Present Perfect или Past Simple?

 

Упр.19. Поставьте глагол в скобках в правильном времени.

 

1.Barbara Lively…(write) a lot of books. She … (write) her first fifteen years ago. 2. … you ever … (try) Indian food? 3. I … never … (be) to Japan. When … you … (go) there? 4. I … (live) in London for eight years, and I don't want to move. 5. He … (live) in Oxford for two years, and then in 1995 he … (move) to London. 6. We … (meet) Tim and Maureen three years ago. How long … you … (know) them?

 

Present Perfect Simple и Present Perfect Continuous.

 

При употреблении этих времен следует помнить, что Present Perfect Continuous подчеркивает длительность действия, в то время как Present Perfect Simple подчеркивает факт совершения действия.

 

Упр. 20. Выберите правильную глагольную форму в каждой паре предложений.

1. I've cut my finger! I've been cutting my finger!

2. Have you heard Paul Simon's latest record? Have you been hearing Paul Simon's latest record?

3. She's tired because she's shopped all day. She's tired because she'sbeen shopping all day.

4. Sorry. I'vebroken one of your glasses. Sorry. I've been breaking one of your glasses.

5. How long have you had this book? How long have you been having this book?

6. They have lived here for three years. They'vebeen living here for three years.

 

Past Simple и Past Perfect.

Past Perfect употребляется для выражения действия, которое уже совершилось до определенного момента в прошлом:

We carefully examined the samples which they had sent us.

Сравните, как меняется смысл предложения при описании с использованием этих времен последовательности событий в прошлом:

When we arrived at the stadium, the match started. (Мы успели во время и ничего не пропустили.)

When we arrived at the stadium, the match had started. (На самое начало матча мы опоздали.)

 

Упр. 21. В каждом предложении поставьте глаголы в скобках : один - в Past Simple, другой - в Past Perfect.

 

Пример: He died (die) after he had been (be) ill for a long time.

1.I ... (thank) her for everything she .. (do). 2. When I got to the office, I ... (realize) that I ... (forget) to lock the front door. 3. When they .. (finish) their work, they ... (go) home. 4. I ... (call) you at 8.00, but you ... just ... (go) out. 5. I took my family to Paris last year. I ... (be) there as a student, so I ... (know) my way around. 6. When I … (listen) to the news, I … (go) to bed.