Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
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- A.K. Izmukhanova, N.A. Aubakir
- Read the descriptions below of a normal day in the lives of two children.
- Write short questions ending in a preposition in response to these statements.
- Choose an answer from a,b,c, d, e.
- Public Health System in Kazakhstan
- Have you done something different from what was advised in a particular situation and found out it was wrong after reading the text? What happened?
- Discuss possible answers with a partner. Remember to support your ideas.
- Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
- Fill in the blanks with Present Perfect or Perfect Continuous Tenses
- What can acupuncture be used to treat?
- Choose the correct answers to the questions
- Discuss or debate the questions below. Remember to support your answers.
- There are many types of sports. Can you name some sports in these categories? Use the words from chart below.
- Kazakhstan's foreign policy will be based on the principles of balance, consistency and pragmatism - E. Idrissov
- Listen to the audio one more time and retell the key information to your partner.
- Read the following questions and circle the best answer.
- Look at the photos. Identify the crime, which they represent. What could be the punishment for it?What should you do to protect yourself from such crimes?
- Richard Mann has been committing crimes since he was a boy.
- Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
- Read the text. Predict which words are omitted.
- Look at the case studies below and answer the questions posed with respect to the key criminal elements covered above (e.g. mens rea, actus reus, party to an offence).
- Look at the list of youth crimes and rate each, which is the most serious one?
- Listen to an audio on Dr Christine Goodall, Director of the charity Medics Against Violence, talking about violence as a cause of crime in Scotland.
- Choose consecutive interpreters (to interpret the speakers into Kazakh/Russian)
- Make up about 5-10 questions according to the text and discuss the questions in pairs.
- Written example of narrative tenses in use
- Listen again and make a list of about 5-10 questions
- Answer the questions. Work in groups of 4 or as a class.
- Read the following text and entitle it.
- Discuss in pairs following questions
- Unit 4 culture and the arts in human life
- Play a game “If you had the chance”.
- What do you think of contemporary art now? Have you changed your opinion after reading the texts?
- Must have - Might have - Should have - Can't have
- Zhanar Dungalova Is the New Golden Voice of the Turkic World
- Look at the pictures. What do they show?
- Do you like opera? When was the last time you saw one? Did you enjoy it?
- Work with your partner. Cover the second part.
- English in the press British or American? Find out whether these extracts deal with a British or an American issue.
- Fill in the blanks below with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- Now divide into groups and find benefits and dangers of television.
- Read the article “Email - a good thing or a bad thing?” and speak about the positive and negative sides of emails or debate
- Read the questions and choose the right answer.
- Modern means of communication have introduced relevant changes in our lives; some believe benefits outweigh disadvantages, others the opposite. Discuss your view and state your opinion.
- Look at the following pictures and discuss with a partner the news items in the radio clip. Can you put the pictures in order that they were mentioned?
- Select one of the following vocabulary acquisition activities.
- Complete the passage below by filling the gaps with the correct forms of thewords in a box below.
- Read the following sample letter
- Uncountable and plural nouns
- Make a list of 5-10 questions and discuss it in pairs.
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We use the present perfect tense to talk about things where there is a connection between the past and the present.
He’s written 16 books.
He started writing books at some time in the past. So far, he has written 16 books. He may write more books.
As well as the present perfect simple, we can use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about events with a connection to the present.
1. Look at these 2 sentences:
I’ve been decorating the house this summer. The focus is on the action – decorating – and the action is unfinished.
I’ve painted the living room blue. The focus is on the finished result. The activity is finished but we can see the result now.
We use the present perfect continuous when the focus is on an activity that is unfinished.
2. Look at these two sentences.
I’ve read that book you lent me. I finished it yesterday.
I’ve been reading that book you lent me. I’ve got another 50 pages to read.
The present perfect simple (I’ve read) gives the idea of completion while the present perfect continuous (I’ve been reading) suggests that something is unfinished.
3. Look at these two sentences.
She’s been writing emails for 3 hours.
She’s written 10 messages.
The present perfect continuous (has been writing) talks about how long something has been happening. The present perfect simple (has written) talks about how much/how many have been completed.
4. Look at these two sentences.
I’ve worked here for thirty years.
I usually work in London but I’ve been working in Birmingham for the last 3 weeks.
We can use the present perfect simple to talk about how long when we view something as permanent. But the present perfect continuous is often used to show that something is temporary.
Complete the sentences below by putting the verb in brackets into the present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
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Put Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous
1. The company is huge. It (create) _________a thousand new jobs since the beginning of last year. 
2. We (produce) ________________this product since the beginning of the year.
3. I (had) ____________this car for twenty years and it's as reliable as ever.
4. I'm afraid the company is going bankrupt. It (have) ____________ big problems lately.
5. So, what (you/do) ________________since I last saw you? What's new?
6. How many of these questions (you/manage) ______________to get right so far?
7. I'm a bit worried about Malcolm. He (act) ______________very strange of late.
8. He's an awful driver. He (have)________four accidents in the last three months.
9. (you/send) __________us the new price list of your products yet? We need it as soon as possible.
10. I (try) ______________to repair the lock on our door for the last four hours without any success.
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