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Ps ent Paya ate] 1 “we / have been to Australia twice. You "ve / have seen that film before. He ‘s/ihas won the gold medal, She 's fhas lived here since she was a baby. lit 's fihas snowed every night this week. We “we f have: played this game lots of times. You “we / have eaten all the chocolates. They “we / have passed the exam. Negative - ! haven't played the piano for years. You haven't deaned the house yet. He hasn't driven on the motorway before. She hasn't telt well for a few days. it hasn't tained for three weeks. We haven't played a match against them yet. You haven't worked together yet. They haven't studied for the exam tomorrow, 9 Ee been sick many times this year? ‘spent all your money already? baked a cake before? ‘ever been to Norway? been this hot all summer? invited all the guests yet? known each other long? ‘eaten all the pizza already? Fa FFET © 2022 TEFLessons.com All Rights Reserved TEFLlessons.com (> Tas Tha ae) HOW LONG dol Ive known Karen since 1994, ge ‘She's lived in Landon for three years. Use with: since 2010, since July, for ten years, for three days. UNFINISHED TIME WORD (haven't seen her this month. FINISHED Use with: this week, today, this month, this year. PRESENT RESULT Ive lost my keys (so | can't get into my house). NEWS / RECENT EVENTS ‘The Queen has given a speech. Use with: just/ yet / already f recently. Ts) Tag Bae ra nes.) 1 'd/had taken that bus before. You 'd/ had been to the shop earlier that day. He ‘d/ had never caught the flu before. She 'd/had driven over 200 km, so she was exhausted. It 'd/ had started to rain by the time we left. We 'd/ had brought our laptops to class that day. You 'd / had fallen in love by then. They 'd/ had eaten all the pizza by the time we arrived. subject SU Ma rT rel) Baer) I hadn't / (had not) played tennis before. You hadn't / (had not) been to that restaurant before. He hadn't / (had not) prepared the dinner when I got home. She hadn't / (had not) passed her driving test by then. It hadn't / (had not) rained for three days. We hadn't / (had not) seen the movie before. You hadn't / (had not) met each other before. They hadn't / (had not) drunk all the milk. had + verb (past participle) ? Had met him previously? Had you been to France before? Had he prepared the dinner? Had she driven all the way there? Had it snowed the previous night? ‘Had we eaten there before? Had you rented a car from them previously? Had they paid for the meal in advance? © 2022 TEFLlessons.com. All Rights Reserved. TEE lacennc ram ACTION FINISHED BEFORE ANOTHER PAST ACTION When we arrived, the film had started. Use with: when + past simple, June, last Tuesday. | HOW LONG TO A POINT IN THE PAST When he graduated, he had been in London for six years. Use with: when + past simple, for + time. PAST PERFECT UNREAL THINGS IN THE PAST | wish | hadn't gone to bed so late! Use with: third conditionals, wish. Perfect English Grammar The past perfect simple Often we talk about things that happened in the past: now We wentona Someone We We discovered holiday. into our house. home. that someone into our house, ‘2CLASS Subject + + Main verb + Complement Past particip | had saved the file before the computer turned off. (Yo habia quardado el archivo antes que el computador se apagara.) PAST PERFECT ESTRUCTURA Y EJEMPLO Peery Sujeto + Auxiliar had + Verbo en pasado + Complemento Mesut) Los habia conocido antes de la reunidn. PM emt icy Sujeto + Auxiliar had + not + Verbo en pasado + Complemento Clann macnn 7 Cr Rea Ee ee ry Auxiliar had + Sujeto + Verbo en pasado + Complemento reac ed Core eek rut PAST PERFECT SIMPLE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS 01 AccION QUE TERMINA ANTES DE TRA SITUACION DEL PASADO Gy accor queennezs ewer PASADO Y SEGUIA EN PROGRESO CUANDO OTRA COMENZO. 02 AcciON ImaGINARIA © No REAL QUE SEDAENEL PASADO 02 ACCION QUE ESTABA EN PROGRESO EN EL PASADO Y TUVO UN EFECTO EN EL PRESENTE Og) PAPANABLAR DE UNA AccioN QUE MOMENTO EN CONCRETO. SUCEDIO EN EL PASADO, HASTA UN NARRATIVE TENSES PAST SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS & PERFECT test-englishgeom past simple We wenit fo the zoo last week. Sorry, what did you say? ‘2We normally say, or both the speaker and the listener know, when these actions happened. [nsitorieed We often went fo the pub after work. He really liked sport, and was very fit. Sn ee Ar) in the past (duration) I played football for 20 years. How long did you livé in Brussels? NOVEd her since the day we met. oe ag aa eicieer icles ‘She @pened the door, jooked at us and went to herroom. past continuous OMe r a) in the past/ a Certain point in a sto Yesterday at 10 p.m. |wassleeping. When Natasha opened the door, we Were'toiking about her. Oe Tr CMe bend twasigetting dark, and | Was Walking to the pub when... ) past perfect When | met her, | HG@ never |BBEA in a serious relationship. He noticed that | H@@I6IBGREA the car. Itwas clean and shiny. Meine demaked sed When she died, they HG@IBEEA married for 48 years. |/you/we/they + he/she/it = + | (Question (AUXIUARY ) ‘SUBJECT “Have | + I/you/we/they W | Has + he/she/it Gon e ) oat eat lh ETD exes se ie E.g. We lived in Japan from 1995 to 1998. _E.g, I've worked as a teacher since 2011. Refer to definite time Gem uu RU) Eg. saw the Eiffel Tower in 2007. E,g. I have seen the Eiffel Tower. iment Beer ene E,g. First he read the book, and then E,g. She has already watched this movi he watched the movie. 3 times. eats

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