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My brother _______ (write) his first novel when he was 18 years old. Now he _______ (work) on his
third book for three years and nearly _______ (finish) it.
I not _______ (see) himforages. I wonderwherehemightbe.
«I _______ (do) houseworkallmorningandnot _______ (finish) yet.» «I _______ (do) minealready. I
_______ (start) at as soon I got up at 7.»
I _______ (work) for this company for 9 years. I _______ (start) tolookfor a betterjoblastmonthbut
_______ (find) anythingyet.
« You _______ (be) herebefore?» «Yeswe _______ (spend) ourholidaysherelastyear.» «You _______
(have) a goodtime?» «No, itnever _______ (stop) raining.»
« You _______ (have) breakfastyet?» «Yes I _______ (have) itat 10.»
We _______ (miss) thebus. Nowwe'llhavetowalk."
I _______ (ask) yourepeatedlynottosmokeinthecar!
They _______ (live) inBrusselsfor a fewyearsbutthey _______ (divorce) nowandshe _______ (returne)
homelastweek.
Somebody _______ (take) mykeys. I cannotleavehomenow.
Heisout. I thinkhe _______ (go) tothebank.
Howlongisitsincethey _______ (get) married?
Ключ
1: wrote; hasbeenworking; hasnearlyfinished; 2: havenotseen; 3: havebeendoing; havenotfinished;
havedone; started; 4: havebeenworking; started; havenotfound; 5: Haveyoubeen; spent; didyouhave;
stopped;
6: Haveyouhad; had; 7: havemissed; 8: haveasked; 9: lived; havedivorced; returned; 10: hastaken; 11:
hasgone; 12: gotmarried.
Past simple / Present perfect
(simple / continuous)
Past simple and Present perfect
The past simple is used to talk about completed actions at a particular point in the past,
often with dates or times and words like yesterday, last and ago:
a) recent actions or events when no fixed time is given (e.g. news reports) often with
words like just, recently and lately:
c) actions in a period of time which is not yet finished, and experiences in someone's
life so far, often with yet, so far, ever, for and since
I haven't had any letters this week. (Compare : I had five letters last week)
She's visited New York five times. (in her life so far)
Have you ever been to Greece?
The present perfect continuous is used to talk about actions which started in the past
and are still happening, or which have recently stopped but have a result in the present:
Aim: students will be better able to use Past Simple, Present perfect Simple and Continuous
Level: Intermediate +
Assumptions: students are familiar with Past Simple and Present Perfect Simple although
might not be able to use the two accurately
Speaking#1: Talk to your partner and decide which of the sentences about your
teacher below are true (T) and which are false (F). Give reasons why:
Speaking #2: Check with your teacher and ask at least two more questions for each example
to get more information.
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IDEA #2: Before moving to the following activity (Focus on grammar), try first getting your
students to change the above sentences to make them true for themselves. They can change
the content (e.g. dates, names, places), but not the grammar. I’ve done it a couple of times
and it works quite well: gives them additional speaking practice, they have to play with the
language and process it. In contrast, in the traditional PPP approach, practice is usually the
very last thing you do in class after spending a very long time on rules and controlled written
practice, which I’m doubtful helps improve the immediate accuracy. It also steal the pleasure
from playing with the language and getting it wrong, without worrying about being correct.
Focus on grammar:
b) When do we use each of the tenses? Write PS, PPS or PPC next to the bullet points below
and select one of the sentences from exercise 1 that fits the description.
for actions which started in the past and continue until now
for states which started in the past and continue until now
to talk about completed actions at a specific point in the past
to talk about completed past actions and experiences in life without a specific time reference
c) how do we make positive and negative sentences in each case? Write the form below using
the words: subject, didn’t, haven’t, past participle, been, past simple form of the verb, have,
verb +ing, infinitive
PS:
PPS:
PPC:
e) Which expressions do we use with PS, PPS or PPC? Complete the table below. You can
use one expression more than once. Check with the sentences from exercise 1: yet, (5 years)
ago, in (1980), last (week), already, never, since, for, the first time, once/twice
IDEA: don’t allow too much preparation time. The students have already practised talking
about their lives during the class. Allow only to write down bullet points or ideas. After all, it’s
supposed to be a speaking activity.