Unit 9: Past Simple and Present Perfect

Yesterday Megan started painting the wall,

but she got tired and went to bed. However, today she has already finished it.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last week my sister’s car broke down and The mechanic has fixed it this afternoon.
we called for help. It’s ok now!

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
A: Did you go to a restaurant last night? A: Have you ever been to this restaurant?
B: No, I didn’t. I decided to cook at home. B: No, I haven’t. Looks great, let’s go in!

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

A: When did you go to the USA A: I have been to the USA three times.
How for the first time?
about you? B: I
went there for the first time in 2005. B: I have never been there.

Grammar tip : Present Perfect Tense

In English, we sometimes need to express an action that happened in the past, but has a
result now. In other words, here it is not important when something happened. It is
important what the result is now. That’s why we use the Present Perfect Tense.

Examples:

I have lost my keys. (I don’t have them now and can’t open the door)

She hasn’t cleaned the house for a long time. (So the house isn’t clean now)

a) We form the Present Perfect Tense like this:

I have He has

You have + 3rd verb form She has + 3rd verb form

We have It has

They have

b) We often use the Present Perfect Tense with “already”; “yet”; “since” and “for”

Examples:

A: Do you want to join us for lunch?

B: Thanks, I’ve already had lunch. Let’s meet for dinner instead?

Also, note the negative form:

A: How’s the new colleague like?

B: I don’t know, I haven’t seen her yet.
Task: Please, study the examples on the next page. Then, practice making your own
sentences with another student/teacher.