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Sunday, 29 September 2019

FORM AND USE:

It is used for actions that start in the past and continue up to a given time in the past:

Also in 3rd type conditional sentences:

EXERCISES:
PAST PERFECT:

PAST PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE:

PRESENT PERFECT: FORM AND USE:

Present Perfect is used for actions in the past which have a connection to the present. The time when these actions happened is not relevant so there is often no time complement.
Present Perfect is used for recently completed actions. Actions that take place in a recent past.
Present Perfect is also used for actions beginning in the past that continue up to the present.

EXERCISES

TYPICAL ADVERBS

PAST SIMPLE: FORM AND USE:

Positive sentence → Subject + verb+ ed or irregular form (I played with her.- She came with us.)
Questions → Auxiliary verb + subject +verb (Did they read the story?)
Negative sentence → Subject + auxiliary verb + verb ( I didn’t like it.)

USE:

For completed action in the past (We saw your sister yesterday.)
For a series of completed actions (I woke up, had a shower, had breakfast and went to school.)
For longer actions that start and stop in the past; time expressions usually go with it (My sister lived in London for years.)
For talking about habits which stopped in the past (She studied Japanese when she was in high school.)
For past facts or generalizations (Old people never played football.)