We are supposed to fill in the blanks using the verbs in parentheses in either the Simple Pat tense or the Present Perfect tense:
1. Are you going to have a rest tonight? You look tired. You have read so much.
2, Have you played that game yest? No, I haven't. I'm going to do it tonight.
3, Jane hasn't talked to me this week.
4. Would you like some more coffee? No, thanks. I have already had three cups.
5. The room looks so clean! Thanks, I have just vacuumed in here.
6. How many times have you seen him today?
7. His joke didn't come off yesterday. Nobody laughed.
8. I bought this car last week. It cost an arm and a leg.
9. I haven't danced since my childhood.
10. We had a lot of fun last summer. We went to Croatia by car and took a lot of photos.
- The Simple Past tense is used to talk about actions that took place at a specific time in the past.
- The action is over and does not present an evident connection with the present moment.
- Common time expressions used with the Simple Past tense are: <u>yesterday, last week, last month, last years, a couple of days ago, three years ago</u>, etc.
- Example: I saw you at the party last night.
- The Present Perfect tense is used to talk about actions that happened or started to happen in the past and still have a connection with the present moment.
- The Present Perfect implies an "until now". Something has or has not been done, until now.
- It is commonly used with: <u>yet, already, just, and never.</u>
- Time expressions that indicate the present, such as "today" or "this week" are also commonly used with the Present Perfect.
Example: I haven't seen Josh today. What do you think he is up to?
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<span>Writing can be thought of as a form of speaking.</span>
1. B) mark my words, you won’t see a view like the for a while.
2. A) Every town north of Port Allen has a town mayor except for Ibis Lake. (mayor is not capitalized because they are not speaking of a specific mayor. If they were talking about, say,” Major Joe” it would be capitalized.
3.A) During June, we began weekly walks, camping by creeks along the way.
A tip for these since they can get tricky, read the sentence like you normally would, ignoring the punctuation. take a moment to pause after every comma. If you wouldn’t pause when talking normally, then the comma doesn’t go there. Don’t overthink with these!