Present Perfect and Past Simple

Use

Short answer

Question

Positive and negative

GRAMMAR. Present Perfect Simple

Say if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false statements.

EXCERSISES

1 Match the equivalents:

1. applicant	a. требовать
2. asset (for the company)	b. напряженный
3. skills	c. рекомендации
4. references	d. срочный
5. polite	e. должность
6. to be confident	f. убеждать
7. responsibilities	g. вежливый
8. immediate	h. обязанности
9. to require	i. ценное приобретение
10. position	j. напряженный
11. tense	k. быть уверенным
12. to persuade	l. претендент
13. demand	m. навыки, умения

a. An interview is an introduction on the way to a new position.

b. You should squeeze in a hair appointment just before an important job interview.

c. As you sit down, tell the interviewer you are really nervous.

d. You go to the interview with some notes on how you would develop their product or some idea of improving customer service.

e. You shouldn't ask the interviewer of his/her immediate answer.

Form: have/has + verb + ed (past participle)

I We You They	‘ve (have) worked haven’t worked	in the factory
He She It	‘s (has) worked hasn’t worked	in the factory

Have	I we you they	been to the United States?
Has	he she it	been to the United States?

“Have you been to Egypt?”

“Yes, I have. ”/ “No, I haven’t.”

“Has she ever written poetry?”

“Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t. ”

The Present Perfect relates past actions and states to the present. It looks back from the present into the past, and expresses what has happened before now.

I ’ve met a lot of famous people. (before now)

She ’s lived here all her life. ( up to the present, and probably in the future)

Here are two main uses of the Present perfect:

1 to express an action in the past. We are interested in the experience as part of someone’s life.

I’ ve travelled a lot in Africa.

They’ ve lined all over the world.

Ever and never are common with this use.

Have you ever been in a car crash?

My mother has never flown in a plane.

2 to express an action or state which began in the past and continues to the present.

I’ ve known Alice for six years.

How long have you worked as a teacher?

For and since are common in this use. We use for with a period of time, and since with a point of time.

We’ ve lived here for two years.

I’ ve had a beard since I left the army.

Note the adverbs that are common in use.

I haven't done my homework yet. (Negative)

Has the postman been yet? (Question )

I've already done my homework..

I've just seen the letter. Now where did I put it?

Look at the use of the Present Perfect and the Past Simple in the following sentences.

I’ ve lived in Rome fro six months. (I still do.)

I lived in London for a year. (Now I live somewhere else, not in London.)

Sally ’s written several books. (She’s still alive.)

Shakespeare wrote many plays. (He is dead.)

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