I have done ( present perfect) and I did ( past)

I have done ( present perfect) and I did (past)

Present Perfect for new information/ when something has changed

• I have decided to quit my job.

• We have sold our car.

• Her English has improved.

• The city has changed a lot.

Multiple Select

In which sentences was Present Perfect used correctly?

• The wedding is in June. We have invited 50 people.

• I can't find my glasses. Have you seen them anywhere?

• I have never made pizza.

• I have been tired all day.

Poll

Finish this sentence using correct grammar.

Food prices___________a lot( go up). Everything is more expensive now.

• Food prices went up. Everything is more expensive now.

• Food prices have gone up. Everything is more expensive now.

Both options in the poll you just took are correct. However, it is preferable to use Present Perfect there, because you are talking about the result.

Food prices have gone up. Everything is more expensive now.

Is it finished? Is it not happening anymore? Use Past Simple:

verb+ ed ( worked, cooked), or the 2nd form (ate, went)

Multiple Select

Check all that are correct:

• They came here yesterday.

• They have come here yesterday.

• When did you sell your car?

• When have you sold your car?

Use Present Perfect with YET.

I have not told him yet. They have not arrived yet. Has Nicole started her new job yet?

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

• Where does your uncle live?

• Where lives your uncle?

• Where your uncle lives?

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

• Why were you angry at me yesterday?

• Why was you angry at me yesterday?

• Why you were angry at me yesterday?

• Why have you been angry at me yesterday?

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

Anna is from Burlington.

• She lives there all her life.

• She has lived there all of her life.

• She lived there all of her life.

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

How long____________ English? Six months.

• have you been learning

• you learned

• do you learn

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

John is Vietnamese, but he lives in the U.S.A. He has been there ________.

• for three years.

• since three years

• three years ago

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

• What time has Liz call?

• What time did LIz call?

• What time Liz has called?

Multiple Choice

Which is right?

Can you drive? No, _________ a car, but I want to learn.

• I never drive

• I have never driven

• I never drove

The exercises were adapted from

" Basic Grammar" by R. Murphy

c Cambridge University Press, 2017