Talking about actions that started in the past ... Global 5

Talking about actions that started in the past ... Global 5

Global 5 Lesson 1

Read these sentences Em and Dan said:

I'm in my late twenties and I've lived in Seattle for almost 2 years.

I've been a Spanish teacher since 2017

How long have you had your current job?

Multiple Choice

I'm in my late twenties and I've lived in Seattle for almost 2 years.

I've been a Spanish teacher since 2017

These sentences describe...

• finished actions in a definite time in the past.

• actions that started in the past and continue until the present (unfinished).

Multiple Choice

I'm in my late twenties and I've lived in Seattle for almost 2 years.

I've been a Spanish teacher since 2017

How do we form Present Perfect?

• Subject + verb in the past.

• Subject + have/has + verb in the infinitive.

• Subject + have/has + verb in past participle.

Multiple Choice

I'm in my late twenties and I've lived in Seattle for almost 2 years.

We use the word for to express...

• when the action started (a definite point in the past)

• the duration of the action.

Multiple Choice

I've been a Spanish teacher since 2017

We use the word since to express...

• when the action started (a definite point in the past)

• the duration of the action.

Multiple Choice

How long have you had your current job?

How do we form questions?

• Subject + have/has + verb in past participle.

• Have/has + Subject + verb in past participle.

Multiple Choice

How long have you had your current job?

We use how long to ask...

• When a finished action happened.

• The duration of an unfinished action.

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