Past Simple and Present Perfect with time words.

Theme: Present Perfect and Past Simple with the time words.

Past Simple with words.

• To talk about actions or states in a period of time that is finished, we use the Present Simple with:
• 1) days, dates, times , and years.
• They arrived on Thursday/at about six o’clock/in the morning .
• I started learning English in 2017 .
• 2) last and ago .
• Did you see the “Superman” last night?
• We moved to Bishkek three years ago .
• 3) questions and statements with when.
• My sister got married when she was eighteen.
• When did you wake up?

Present Perfect with words.

• To talk about actions or states in a period of time which continues from past till now, we use the Present Perfect with:
• 1) no time
• She has visited 5 different countries.
• 2) time words as never, already, just, lately, recently, this, yet.
• I’ve never wanted to be a doctor.= (not at any time in my life).
• I’ve already done it.= (before now)
• Mum’s just made dinner.=( a short time before now)
• I haven’t seen Gulnara this morning.=( the morning isn’t finished)
• Have you finished yet ? I haven’t done it yet . = before now. Used only in questions or negative sentences.)
• 3) times
• I’ve told you this three times!

EXERCISE 10 ON PAGE 189. Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.

• 1) ________Ainura ever_____(try) sushi?
• 2) ________you______(go) to the party last night?
• 3) I________never______(be) to Paris.
• 4) This year we _____(travel) to China three times so far.
• 5)_______you_____(finfsh) your homework yet?
• 6)Last night our aunt Nurila____(come) by.
• 7) When_____ you_____(come) to Osh?
• 8) Our family______(arrive) here four years ago.
• 9) _______you______(watch) “X-men” yesterday?
• 10) I______(meet) Bolot in 2016, so we _______ (know) each other for three years.

Ex11.p190 Complete the sentences with just, alteady, never, ever, yet or nothing(-).

• 1) My sister went to the swimming pool, but she hasn’t come back_______.
• 2) Sultan has ________ done his homework, but he hasn’t revised for his history test_________.
• 3) Oh, look! Somebody has_____broken that shop window, there are pieces of glass everywhere.
• 4) It’s 3p.m. right now, but he hasn’t had his lunch_______.
• 5) We have______met. It was last weekend at the party.
• 6) Have you_____seen an elephant alive?
• 7) There were a lot of floods in this region______last year.
• 8) The students have_________been on a trip abroad, but they would like to.

Our lesson is over.