Present Perfect -EN
"Help! I HAVE _______ (break) my arm!"
"Help! I HAVE BROKEN my arm!"
I ____ married in 2002.
(I'm telling you WHEN.)
I GOT married in 2002.
Today I BUY eggs.
Yesterday I BOUGHT eggs.
Where did Dorothy, Katherine and Mary work?
What was the NAME of their jobs?
They worked at NASA.
They worked as COMPUTERS.
A word that means:
to support someone, and tell them that they CAN do it!
I ENCOURAGE you.
"You must be tired!
You _______ (drive) 300 miles today!"
"You HAVE DRIVEN 300 miles today!"
They _______ (visit) the Dominican Republic twice.
(I'm telling you HOW MANY times.)
They HAVE VISITED the Dominican Republic twice.
She KNOWS all of the answers!
She KNEW all of the answers!
Why didn't NASA hire Dorothy as a supervisor?
NASA had never HAD a black supervisor before!
Also, MOST supervisors at NASA had been MEN.
A word that means:
to MANAGE or CONTROL a difficult situation
I can HANDLE this situation.
"She _______ (take) this class once before."
"She HAS TAKEN this class once before."
She ______ (have) three cups of tea, so far.
(I am telling you HOW MANY.)
She HAS HAD three cups of tea, so far.
Your child GROWS up so quickly!
Your child GREW up so quickly!
Where did Katherine go off to (for 20 minutes) in the middle of her shift?
She went to the other side (the West side) of the campus to use the "Colored Women's bathroom."
A word that describes a person who is:
always there, always responsible
Dorothy was so DEPENDABLE.
"Have you ______ (forget) all of the grammar we learned?"
"Have you FORGOTTEN all of the grammar we learned?"
You ________ (begin) studying English here in 2018.
(I'm telling you WHEN.)
i'M TELLING YOU when.)You BEGAN studying English here in 2018.
In the morning, he HEARS all the birds singing.
In the morning, he HEARD all the birds singing.
Why was it difficult for Katherine to check the math that Paul gave her?
The copy that Paul gave her was CROSSED OUT with a black marker (to hide 'classified information').
A word that means:
CHANGEABLE, can be formed or re-shaped
(like clay) (like a child)
Children are so IMPRESSIONABLE.
"I HAVE never ________ (RIDE) a horse!"
"I HAVE never RIDDEN a horse!"
I _____ (do) many things today:
I _____ (cook) 3 meals; I _____ (clean) 2 bathrooms;
I _____ (help) the kids with their homework.
(I am listing what I got done.)
I HAVE DONE many things today:
I HAVE COOKED 3 meals; I HAVE CLEANED 2 bathrooms;
I HAVE HELPED the kids with their homework.
I don't know what that word MEANS.
I didn't know what that word MEANT.
Why did Mary have to go to COURT?
Mary needed some classes in order to become an engineer. The classes were taught at night in an 'ALL WHITE' high school.
A word that means:
when you SUDDENLY understand or 'see' a situation
"Suddenly I REALIZED why everyone was looking at me!