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Choose something you (?) before. börja lära sig
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Choose something you've never done before.
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I (?) my first challenge. börja lära sig
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I've just finished my first challenge.
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In the last six months I (?) how to sail. börja lära sig
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In the last six months I've learnt how to sail.
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I've done yoga for years.
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I lived in Lisbon for 5 years. börja lära sig
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a verb tense used to speak about finished actions in the past. and I don't live in Lisbon anymore.
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I have lived in Lisbon for 5 years. börja lära sig
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It links the past to the present. and I live in Lisbon yet.
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I have seen this movie 3 times. börja lära sig
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The Present Perfect is used to speak about a completed action or experience that happened at some time in the past.
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I have completed the report. börja lära sig
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The Present Perfect is used to speak about a completed action still relevant in the present.
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I have lived in Lisbon since 2009. börja lära sig
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The Present Perfect is used to speak about an uncompleted state or repeated action that started in the past but continues to the present.
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Structure of the Present Perfect: I have lived in Lisbon for 5 years. börja lära sig
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Subject + aux (have) + Past Participle + other words
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Time phrases/expressions to use when talking about the past. Present Perfect börja lära sig
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Just/already, not yet/ never, recently/lately, since/so far, up to now/until now, over the last fortnight/year//still not.
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Time phrases/expressions to use when talking about the past. Past Simple. börja lära sig
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yesterday/ago, this time last week/on Tuesday, on the 12th of May//last week/month/year/winter, when I was younger/a child//until then.
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Time phrases/expressions to use when talking about the past. Both. Present Perfect and Past Simple. börja lära sig
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never/always, for/for several years//before, in the summer/today, this morning/afternoon (finished period or not)
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I had coffe this morning. börja lära sig
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I've already had coffee this morning. börja lära sig
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Use the present perfect for: börja lära sig
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a complete action or experience at an unspecified time before now, often with phrases such as ever / never, this week, this month. Choose something you've never done before. In the last six months I've learnt how to sail.
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Use the present perfect for: börja lära sig
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a recent completed action at an unspecified time before now that has a present result, often with words like just / already. I've just finished my first challenge.
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Use the present perfect for: börja lära sig
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states or actions which are not complete; they began in the past and continue up to now, often with for or since. I've done yoga for years.
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Time phrases which are usually used with the present perfect: börja lära sig
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up to now, so far, recently, this morning, over the last fortnight, not yet, still not. this morning (if it is still the morning when you are speaking, period not finished)
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Time phrases which are usually used with the past simple börja lära sig
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Time phrases which are usually used with both, börja lära sig
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this morning, for several years this morning (Past Simple if it is now the afternoon and you are looking back at a finished period, i.e. the morning)
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Listen and write sentences 1-6. In each sentence: 1. underline two stressed words. 2. circle have/has where a is weakened to schwa. 3. draw a line to show linking between a final consonant and an initial vowel. 1. Have you tried it before? 2. I've thought about it a lot. 3. Has he seen my last email? 4. She's changed her address. 5. My kids have gone out. 6. Has she phoned anyone yet? börja lära sig
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tried, before; thought, lot; seen, email; changed, address; kids, out; phoned, yet Have; Has; have; Has. _it; _it_a_lot, _email, _out, _anyone
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Complete the sentences with the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in the box. Include the adverbs in brackets. do, give, be, go, live, play, try, learn, buy, get börja lära sig
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What would you like to try for one month?
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I (be) (always) afraid of water, but I finally (learn) to swim in the summer. Now I'd like to try diving. börja lära sig
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I've always been afraid of water, but I finally learnt to swim in the summer. Now I'd like to try diving.
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I (get) (just) a high-quality video camera; my sister (give) it to me for my birthday. So I'd like to learn how to edit a film. börja lära sig
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I have just got a high-quality video camera; my sister gave it to me for my birthday. So I'd like to learn how to edit a film.
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I love music and I (play) the piano for many years now, but there's one instrument I(try) (not so far): the guitar. börja lära sig
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I love music and I've played the piano for many years now, but there's one instrument I haven't tried so far: the guitar.
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I (buy) (never) anything online -I'm paranoid about giving my credit card details, but I know it's cheaper, so that would be my choice. börja lära sig
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I've never bought anything online - I'm paranoid about giving my credit card details, but I know it's cheaper, so that would be my choice.
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Hiking in the Alps, I (live) in Austria since I was born, and everyone in my family (go) to the Alps hiking loads of times. But somehow I (do) (still not) a proper hike. börja lära sig
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Hiking in the Alps, I've lived in Austria since I was born, and everyone in my family has been/gone to the Alps hiking loads of times. But somehow I still haven't done a proper hike
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Complete the email with the past simple or present perfect of the verbs in brackets. börja lära sig
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To m. smith24@gmailbox.com
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Dear Mum and Dad, Sorry I (not write) in a while, but things are crazy here. börja lära sig
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Sorry I haven't writen in a while, but things are crazy here.
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I can't believe it (be) six months ago that I left börja lära sig
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I can't believe it was six months ago that I left
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and that we (not see) each other for that long. börja lära sig
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and that we haven't seen each other for that long.
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This trip (be) fantastic so far, at least until a few days ago. börja lära sig
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This trip has been fantastic so far, at least until a few days ago,
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when things (take) a turn for the worse. börja lära sig
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when things took a turn for the worse.
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We (arrive) in the city centre börja lära sig
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We arrived in the city centre
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into the first hotel we (see). börja lära sig
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into the first hotel we saw.
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Now, you know I (stay) in a lot of one-star hotels in my life, börja lära sig
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Now, you know I've stayed in a lot of one-star hotels in my life,
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but this one (be) really bad. börja lära sig
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but this one was really bad,
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so we (decide) to go straight out to see the city. börja lära sig
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so we decided to go straight out to see the city.
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Unfortunately, we (forget) to lock our room, börja lära sig
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Unfortunately, we forgot to lock our room,
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and when we (get) back, our luggage and most of our money was gone. börja lära sig
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and when we got back, our luggage and most of our money was gone.
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We (call) the police right away, börja lära sig
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We called the police right away,
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and I (go) back to the police station several times since then, börja lära sig
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and I've been/gone back to the police station several times since then,
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but no one (hand) in any of our things. börja lära sig
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but no one has handed in any of our things.
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I've never played squash (?) before moving here / before. börja lära sig
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I've never played squash before.
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No wonder I've got a headache! It's two o'clock and I didn't have a coffee(?) this morning / this afternoon. börja lära sig
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No wonder I've got a headache! It's two o'clock and I didn't have a coffee this morning.
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(?), I always believed that English was easy. Up to now / Until I took this course börja lära sig
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Until I took this course, I always believed that English was easy.
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I've known Maria (?) ten years now. börja lära sig
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I've known Maria for ten years now.
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(?) I haven't missed any classes. So far / In the first week of term börja lära sig
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So far I haven't missed any classes.
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I had trouble concentrating at work (?) I got new glasses. börja lära sig
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I had trouble concentrating at work until I got new glasses.
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I've never ridden a scooter again (?) the accident. börja lära sig
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I've never ridden a scooter again since the accident.
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I haven't worked (?) so money is tight. börja lära sig
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I haven't worked this month so money is tight.
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I haven't downloaded it (?). börja lära sig
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I haven't downloaded it yet.
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We came back from holiday(?) this time last week / lately. börja lära sig
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We came back from holiday this time last week.
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