5. .,
'I~~.~~.;~~.~~~~.~.~.
~~~'i~~~~;""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
6.
;;i~~~~~~~:~;;~~~~~~~~~~~r~.~~~~~;~i~~.:~.~~.~.~~~;
.
7.
.;.
;~.'i~';:,""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'"
8. .,
9.
~~n:t,~a~ ~~~t;ts;YS~~,~
~~n':p~~~~
t~~~;h,; .,
I;~S~;
,~~~,;g
~I~SS~;)"""""""""""""""""
;on
~ I~O
~~I,~~~)""""""""""""""""""""""'"
1O.~~;~~~~;:;~~~~~:;~~~;I~~~~;;
.
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EXERCISE
1.
EXERCISE
She has
2.
di a
15
pp
. d
[ohn and Tina have got mame
3.
~~~~::~!y.
.... bought
presento
1.
4.
2.
I haven't
5.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
over a week.
Has she
account
over an hour!
here.
6. [ohn has
7. We have
8. They have
ages.
I have
considered
.
.
EXERCISE
it was a kitten.
1998.
over four years.
1.
.
Id
h
't learned to tell the time
My ve-year-o
son asn
2.
Anna has
3.
He's
phoned
.
4. [ohn hasn't arrived home
5.
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EXERCISE
SPECIAL
2.
a. since
been
a yet
. just
4.
5.
6.
. a ways
c. often
b ro ken mto
.
our flat.
b.
c.
often
. ever
He's out d ..
.
rlvlng now.
c
.
. just
d. always
yet
ever
d.
b.
already
a. often
b.
He has
a. always
d.
b.
for
b.
yet
her husband
c.
ago
c.
orgotten to do anything
.
d
never
.
boys?
1 He has been to
c.
since
0~~~.?~~.~~~
(skate)
d.
since
3.
yet
d.
on ice.
(lock) myself
d.
(ever eat).
book I
already
~ Fillin the blanks with the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. This is the first time I
et
. y
and hasn't had enough ti
t
irne o see me
lately
EXERCISE
already
d.
c.
.
====-
d.
died.
recently
yet
ever
never
yet
c. always
felt so upset in his life.
PERFECT
EL PRETRITO
c. for
c li1mb e d a mountain?
CON
ti" tomorrow.
a. before
COMPUESTO
PRESENT
...................
b.
PERFECTO
THE
ESPECIALES
Tambin lo empleamos despus de expresiones como the first time, the second
time, the only time, etc.
This is the second time he has won the lottery.
The committee
EXPRESIONES
b oug h tacar
c. often
h
d h
pone
. S e won't phone again
b. never
c. ever
8. She s a very responsible worker. She has
.
.
a. just
b
ti
. recen y
c. always
9 . Th e girls have
. d
............
arnve ,but where are the
a. recently
b. often
c. never
10. I won't be away
long.
13.
always
7. She has
.
.
a. just
12.
d.
WITH
a. already
11.
recently
d.
EXPRESSIONS
3 ==--=--"'= -
t::"\
0ago
before
SIMPLE
(ever
---
(ever see).
just
d. just
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EXERCISE
PRESENT
4
A
PERFECT
CONTRASTE
ENTRE
Y EL PRETRITO
SIMPLE
/ CONTRAST
EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO
WITH
PAST
PERFECTO
SIMPLE
COMPUESTO
SIMPLE
===- - --El Present Perfect Simple tiene relacin con el presente aunque nos estemos
refiriendo a una accin acabada en el pasado. No nos interesa el momento en
que se realiz la accin, pero sus resultados nos afectan ahora.
El Past Simple indica claramente que la accin ocurri en el pasado, por ello
suele ir acompaado de expresiones temporales especficas.
Expresiones temporales:
10
..
d
f om northern Europe. It (has flown, flew) thousands of
Thls bir comes r
1. kilometres in search of a warm c1imate.
I (haven't spoken, didn't speak) to my cousin for ages.
2.
3.
Irene (didn't see, hasn't seen) her best friend for three months.
4.
Past Simple
(tiempo especfico)
7.
for
since
yet
already
lately
recently
yesterday
ayear ago
last month
when 1was a child
ever / never
just
so far
last week
in the 1960s
EXERCISE
2.
4.
He came over
5.
7.
10.
She
4.
7. I
.
11.
!~(L
(lose) my peno
3.
two days.
11
~ FiIIin the blanks with the corred Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple form of
6. justin Gatlin
I met her.
EXERCISE
h
5. j o h n G rrs am
(not buy) it yet.
uliet (has visited, visited) her aunt in Chicago three months ago.
9. J
10. She (has played, played) the piano since she was six years old.
2. I
~!0.C;.~
8.
1. The bus
Fill in the blanks with for, since, ago, yesterday or last week.
1.
We
one soon.
12. Yesterday we
Five people
EXERCISE
12
1.
2.
4.
6.
7.
PRESENT
PERFECT
PRETRITO
CONTINUOUS
PERFECTO
COMPUESTO
CONTINUO
~~~;~;~~~i~~;~~;~~~~~~~~~~~~.
.
+
+
~~.
~~~~.~~.~~.~~~.~~i~~~~i~~
~~'r'.~.~..;
NEGATIVA:
sujeto
~.~.~;.
