Unit 9 Present Perfect and Past 2 (I Have Done and I Did)
Unit 9 Present Perfect and Past 2 (I Have Done and I Did)
Unit 9 Present Perfect and Past 2 (I Have Done and I Did)
and Past 2
(I have done and I
did)
A.
Do not use the present perfect (I have done) when you talk about a finished time (for
example, yesterday / 10 minutes ago / in 1999 / when I was a child). Use a past tense:
It was very cold yesterday. (not has been)
Paul and Lucy went out 10 minutes ago. (not have gone)
Did you eat a lot of candy when you were a child? (not have you eaten)
I got home late last night. I was very tired and went straight to bed.
Compare:
today yesterday
9.2 Make sentences from the words in parentheses. Use the present perfect or
simple past.
1. (it / not / rain / this week) ___________________________________________________________
It hasn’t rained this week.
2. (the weather / be / cold / recently) The weather _____________________________________
3. (it / cold / last week) It ______________________________________________________________
4. (I / not / read / a newspaper yesterday) I ____________________________________________
5. (I / not / read / a newspaper today) ________________________________________________
6. (Kate / make / a lot of money / this year) ____________________________________________
7. (she / not / make / so much / last year) ______________________________________________
8. (you / take / a vacation recently?) __________________________________________________
9.3 Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or simple past.
1. Have you seen (you / see) her?
I don’t know where Lisa is. ___________________
2. When I ________________________ (get) home last night, I ______________________ (be)
very tired, so I _________________________ (go) straight to bed.
3. A: ____________________ (you / eat) at the new sushi place on Joe’s birthday?
B: No, but _______________________ (we / be) there twice a month.
4. There was a bus drivers’ strike last week. There ___________________ (not / be) any buses.
5. Mr. Lee ______________________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he quit.
6. Kelly lives in Toronto. She _______________________ (live) there all her life.
7. A: ______________________ (you / go) to the movies last night?
B: Yes, but it _________________ (be) a mistake. The movie __________________ (be) awful.
8. My grandfather _______________________ (die) before I was born. I ___________________
(never / meet) him.
9. I don’t know Karen’s husband. I ____________________ (never / meet) him.
10. It’s nearly lunchtime, and I __________________________ (not / see) Martin all morning.
I wonder where he is.
11. A: Where do you live?
B: In Rio de Janeiro.
A: How long _____________________ (you / live) there?
B: Five years.
A: Where ________________________ (you / live) before that?
B: In Buenos Aires.
A: And how long ______________________________ (you / live) there?
B: Two years.
9.4 Write sentences about yourself using the ideas in parentheses.
1. (something you haven’t done today) I haven’t eaten any fruit today
____________________________________
2. (something you haven’t done today) ____________________________________
3. (something you didn’t do yesterday) ____________________________________
4. (something you did last night) ____________________________________
5. (something you haven’t done recently) ____________________________________
6. (something you’ve done a lot recently) ____________________________________