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Holidays & Travel
Present Perfect Tense contrasted with
Past Simple Tense
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Present Perfect tense
The present perfect is used when the time period has NOT finished:
I have been to two countries this month.(This month has not finished yet.)
Past Simple tense
The simple past is used when thetime period HAS finished:
I went to two countries last month.(Last month has finished.)
May 2012June 2012
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Present Perfect tense
The present perfect is often used when giving recent news:
Mehmet has travelled to France again.(This is new information.)
Past Simple tense
The simple past is used when giving older information:
Mehmet travelled to France last year.(This is old information.)
2011
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Present Perfect tense
The present perfect is used when thetime is not specific:
I have seen that beach already.(We don't know when.)
Past Simple tense
The simple past is used when the time is clear:
I saw that beach on Thursday.(We know exactly when.)
Thursday!
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Present Perfect tense
The present perfect is used with for and since, when the actions have not finished :
Since 2007 I’ve lived in England.I have lived in England for five years.
(I still live in England.)
Past Simple tense
The simple past is used with for and since, when the actions have already finished:
I lived in England for five years.
(I don't live in England now.)
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Draw a line to the correct ‘tense’
1) a long time ago
2) at the weekend
3) since last weekend
4) last night
5) the day before yesterday
6) this month
7) lately
8) after I got married
9) not as yet
10) since we last met
Choose which is the Present Perfect tense or the Simple Past tense
Present Perfect tense
Simple Past tense
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1) A long time ago I was in the USA.
2) I’ve been on holiday since we last met.
3) We haven't been to the beaches yet.
4) After I got married we honeymooned in Mexico.
5) The British Embassy has been busy lately.
6) We’ve been to all the museums this month.
7) Mehmet left for Italy the day before yesterday.
8) I went to three counties this year.
9) Mehmet has never been to France.
10) Mehmet’s flight for the UK left last night.
11) The tourists will arrive at the weekend.
12) Mehmet will return Saturday night at 8pm.
13) I lived in Egypt for ten years.
14) I’ve lived in China for five years.
15) Mehmet went to Greece again.
Present Perfecttense
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Simple Pasttense
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Snakes & Ladders Grammar. Roll the dice, answer the question correctly & move forward. Answer wrong & move backward. Pair activity.
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Snakes & ladders Grammar
Winning Player gets the reward.
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Picture Vocabulary: pair activityUse the flash cards & a dictionary. Cover the word with your fingers & only display the picture to your classmate. They need to say the word & give a short definition. If it’s a tough one for them, they’ll need to lookup the word in the dictionary & write down the meaning. Example:
Answer :-Visa = travel document
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My Holiday
holiday flight ticket airplane
passport visaairport
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My Holiday
camera
embassy suitcase
map
tourist
currency
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museum
restaurant
My Holiday
club
hotel
travel
beach
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train
cruise ship
My Holiday
sightsee
subway
taxi
bus
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Present Perfect and Past Simple practice exercises
Choose an answer to complete the question. A. B.
1) Joji _____ in Tokyo for five years, but he left in 1993. A. lived B. has lived
2) Mehmet ____ to Disneyland Paris opening on the 12th of April 1992. A. went A. have been
3) Someone ________ my train ticket! Now I'll have to walk home. A. stole B. has stolen
4) I ________ the China Great Wall three times. A. saw B. have seen
5) Were you ________ in the United Arab Emirates? A. never B. ever
Make a sentence with the words given.
1) you ever live have Paris ?
2) I live Paris when I child was .
3) never I visit Gazintep .
4) since 1995 been I haven't to Venezuela .
5) ever were In you the United Kingdom ?