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LET'S READ! 📖
Direction: Read the short passages then answer the questions being asked.
QUESTIONS:
1. Where did the name 'Harvard' come from?
2. Name some famous icons who have studied at Harvard.
LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚
Present Perfect, Past Simple, Present Simple
🔺 General Overview
| Present Perfect | Past Simple | Present Simple |
|---|---|---|
- used to talk about recent events or a past event which the speaker feels is connected with the present. | - used to talk about a finished action in the past. | - used to talk about present facts or events. |
A. present perfect vs. present simple
1. Use present perfect, not the present simple, for an event or situation which began in the past and continues in the present, when we want to say how much time it has been going on.
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Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors.
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Siegel's book is a jeremiad against the ills the Internet has brought upon our lives.
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Our enemy has made us human and civilized by forcing us to suppress our narcissistic urges and desires for the good of all.
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We have tried to inculcate a feeling of citizenship in youngsters.
Example:
2. "Go" has two past participles: gone and been. There is a difference in meaning.
See the difference: |
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Alice has gone to Canada for a vacation. |
Alice has been to Canada for a vacation. |
- means Alice is now in Canada for a vacation. |
- means Alice went to Canada for a vacation but is home now. |
B. present perfect vs. past simple
1. Use the present perfect when we do not know exactly when the past event took place, or it is not important. Use the past simple to give details after.
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Bill has come back from the States after he was exiled from the country. He faced great scrutiny upon his arrival.
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Have you seen my book?
Example:
2. With the present perfect, we use words that mean "at a time up to now", e.g. already, ever, for, lately, never, recently, since, yet. With the past, we use words and expressions which mean a finished period of time, e.g. ago, in 2003, last week, on my birthday, then, when, yesterday.
| Present Perfect | Past Simple |
|---|---|
The company has joined the race to develop the television of the future. | Martin joined the army after his graduation from the university. |
NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence. | I made a tactful retreat before they started arguing. |
3. With "today" and "this" + time word, e.g. this afternoon, this year, we can use the present perfect or the past simple. Use the present perfect to mean the complete time period up to now. Use the past simple to mean a finished part of that time period.
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I've spoken with my boss this morning to rectify the problem.
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I spoke with my boss this morning to rectify the problem.
Example:
(It is still morning.)
(It is already afternoon.)
LET'S PRACTICE! 📝
Direction: Talk about changes in the following areas of your life for the last five years. Make sentence in present perfect tense.
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Career
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Health
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Social Life
