Past Simple
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Lara _______ (write) a letter yesterday.
Lara wrote a letter yesterday.
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She ________ (finish) her homework.
She has finished her homework.
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She ____ (study) for two hours.
She has been studying for two hours.
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She ____ (leave) before I arrived.
She had left before I arrived.
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She ____ (work) all day before she rested.
She had been working all day before she rested.
MAKE IT NEGATIVE They played footbal.
They didn't play football.
MAKE NEGATIVE
They have visited London.
They haven't visited London.
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She has been ____ (work) in the same company for 5 years.
She has been working in the same company for 5 years.
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They ______ (see) that movie before.
They had seen that movie before.
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He _____ (sing) all the morning.
He had been singing all the morning.
MAKE A QUESTION He visited his grandma.
Did he visit his grandma?
MAKE A QUESTION
He has eaten sushi.
Has he eaten sushi?
MAKE NEGATIVE
He has been playing.
He hasn't been playing.
MAKE NEGATIVE
They had finished the test.
They hadn't finished the test.
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They ______ (play) for two hours.
They had been playing for two hours.
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We ______ (watch) a movie yesterday.
We watched a movie yesterday.
ANSWER
When do we use Present Perfect?
• For actions that happened at an unstated time in the past.
• To talk about a past action that has a visible result in the past.
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They have been _____ (talk) since 2019.
They have been talking since 2019.
MAKE A QUESTION
He had called you.
Had he called you?
MAKE NEGATIVE
He had been sleeping.
He hadn't been sleeping.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE
She didn't went to class.
She didn't go to class.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE
He has went to the laundry.
He has gone to the laundry.
When do we use Present Perfect Continuous?
• For actions that started in the past and continue up to the present.
• For actions that started in the past and lasted for some time and whose results are visible in the present.
Why do we use Past Perfect?
• An action that finished before another past action or before a stated time in the past.
• An action that finished in the past whose result was visible at a later point in the past.
When do we use Past Perfect Continuous?
• To put emphasis on the duration of an action that happened before another past action or stated time in the past.
• For an action that lasted for some time in the past and whose result was visible in the past.