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resent perfect and past simple contrast

I сап use the past simple and present perfect ten es ct .

look at the photo and the title of the artlcle below.


What 1s the man's hobby, do you think?

2 Read the article and check your ideas. Do you collect


anything? lf so, what?

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2 (start) collect,ng ВаrЬ1е dolls
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Mike Founta1ne has the v.'Orlct·s largest collectioп of McDonald's
memorabIllг The sIxty-year-old McDonald's employee has spent · ,,.
(buy) w;is thc 'Great Shape' model '" а &:'1"'
outfit and leg wa1·mers. J,;in buys do lls 111hen he travels for wcri<
,. collect1ng e-1eryt11ing to do \Yitll the tast-tood restaurant. and 1_ _ _ _ _ _ (purchase) 65 dolls on his last trio to
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Неhas filled ni11e rooms of his house 1vith 75,000 objects.
NewYorkA while ago, а g1rlfr1end 6 ;v,aJk out)
.., 1nclud1ng to~-s. Ьa()JeS . cups and uniforms I ntly, she 7_ _ _ _ __
on h1m because of his hobby.Appare
Mike has been at McDonald's . His first job was cooking Big
(Гее l ) th reatened Ьу his col \ect юn. Jian •- - - - - - (fiг,d)
Macs. he began collecting badges. алd he hasn't stopped
since 1 • Mike opened his own McDooald's restaurant. that worrying, but now he accepts it Another problem ,s spac~
Не has decora1ed it with memoraЬilia . 'People say 1 t·s the most Ьeautiful he 9 _ _ _ _ _ _ already almost _ _ _ _ _ _ (fi \) hts
McDonal d 'ь restaurant tlley've seen ,' says MIke proodly. house. So 10_ _ _ __ _ he ever _ _ _ _ _ _ (tlunk)
about stoppingi No. lf he ru ns out of space, he says, he 'I! buy the
' house next doon
3 Find all the examples of the past simple and the present
perfect in the article. Complete the rules in the Lr, , п
Ьох below with present perfed or past simple. Then б Complete the text above with the present perfect or past

underline ап example of each rule in the text in exercise 2. simple form of the verbs in brackets.
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1. ' Present perfect and past simple 7 Read the Loь k out l Ьох . Complete the example with the
to talk about а specific occasion
correct tense of the verb go. (Remember that 90 has two
а We use 1 _
past participles.)
,n t he pa st.
Ь We use 2 _ to talk about an event during а ( 1 J..)I, ( ~1 ,-
pe r юd of t1 me 1:hat 1s sttll continuing. (, We often use the present perfect to a~k or talk about
с We use I to say h о•н long а situati on has \ • an exper1 ence and t hen the past simple to give speciftc

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ex1sted, often w rth for, since, or how long. 1nformat1011 about it

d We use • to tэ lk about an event tl1at has •


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а strong co nnectюn w ith the preseпt, often wltl1 just, vme:k '
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alreody, oryet.
\ е V-.Je use ~- - - experi eп ce at пn
_ _ t o ta lk aЬout an 8 SPEAKING Work in palrs. Ask and answer aЬou·t the
!, unspedf ied tim_~~:~~~~a~~-o~t~ with everor never experiences belpw. Glve more detalls usl пg the past slmple.
• go abroad • v1s1 t the USA
4 Compl ete t he lists with t he orange t ime phrases fro m t he • go ice ska t1ng • dow,1\oad mL1Sic from t.t,e
article in exercise 2. Which tense is used wit l1 'fi nlshed' • do rna1t,al ar ts ir1 tt,>1nt>t
time phrase.s and which with 'unfinished ' time phrases7 • l1ave п l n,r1esl' 01eal • spe.э k Engl,sh 1n а dream
• play Mo11op0Jy • break а oone
1 Time phrases w 1th the past sim ple· yйt..e rd ,1 1
• see u,· 1neet а fan IUU} • ricle а l1ur!>e
2 Tim e phrase s •мth the present perfect : ,,1, r•~j 1'
person • find any money
5 The verb go has two past participles: Ьееп and gone. Explaln
the difference in meaning between these two sentences . Have you ever ~en abroad? Ye-s, 1have
1 Ja ke's been swlm ming
2 Jake's gon e sw ,m ming. Where dtd you go? 1w ent to the USA.
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W hen was that? 1 w ent last summer.

Unit 2 Lei~ure t ime

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