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Present Perfect Vs Past Simple

The document provides examples of sentences using different verb tenses including simple present, present progressive, simple past, simple future, present perfect, and present perfect progressive. It gives time words that are commonly used with each tense and provides sample sentences to illustrate their use. The summary provides the key information about verb tenses and time words in a concise manner.

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Present Perfect Vs Past Simple

The document provides examples of sentences using different verb tenses including simple present, present progressive, simple past, simple future, present perfect, and present perfect progressive. It gives time words that are commonly used with each tense and provides sample sentences to illustrate their use. The summary provides the key information about verb tenses and time words in a concise manner.

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1) Complete the text with the past simple or present perfect simple form:

A short history of Brighton


Brighton is a city on the south coast of England. People ___________ (live) there
for hundreds of years, although it ______________ (only / be) a city since 2000.
Brighton ___________ (begin) as a village in the 5th century. At that time it was
called Beorthelms Tun. The village ___________ (grow) bigger, and by the 14th
century it ___________ (be) a busy market town. It ___________ (be) called
Brighton since 1660. Today Brighton is an exciting and popular city but it
___________ (experience) problems over the years. The French ___________
(destroy) many of its houses in the 16th century, and at the beginning of the 18th
century a terrible storm ___________ (kill) many people.
Things ___________ (change) in the late 18th century when the Prince of Wales
and his friends ___________ (visit) Brighton. Since then, many tourists
___________ (make) Brighton their holiday choice. There ___________ (be) a
railway station in Brighton since the middle of the 19th century, as well as a
hospital, a museum and a library. The town's swimming pools and cinemas
___________ (open) a few decades after that. In recent years, several big music
festivals ___________ (bring) a party feeling to the city.
Today the population of Brighton is 156,000. In the last few years it ___________
(become) a very expensive place to live, but it is a still a great place to visit.

2) Make sentences with “for” and “since”

Business name: Sean's Cafe


Activity: serves food
Date: 1900
Sean's Cafe _____________________________ 1900.

Business name: Château de Goulaine


Activity: makes wine
Date: 1100
Château de Goulaine _______________________________ almost 1,000 years
Business name: Hotel Hoshi Ryokan
Activity: provides rooms
Date: 718
Hotel Hoshi Ryokan _______________________________ 718.

Business name: Barts Hospital


Activity: cares for patients
Date: 1123
Barts Hospital _______________________________ nine centuries.
Business name: Gazzetta di Mantova
Activity: prints newspapers
Date: 1664
Gazzetta di Mantova _______________________________ many years.

Complete the text with words from the box.

has been - has been - has been -has had - have had - has met - haven't eaten -
had ate - met - was - was

7 p.m., 12th January


It _______ a good day. In fact, it _______ a good month so far. I _______ some
good meetings at work and I _______ any chocolate since the end of last year
(well, apart from that piece I _______ last night, which _______ very small ☺). I
_______ Sophie in town this morning. She _______ in London for the last six
months but she's back for a job interview. It _______ really good to see her. She
hasn't changed since the last time we met! She told me all about the amazing
experiences she _______ and all the famous people she _______ . She makes
me smile with all her stories! I just sat and listened for 20 minutes and then we
_______ a proper conversation. OK, I'm going to stop now!
Tense Time words Examples

Simple Every day, month, week, year; George jogs three miles every day.
present always; sometimes; never;
frequently Mary always has salad for lunch.

I sometimes go to New York City.

Simple past Yesterday; # years, weeks, Tom went to Los Angeles yesterday.
months, days, hours ago; in
(past year); last (month, week, Charles Lindbergh flew to Paris in
year) 1927.

Simple future Tomorrow; in (future year, Mary will go to Hawaii in two weeks.
month, week); on (future day);
next (month, week, year, name Ed will drive to Toronto next Saturday.
of day); # days, months, weeks,
years from now; this month, George will paint his house six days
week, afternoon, year; someday from now.

Present Now; right now; at this moment You are reading sentences about verb
Progressive tenses right now.

Many students are taking calculus this


semester.

Future At this time tomorrow At this time tomorrow, I will be cleaning


progressive my house.

Present For; since; yet; never; always; Sam has visited Hawaii many times.
Perfect so far; # times; many times;
lately; recently; already Paul has been here for six hours.

Yoko has known Mary since 1994.

I have already written a letter to the


president.

Present For; since; lately; recently Rita has been jogging for two hours.
perfect
progressive

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