ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA

DE CHIMBORAZO

NAME: JOHANTAN VALLA

LEVEL: 4° “A”

RESEARCH WORK ONE

EXERCISE 5.

SIMPLE PAST VS. PRESENT PERFECT.

Directions: Discuss the meanings of the verb tenses.
1. All of the verbs in the following talk about past times but the verb in (a) is different
from the other three verbs. What is the difference?
a) I have had several bicycles in my lifetime.
b) I had a red bicycle when I was in elementary school.
c) I had a blue bicycle when I was a teenager.
d) I had a green bicycle when I lived and worked in Hong Kong.
2. What are the differences in the ideas the verb censes express?
e) I had a wonderful bicycle last year.
f) I´ve had many wonderful bicycles.
3. What are the differences in the ideas the verb tenses express?
g) Ann had a red bike for two years,
h) Sue has had a red bike for two years.
4. Who is still alive, and who is dead?
i) In his lifetime, Uncle Alex had several red bicycles.
j) In his lifetime, Grandpa has had several red bicycles.
1.
(a) Uses the present perfect because no specific past time is mentioned. The others all
mention specific times in the past, so the simple past is used.
2.
(e) uses the simple past because there is a specific mention of time.
(f) uses the present perfect because it conveys the idea “in my lifetime before now.”
3.
In (g), Ann no longer has her bike; the simple past conveys that something began and
ended in the past. For example, Ann had a red bike from 1999 to 2001.
In (h) Sue still has her bike; she acquired it two years ago from the present date.
4.
Uncle Alex is dead.
Grandpa is still alive.
EXERCISE 7.

SIMPLE PAST VS PRESENT PERFECT.

Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the present perfect or
the simple past.
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1)A: Have you ever been in Europe?

B: Yes, I have I have been in Europe several times.

In fact, I was in Europe last year.

2) A: Are you going to finish your work before you go to bed?

B: I have already finished it. I finished my work two hours ago.

3) A: Have you ever eaten at Al's Steak House?

B: Yes, have I have eat there many times.

In fact, my wife and I eat there last night.

4) A: Do you and Erica want to go to the movie at the Palace Theater with us tonight?

B: No thanks. We have already seen it. We saw it last week.

5) A: When are you going to write your report for Mr. Goldberg?

B. I have already written it. I wrote. It two days ago and gave it to him.

6) A. Has Antonio ever had a job?

B: Yes, he has He has had lots of part time jobs. Last summer he had a job at his uncle's
waterbed store.

7) A. This is a good book. Would you like to read it when I'm finished?

B Thanks, but I have already read it. I (read) read it couple of months ago.

8) A. What European countries have you visit?

B: I have visited Hungary, Germany, and Switzerland. I visited Hungary in 1998, I was
Germany and Switch and in 2001.

EXERCISE 7.

Simple past vs present perfect.

Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the present perfect or
the simple past.

1) A: Have you ever been in Europe?

B: Yes, I have I have been in Europe several times.

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In fact, I was in Europe last year.

2) A: Are you going to finish your work before you go to bed?

B: I have already finished it. I finished my work two hours ago.

3) A: Have you ever eaten at Al's Steak House?

B: Yes, have I have eat there many times.

In fact, my wife and I eat there last night.

4) A: Do you and Erica want to go to the movie at the Palace Theater with us tonight?

B: No thanks. We have already seen it. We saw it last week.

5) A: When are you going to write your report for Mr. Goldberg?

B. I have already written it. I wrote. it two days ago and gave it to him.

6) A. has Antonio ever had a job?

B: Yes, he has He has had lots of part time jobs. Last summer he had a job at his uncle's
waterbed store.

7) A. This is a good book. Would you like to read it when I'm finished?

B Thanks, but I have already read it. I (read) read it couple of months ago.

8) A. What European countries have you visit?

B: I have visited Hungary, Germany, and Switzerland. I visited Hungary in 1998, I was
Germany and Switch and in 2001.

EXERCISE 16.

SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PROGRESSIVE.

(CHARLS 2-8 AND 2-9) DIRECTIONS: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH

THE WORDS IN PARENTHESES. USE THE SIMPLE PAST OR THE PAST
PROGRESSIVE.

1. At 6:00 P.M., Bob sat down at the table and began to eat. At 6:05, Bob (eat) was
eating dinner.
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2. While Bob was eating dinner, Ann came through the door.

3. In other words, when Ann walked in the door, Bob was having dinner.

4. Bob went to bed at 10:30. At 11:00 Bob was already asleep

5. While Bob was sleeping, the phone rang

6. In other words, when the phone rang bob was sleeping

7. Bob left his house at 8:00 a.m. and started walking to class.

8. As he walked to class, he saw Mrs. Smith.

9. When Bob (saw Mrs. Smith, she stood on the front porch. She was holding a broom

10. Mrs. Smith greeted Bob when she saw him.

EXERCISE 2.

BE GOING TO, (Charis 3-1 and 3-2)

Directions: Complete the sentences with be going to and the words in parentheses.

A; what are you going to do this afternoon?

B: I am going to work on my report.

A: Where is Alex going to be later tonight?

B: He (be) is going to be at Kim's house.

A: Are you going to finish this exercise soon?

B: Yes, I am going to finish it in less than a minute.

A: When are you going to call your sister?

B: I am going to didn’t call I am going to send her an e-mail.

A: What is Dr. Price going to talk about in her speech tonight?

B: She is going to discuss the economy of Southeast Asia.