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Put the verb into correct form (present simple or present continuous).

1. Vegetarians are people who (don't eat / are not eating) meat.

2. Some people still think the sun (goes / is going) round the earth.

3. What (happens / is happening) in golf if you lose the ball?

4. Look! (She wears / She's wearing) the same shoes as me.

5. “What (are you looking / do you look) at?” “A strange bird.”

6. We (usually stay / 're usually staying) with Peggy when we go to Chicago.

7. What (do you do / are you doing) with my coat?

8. Nobody (gets / is getting) up early for fun.

2.3. Match the questions and the answers.

1. What do you do? 2. What are you doing? 3. Where do you work? 4. Where are you working? 5. Does your son play the violin? 6. Is your son playing the violin? 7. What language does she speak? 8. What language is she speaking? 9. Who's drinking champagne? 10. Who drinks champagne? a. Actually, that's the radio. b. French, she's from Belgium. c. I want to get this car started. d. I'm an architect. e. I'm in Cardiff this week. f. In a big insurance company. g. It sounds like Russian. h. Me. Ñan I have some more? i. Me. When I can afford it. j. No. The piano.

 


UNIT III

Present perfect and Past Simple

 

A. Study this example situation:

Tom is looking for his key. He can't find it. He has lost his key. (present perfect)

This means that he doesn't have his key now. Ten minutes later:

Now Tom has found his key. He has it now.

Has he lost his key? (present perfect)No, he hasn't.

He has found it. Did he lose his key? (past simple)Yes, he did.

He lost his key (past simple)but now he has found it. (present perfect)

The present perfect is a present tense. It always tells us something about now. 'Tom has lost his key' = he doesn't have his key now. The past simple tells us only about the past. If somebody says 'Tom lost his key', we don't know whether he has it now or not. We only know that he lost it at some time in the past.

Two more examples:

Jack grew a beard but now he has shaved it off. (so he doesn't have a beard now)

They went out after lunch and they've just come back. (so they are back now)

 

B. Do not use the present perfect if there is no connection with the present (for example, things that happened a long time ago):

The Chinese invented printing. (not 'have invented')

How many plays did Shakespeare write? (not 'has Shakespeare written')* Beethoven was a great composer. (not 'has been')

Compare:* Shakespeare wrote many plays.

My sister is a writer. She has written many books. (she still writes books)

C. We use the present perfect to give new information . But if we continue to talk about it, we normally use the past simple:

A: Ow! I've burnt myself.

B: How did you do that? (not 'have you done')

A: I picked up a hot dish. (not 'have picked')

 

A: Look! Somebody has spilt milk on the carpet.

B: Well, it wasn't me. I didn't do it. (not 'hasn't been ... haven't done')



A: I wonder who it was then. (not 'who it has been')


EXERCISES

3.1. What has happened in these situations?

Jack had a beard. Now he hasn't got a beard. He has shaved off his beard.

2. Linda was here five minutes ago. Mow she's in bed. She ---3. The temperature was 25 degrees. Now it is only 17. The temperature ---4. The light was off. Now it is on. Somebody ---5. The tree was only three metres it is four. The tree ---6. The plane was on the runway a few minutes ago. Now it is in the air. The plane ---


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