~~~~~I
;~~.~~.~.~.~;~
~.~. .~~.~.
~~'~'~'~~'."""""""""""""""""""""""""""
....................................................
The twins have been ill for the last ~~~~.~~;~:
INTERROGATIVA:
A
5.
EL
AFIRMATIVA:
~!
3.
THE
~ Write
answer.questions for the answers below. There m ay be more than one correct
I':~~'
~~~.~
..~~~~
~. :~.'~~'~~'~'."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
~~~~~~~~~~i~
..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
Tambin se emplea para acciones muy recientes cuyos efectos todava son
8.
We've ~~~~;:;~~~~~;~~~~~~~r~~~;;~:~~.
Recuerda que hay una serie de verbos que no pueden ir en forma continua
como know, believe, understand, etc. (Mira la unidad 2 si quieres repasarlos.)
C
EXERCISE
13
in 1945.
6.
7.
ltimamente.)
preparando
.........................
5.
8.
in to visit
I have been doing a lot of work lately. (He estado trabajando mucho
.................................
...........................
They have been preparing the exam for a week. (Llevan una semana
el examen.)
We have been waiting for you for half an hour. (Llevamos esperndote
'l
media hora.)
--
.
.
.
......................................... ..............................
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EXERCISE
~
14
EXERCISE
form of th
1.
2.
Kevin .............
3.
1 ................
4.
Gil"
6.
lan
...................................
1
e ver
bs
s In
racket
s,
wn.te
1.
que stions in
the
1 properly)
The scientist
...................................
weeks.
16
1 there
/ long)
(diISCUSS
) t h e roe k concert for the last
5. You see that something is missing from your plate. (who / eat / food)
8.
1 ........................
,~
EXERCISE
3.
17
.!.C?~y.h?!~.~~~n.
'.9.C~!r!gJ.~~f!every night .
2.
1 lean 1 write)
1S
2. His clothes are torn and dirty. (he / not take care of / them)
Mi:~elle arrived at the dentist's dinic at five o'clock. Shes still sitting in the
wa.t, ng-room.
3. The pupils don't know what the teaeher is saying. (they
1 not
listen to / her)
4.
4.
5.
......................................................................................................................
5. Julian started reading that book two months ago and he's still reading it.
6. Julia has put on a lot of weight. (she / not keep to / her diet)
EXERCISE
1a
4.
Perfect Co f
e
n muous rorrn of the verbs in brack
PI
jack
janet
our:
...................................
7. John really needs a holiday. He
recently.
..
so hard
8.
in e
h
ac
EXERCISE 19
.
.
queston which is c/osest in meaning
to the original.
They have produced several films lately. (son varias pelculas, cada una
distinta de la otra)
They have been writing letters all morning. (una accin continua)
They have written three letters this morning. (acciones separadas)
six months.
They have been cooking all morning. (no han interrumpido la accin de
cocinar)
b. The policeman has just started looking for the missing fi/e.
for
COMPUESTO CONTINUO
1. The policeman has been looking for the missing fi/e since yesterday.
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EXERCISE
.-
20
1.
2.
Carol
-':.~~~.~~r:.~~
(own) this car since 2002.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mrs Smith
..............................
..............................
a.
7.
8.
e.
d.
has taken
have visited
e.
d.
visit
chocolate again.
a. was eaten
e.
eats
d.
ate
john
a. am waiting
e.
b. waits
d.
wait
.
(drive) it all these years without any problems. However, for the last few weeks
it
(break down) regularly.
EXERCISE
21
EXERCISE
Jeremy wants a dogo Fill in his mother's
22
questions.
Jeremy:
Mother:
(1)
Jeremy:
Mother:
(2)
Jeremy:
Mother:
(3)
lerernv:
Mother:
(4)
Jeremy:
Mother:
(5)
Jeremy:
Mother:
!!.t?~.!~0.gh?y.~.y.C?l!.~?0~~~.?.9.C?g~
1. How long
in the garden?
a. is he standing
3.
4.
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Many people
b. are visiting
6.
Mike
he
The detectives
but they
Who
a. was taking
FiII in the blanks with the Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous
form of the verbs in brackets. There may be more than one correct answer.
..............................
:.-
The teacher
e. does he stand
d. he stands
the tests yet.
a. didn't check
e. hasn't checked
d. doesn't check
Mr lackson
for a week.
to London on business
e. has gone
b. goes
d. was going
The Browns
to a new house.
a. have moved
b. has moved
d. move
TRANSLATION
~
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
SPOT
~
THE
ERROR
K
THE PAST PERFECT
EL PRETRITO
1.
2.
3.
4.
CONTlNUOUS
CONTINUOUS,
PRETRITO
CONTINUO
/ CONTRAST WITH
PAST
PERFECT - CONTRASTE
PLUSCUAMPERFECTO
8.
COMPUESTO
9.
PLUSCUAMPERFECTO
1.
PAST PERFECT
7.
CONTlNUOUS
PLUSCUAMPERFECTO
PASADO CONTINUO,
10.
EL PRETRITO
PRESENT
6.
SIMPLE
PLUSCUAMPERFECTO
Y ENTRE
ENTRE EL
CONTINUO
y EL
EL PRETRITO
y EL PRETRITO
PERFECTO