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PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS, ACTIVE/PASSIVE, PAST

SIMPLE, VOCABULARY
Healthy bodies, healthy minds
1 I’ve completed a forty-minute workout this morning and I’m about to go and do a test. I feel full of energy!
2 We’ve just heard that we’ll be sitting on exercise balls during some of our lessons.
3 I’m exhausted. I’ve just done „Wake up and shake up”.
4 We did the programme for one term, but our students didn’t like it.
5 I’ve done the programme for a year and I’m still attending all the classes.
6 We began the programme a week ago and we’ve already seen the benefits among the students.
7 I’ve never done this sort of thing before, but I’m really enjoying it.

We use the past simple:

a to talk about actions that happened at a known time in the past.
b to talk about completed past actions and states.

We use the present perfect:

c to talk about experiences in the past, usually with ever or never.
d for recent events or states that have a connection with the present, usually with already, just, or yet.
e to talk about actions and states that started in the past and have not changed, usually with for or since.
f to talk about actions that happened during a time which still continues, usually with this morning, this week.
g to give news
Compare the two sentences. In which
senetence is it still morning? Which tense is
used?
1 I’ve completed a forty-minute workout this morning and I’m about to go and do a test.

2 I completed a forty-minute workout this morning. It was tiring, but I woked better in my
classes after it.
 1. a I was a teacher for three years.
b I’ve been a teacher for three years.

2 a Have you ever used an exercise ball in class?

b Did you use and exercise ball in class yesterday?

Work in pairs. Study the 3 a I finished my workout before school.

b I haven’t finished my daily workout yet.
pairs of sentences. Why
are different tenses used in 4 a I’ve never played tennis.
b I didn’t play tennis last night.
sentences a and b?
5 a I didn’t speak to Julia at the party last Saturday.
b I haven’t spoken to Julia for ages.

6 a Have you seen Dan this morning?

b Did you see Dan this morning?
Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
We use the present perfect continuous:
◦ to talk about a situation or action that began in the past and is still in progress. The emphasis is on the
duration of the activity. We can use for and since to show how long.
◦ to talk about a recent activity that explains a present situation.

We use the present perfect simple (not the continuous):

◦ when we focus on the result of an action or how often it has happened.
◦ when an action is finished and complete
◦ with state verbs, for example: be, like, believe, have.