Past Simple and Present Perfect
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Task Description
Watch the video, answer the questions and build sentences in the past simple and present perfect.
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The video explains when and how to use the past simple and present perfect by giving examples.
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Past Simple and Present PerfectVideo length
9 minutes 3 seconds
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Lectures (e.g. TED talks)
Language goals
Grammar topic
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Level
The above lesson is a great teaching resource for:Pre-intermediate (A2)
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This resource is intended for:Elementary schoolers
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This resource is licensed by ValePesa under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.
Published 18/08/2018
Video quiz questions (printable)
1. Choose the correct options.
Which of the following sentences is in the present perfect simple?
The cat is under the table.
I watched Netflix all night long.
I have been to Bariloche.
I was waiting for you!
2. Choose the correct options.
We use the past perfect to talk about ... (more than one right answer)
Present events
Past events
Recent past events
Finished states
Unfinished states
3. Choose the correct options.
Something happened in the past ...
but we don't know when
and we know exactly when
and we may know when
4. Unmix the sentence.
Have
you
been
to
Australia?
5. Choose the correct options.
Have you ever been to America?
Yes, I've never been to America.
No, I've never been to America.
No, I've ever been to America.
Yes, I've ever been to America.
6. Unmix the sentence.
Mum,
have
you
finished
cooking
dinner?
7. Unmix the sentence.
I
have
made
your
favourite.
8. Choose the correct options.
Which is the correct sentence?
I've made your favourite just.
I've just made your favourite.
I just have made your favourite.
9. Fill the gap.
We usefor a period of time.
10. Fill the gap.
We usefor a starting point in time.
11. Match the two halves.
The boy met the girl at a certain
point in the past, and they still know each other in the present.
They met
two weeks ago.
They have know each other
for two weeks.
12. Choose the correct options.
We use the past simple to talk about ...
unfinished events where the time is known.
finished events where the time is known.
finished events where the time is unknown.
unfinished events where the time isn't known.
13. Choose the correct options.
Which sentence is NOT in the past simple?
How was your date, honey?
We broke up...
Oh, I'm so sorry honey.
14. Choose the correct options.
We use the past simple because ...
both know the time of the date.
they don't know the time of the date.
they don't care about the time of the date.
15. Choose the correct options.
They boy could have said ...
"We have just borken up."
"We just broke up."
"Just we broke up."
You can't use "just" in past simple.
16. Match the two halves.
5.
whatever you want to write
4.
Past Participle
3.
(never/just/already)
2.
has/have
1.
Subject
17. Unmix the sentence.
When
have
you
met?
18. Unmix the sentence.
Have
you
ever
been
to
London?
19. Choose the correct options.
If the time is known, you should always use ...
Past Simple
Past Perfect
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