Nombre del Docente: Estefany Suarez Grado: 1002 Área: Humanidades -inglés

Nombre del estudiante: Jorge Esteban Herrera Jiménez Fecha:

TEMA: Present perfect and Past perfect tenses

COMPETENCIA: Explicar por escrito, de forma coherente y sencilla, situaciones y hechos

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PRESENT PERFECT

1. Read the next text.

GOOGLE

Since its start in 1998, Google has become one of the most popular search engines. It
has grown from a research project in the dormitory room of two college students to a
business that now employs approximately 20,000 people. Google’s founders, Larry
Page and Sergey Brin, met in 1995 when they were in their twenties and graduate
students in computer science at Stanford University in California.

They realized that Internet search was a very important field and began working
together to make searching easier. Both Page and Brin left their studies at Stanford to
work on their project. Interestingly, they have never returned to finish their degrees.
Brin was born in Russia, but he has lived in the U.S. since he was five years old. His
father was a mathematician in Russia. Page, whose parents were computer experts,
has been interested in computers since he was six years old. When Google started in
1998, it did 10,000 searches a day.

Today it does 235 million searches a day in 40 languages. It indexes2 1 trillion Web
pages. How is Google different from other search engines? Have you ever noticed how
many ads and banners there are on other search engines? News, sports scores, stock
prices, links for shopping, mortgage rates, and more fill other search engines. Brin and
Page wanted a clean home page. They believed that people come to the Internet to
search for specific information, not to be hit with a lot of unwanted data. The success of
Google over its rivals3 has proved that this is true. Over the years, Google has added
new features to its Web site: Google Images, where you can type in a word and get
thousands of pictures; Google News, which takes you to today’s news; Google Maps;
and more. But one thing hasn’t changed: the clean opening page that Google offers its
users. In 2009, Forbes.com listed Page and Brin as having net worths of $12 billion
each, at 36 and 35 years old.

2. Underline the present perfect tense in each sentence. Then tell if the sentence is
true or false.
Example: Google has become a very popular search engine. True

a. Google has grown over the years. True

b. Sergey Brin has lived in the U.S. all his life. False
c. Larry Page and Sergey Brin have known each other since they were children.False
d. Larry Page has been interested in computers since he was a child.True
 e. Brin and Page have returned to college to finish their degrees.False
f. Brin and Page have become rich.True
g. The noun “Google” has become a verb.True

3. Write four sentences telling about things you’ve never done (or been) but would
like to.
EXAMPLES: I’ve never studied photography, but I’d like to.
I’ve never acted in a play, but I’d like to.

a. I have never traveled to the United States, but I’d would like to.
b. I have never eaten sushi, but I’d would like to.
c. I have never played baseball, but I’d would like to.
d. I have never had a pet, but I’d would like to have one.

4. Read the situations and complete the sentences using the present perfect.
Choose from these verbs:

Break disappear go up grow

improve lose shrink stop
a. Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it.
Tom has lost his key.
b. Maria’s English wasn’t very good. Now it is better.
Her English has improved.
c. Lisa can’t walk and her leg is in plaster.
Lisa has broken her leg
d. Last week the bus fare was £1.80. Now it is £2.
The bus fare has gone up.
e. Dan didn’t have a beard before. Now he has a beard.
Dan has grown a beard.

PAST PERFECT.
5. Read the situations and write sentences using the words in brackets.
a. There was a picture lying on the floor.
(It / fall / off the wall) It had fallen off the wall.

b. The people sitting next to you on the plane were nervous. It was their first flight.
(They / not / fly / before) They hadn’t flown before.

c. You went back to your home town recently after many years. It wasn’t the same as
before.
(It / change / a lot) It is surprising his hometown has changed a
lot.

d. Somebody sang a song. You didn’t know it.

(I / not / hear / it / before) I do not I had heard it before.

e. I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.

(She / arrange /to do something else) She was willing to do something else.

f. You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
(The film / already / start) The movie had already started.
 g. Last year we went to Mexico. It was our first time there.
(We / not / be / there / before) We han’t been there before.
h. I met Daniel last week. It was good to see him again after such a long time.
(I / not / see / him for five years) I haven’t seen him for five years.

i. I offered my friends something to eat, but they weren’t hungry.

(They / just / have / lunch) They had only with lunch.
j. Sam played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first
game ever.
(He / never / play / before) I had never played tennis before.

6. Check this link https://quizizz.com/join?gc=41636448 and answer the quiz about

present perfect using this code: 41636448. Please paste the photo of your score.

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 PAST PROGRESSIVE

1. Complete the sentences. Choose from:

was looking - was wearing - wasn’t listening -weren’t looking - was snowing - was working
were sitting - were you going

a. Today Helen is wearing a skirt. Yesterday she was wearing trousers.

b. ‘What did he say?’ ‘I don’t know. I .’ wasn’t listening.

c. We was looking at the back of the theatre. We couldn’t hear very well.

d. This time last year Steve was working on a farm.

e. They didn’t see me. They weren’t looking in my direction.

f. The weather was bad. It was very cold and it was snowing .

g. I saw you in your car. Where were you going ?

h. I saw Kate a few minutes ago. She were sitting for you.

2. Put the verb into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

a. Jenny was waiting (wait) for me when I arrived (arrive).

b. ‘What were you doing (you / do) at this time yesterday?’ ‘I was asleep.’

c. Did you go (you / go) did you go out last night?’ ‘No, I was too tired.’

d. How fast were you driving (you / drive) when the accident happened (happen)?

e. Sam (take) a picture of me while I (not / look).

f. We were in a very diff icult position. We didn’t know (not / know) what to do.

g. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last saw (see) him, he was trying (try) to find

a job.

h. I was walking (walk) along the street when suddenly I head (hear) something

behind me. Somebody was following (follow) me. I was scared and I started (start)

to run.
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