Aula 02

Simple Past
X
Present Perfect

Simple Past I went to London last year.

• Finished action When? > Last Year

• Yesterday, last week, last night, a year ago,

etc.
I have already been to London.

When? > We don't know! (o que importa é a

experiência)

Past Perfect
• Past before the past!

Present Perfect
• Recent past actions (which haven't changed)

• Past experiences which have a result at

present. Just, since, never, ever, how long

Present Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Exercícios
1. (UFRGS 2009) Considere o trecho abaixo
Maggie will be nervous until after her sister
goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners,
homely and ashamed of the burn scars down
her armns and legs.
Suponha que a autora quisesse expressar
como Maggie ficou depois da partida da irmã.
Nesse caso, em seu texto, as formas verbais
sublinhadas no trecho acima deveriam ser
substituídas respectivamente por:
(A) were, went and stood
(B) was, is gone and standed
(C)were, is gone and standed
(D)were, was gone and stood
(E) was, went and stood
2. (UFRGS 2008) Consider the sentence it
seemed like all the problems had magically
vanished. Rewrite it in the present tense by
completing the blanks with the correct
alternative:
It … like all the problems …...magically... .
(A) seems – will – vanish
(B) would seem – have – vanished
(C) seems – have – vanished
(D) will seem – would – vanish
(E) seems – would – vanish
3. (UFRGS 2006) Consider the verb form in the 5. (UFRGS 2005) Complete the sentencebelow
sentence below: with the best alternative.

Britain has invested very little in Chinese

studies.
In the past, English cavaliers........swords while
The same verb form is used correctly in the …....on the left.
sentence

(A) drew – riding

(A) I haven't met my Chinese friends since July
(B) draw – would ride
(B) The children have read a Chinese story
yesterday. (C) were drawing – riding

(C) Have you learned Mandarim when you were (D) drew – have ridden
in school.
(E) had drawn – rode
(D) They have seen many Chinese films last
year.

(E) His parents have live in China in the 1960's.

4. (UFRGS 2005) The word that could be placed

between had and met in the sentence: I had
met her by chance only a shor time before is:

(A) still

(B) ever

(C) yet Gabarito

(D) though 1. E 2. C 3. A 4. E 5. A

(E) already