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TN2B06 Patch 02 - Present Perfect 05 & review
 
 
 
REFERENCE
    We use the present perfect, not the present simple, to talk about actions or states that started in the past and continue to the present:
    I have known her for three years. (Not: I know her for three years.)

    We use the present perfect, not the past simple, to talk about:
  • actions or events that happened or started in the past and have a result in the present:
    He has washed the dishes = The dishes are clean now.
    They have cut the grass. = The garden looks nice now.
  • actions or events that happened at an indefinite time in the past:
    I have been to China. (I don't mention when)
    She has read a lot of books. (She doesn't say when)

    • We use the past simple, not the present perfect:
  • to talk about actions that finished in the past. Compare:
    She lived in London. (She doesn't live in London now.)
    She's lived in London for five years. (She lives in London now.)
  • if we say or know when an action or event happened in the past. Compare:
    He bought a new bike last weekend.
    He has bought a new bike, so he's very excited (now).
 
 
39C Complete the article. Use the past simple or present perfect of the verbs in brackets.
 
 
What (0)  (be) a blog? A blog is a personal webpage and sometimes a journal. Blogging (1)  (begin) in 1994 when a student, Justin Hall, (2)  (start) a personal blog on the Internet. He (3)  (keep) his blog for eleven years. The word 'blog' (4)  (appear) for the first time in 1999 and the Oxford English Dictionary (5)  (include) the word in its pages in 2003. Blogging (6)  (change) since the early days. Between 2000 and 2004, it (7)  (become) a favorite activity for teenagers. Since 2004, more and more adults (8)  (start) blogs too. And now, people write about all sorts of things, including politics and television.
 
 
 
C8-1 Complete the sentences. Use the following words. You do not need them all.
already - ever - for - just - never - since - yet
 
 

 9. 
Have you heard the good news? They've  won first prize.
 

 10. 
Kate has  eaten Indian food, but she wants to try it.
 

 11. 
My brother's got a new car, but he hasn't passed his driving test  .
 

 12. 
We don't need to go to the market again. We've  been there today.
 

 13. 
I can't remember his name because I haven't seen him  years.
 
 
 
C8-2 Write questions. Use the present perfect.
 
 

 14. 
how long / he / live / in France
 ?
 

 15. 
Your hair's wet. where / you / be
 ?
 

 16. 
they / arrive / yet
 ?
 

 17. 
you / ever / write / a short story?
 ?
 

 18. 
Alison / tidy / her room
 ?
 
 
 
C8-3 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words.
 
 

 19. 
This is the first time I've been to another country.
I  to another country before.
 

 20. 
We bought our tickets six months ago.
We've had our tickets  six months.
 

 21. 
My friends visited Italy in 2001, 2004 and 2006.
My friends  to Italy three times.
 

 22. 
Jane hasn't flown before.
It's  Jane has flown.
 

 23. 
We're waiting for the taxi to arrive.
The taxi  yet.
 
 
 
C8-4 Choose the correct alternative.
 
 
The London Eye is one of London's most famous sights. It (24)  to the public in December 1999 and (25)  then, millions of people have enjoyed a ride on the wheel. The ride lasts about 30 minutes. The wheel (26)  ; it moves so slowly that passengers can get on and off while it is in motion.
The London Eye isn't the first big wheel in the city's history. There (27)  a smaller wheel in London in the nineteenth century. But the London Eye is now a symbol of the city and it (28) in many films and television programs.
 
 
 
39B Select the correct answer.
 
 

 A: 
(29)  to France?
 

 B: 
Yes, we (30)  . We (31)  there four times.
The last time (32)  two years ago.
 

 A: 
How many times (33)  Paris?
 

 B: 
Only once. We (34)  there in 2004.
 

 A: 
And (35)  much outside Europe?
 

 B: 
Well, no, we (36)  but we (37)  holidays in Australia.
 

 A: 
When (38)  to Australia?
 

 B: 
We (39)  there for the Olympic Games in 2000.
 



 
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