SEssion 20

 

7th March 2024

cloudy, chilly 

Thursday 

Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE / PAST SIMPLE  or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

to fill in the blanks:

1. I’m tired. We …HAVE BEEN WALKING…. (walk) for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.

2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I  HAVE WALKED……… (walk) there many times.

3. I …HAVE BEEN WRITTEN / HAVE WRITTEN……. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and come home.

4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ……HAS BEEN WRITING………. (write) it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.

5. The telephone ……HAS RUNG….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.

6. The telephone ……HAS BEEN RINGING……… (ring) for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?

7. She is 80 and she ……HAS NEVER READ… (never / read) a book in her life.

8. The secretary is very tired. She …HAS BEEN  TYPING…… (type) all morning.

9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He …………HAS BEEN READING…….. (read) for two hours.

10. Hello! I ……HAVE BEEN CLEANING……… (clean) the windows. So far I ……HAVE CLEANED…… (clean) five of them and there are two more to do.

11. My grandfather ……DIED … (die)  30 years ago. I ……HAVE NEVER MET…. (never / meet) him.

12. A: Is your father at home?

B: No, I’m afraid he …HAS GONE… (go) out.

A: When exactly ………DID HE GO…… (he / go) out?

B: About ten minutes ago.

Simple Past -  actiune inceputa si terminata in trecut 

                   - este insotit de precizari de timp de tipul : two days ago ; last week ; yesterday

Present Perfect - actiune inceputa in trecut si neterminata ( for 2 years / since 1900 ) 

                        - experienta de viata ( ever / never ) 

                       - actiune inceputa in trecut , recent incheiata ( lately / recently / already / just /yet ) 

                     - actiune trecuta fara precizare de timp 

                    - actiune trecuta cu rezultate in prezent 

                   - actiune facuta intr-o perioada de timp care nu s-a incheiat inca ( today / this week / this year /. this semester ) 

D) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:

1. The young man …HAS NEVER BEEN…… (never / be) to Paris, but he ………READ…….. (read) a book about this city last year.

2. …HAVE…… you ……DECIDED… (decide) where to go yet?

3. A: Have some tea, please.

B: No, thank you. I …HAVE JUST HAD… (just / have) two cups of tea.

4. Susan ……DID……. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane ……HASN'T WRITTEN……….. (not /write) a word until now.

5. Her mother …BOUGHT…… (buy) her a pair of new shoes yesterday.

6. The Prime Minister ……LEFT …. (leave) for the USA an hour ago.

7. A: …HAS.. the plane …LANDED…. (land)?

B: Yes, it ……LANDED ... (land) ten minutes ago.

8. It …HASN'T RAINED……. (not / rain) for a long time.

9. …HAVE …… you …SEEN…… (see) my dog? It ……HAS RUN AWAY… (run away) this morning.

10. We …MET……. (meet) at a party a long time ago, but I …HAVEN'T SEEN .. (not / see) her since then.

11. I ……SAW … (see) an interesting book in a bookshop yesterday, but I ……DID NOT BUY …… (not / buy) it.

12. My friend ……HAS FALLEN………… (fall) from the bicycle because he ……………HASN'T RIDDEN ….… (not / ride) one for ages.

13. His father ……DIED……… (die) in 1970, but he …HAS NEVER VISITED….. (never / visit) his father’s grave since that time.

14. They ……WENT…… (go) to America years ago, but none of them …HAS COME…... (come) back since then.

15. A: …HAVE.. you …SPOKEN….. (speak) to an Englishman?

B: Yes, I …HAD.. (have) a short conversation with one last night.

16. A: ... HAVE.... you ever …………BEEN……….. (be) to Tatilya?

B: Yes, I ……WENT…. (go) there two years ago.

17. A: …HAVE…. you …SEEN….. (see) Jane recently?

B: No, I …HAVEN'T SEEN …. (see) her for a long time.

E) Rewrite the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:

1. I haven’t seen her for a long time.

It’s ages since I saw her. 

2. I last met George two weeks ago.

I haven’t ……SEEN/ MET  GEORGE FOR TWO WEEKS…………

3. They have been here for three months.

They arrived ……HERE 3 MONTHS AGO……..

4. We started living in Istanbul 12 years ago.

We have ……LIVED / BEEN LIVING IN ISTANBUL FOR 12 YEARS.…….

5. I last saw my girlfriend five days ago.

I haven’t …SEEN MY GIRLFRIEND FOR FIVE DAYS…….

6. Is this the first time you have tasted a kiwi?

…HAVEN'T ……… (not/ taste) you ………TASTED………. one before?

7. I last smoked a cigarette ten years ago.

I haven’t …SMOKED …..FOR 10 YEARS.

8. I last drank wine two weeks ago.

It’s two weeks …SINCE I DRANK…. wine.

9. I have lived in Istanbul since January.

I ……CAME IN I IN J… (come)

10. They moved to Ankara two years ago.

They …HAVE LIVED IN A FOR …. two years.

11. She hasn’t been to Rome before.

This is the first time ……SHE HAS BEEN TO ROME……

Access 

see - seen 

do - done

drink - drunk 

bring - brought 

write - written 

sing - sung 

eat - eaten

make- made

catch - caught

ring - rung 

leave - left 

feed - fed 

arrive- arrived 

swim - swum

fall-fallen

fly- flown

take- taken

give-given 

read- read 

ex 2 / 78 

2. Jack hasn't gone on a boat trip on the Tiber river 

3. J hasn't bought souveniers for his friends . 

4. J has taken lots of photos.

5. J hasn't seen the Pantheon. 

6. J has walked around the Trevi Fountain . 

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to go snorkelling =  a face scufundari la mica adancime

Homework 

 Access page 79 , 81 

Teoria de la timpuri de invatat 

words x 2