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UNIT 9C:

SCREAM
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PRESENT
PERFECT VS
PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST
SIMPLE
Present perfect form: Past simple form:

▪ Positive sentence • Positive sentence

S + have/has + V3 + … S + V2 + ….
I have lost my book. I bought this car last week.
▪ Negative sentence
▪ Negative sentence
S + did not + V1 + ...
S + have/has + not + V3 +…
I did not buy this car last week.
I have not lost my book.
▪ Question
▪ Question
Did + S + V1 + ...?
Have/Has + S + V3 + …?
Did you buy this car last week?
Have I lost my book?
PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST
SIMPLE
1. action in the past and 1. Finished action
continued to the present ▪ Ex: I met Sopheak 5 years ago.
(but then he moved away and
▪ Ex: I have known Sopheak for 5 we lost touch.)
years. (I still know him now.)
PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST
SIMPLE
2. Life experience (When 2. Finished action (when
someone is still alive) someone is already dead)

▪ Ex: My brother has been to ▪ Ex: My great-grandmother


Mexico three times. lived in Mexico three times.
PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST
SIMPLE
3. Past action, present
3. No Result in the present
result
▪ Ex: I have lost my keys. (I still ▪ Ex: I lost my keys yesterday. (I
can’t find it now.) get a new key.)
PRESENT PERFECT VS. PAST
SIMPLE
4. Signal words: 4. Signal words:
- This week - Last week
- This month - Last month
- Today - yesterday
- Since/for - Ago
- Just/Already/yet

▪ Ex: I have seen John this week. ▪ Ex: I saw John last week.
SOME EXAMPLES Q1. Did the action finish?
Q2. Do we know the exact time it happened?
1A. I have done my homework.
1B. I did my homework last night.

2A. I have studied Spanish.


2B. I studied Spanish 2 years ago.

3A. I have been to Paris.


3B. I went to Paris when I was 12 years old.
LET’S PRACTICE 1
moved
1. Vitou ____________________ (move) to Phnom Penh in 2015.
has played
2. Kanha ___________________ (play) football since she was 5 years old.
retired
3. They both ____________________ (retire) from work 2 months ago.
finished
4. The semester ____________________ (finish) last week.
have practiced
5. They ____________________ (practice) dancing for 3 hours.
didn’t play
6. We ____________________ (not play) sports yesterday because of the heavy rain.
have studied
7. I ____________________ (study) at ACE for 2 terms.
got
8. Vantak ____________________ (get) married 5 years ago.
has been married (be married) for 5 years.
9. Sophea ____________________
have worked
10. I ____________________ (work) for ACE for 6 years.
LET’S PRACTICE 2
has worked
1. Dara ____________________ (work) in that company for 3 years. (He still works there)
went
2. Ratana ___________________ (go) to Singapore when he was only 4.
has lived
3. He ____________________ (live) in Pnom Penh since he was a teenager.
visited
4. I ____________________ (visit) Paris with my sibling last year.
have known
5. I ____________________ (know) Julie for three years. We still meet each other.
failed
6. He ____________________ (fail) three subjects last semester.
have played
7. I ____________________ (play) football since I was a child.
played
8. She ____________________ (play) football at school yesterday.
finished
9. We ____________________ (finish) designing this room last week.
have lived
10. She ____________________ (live) in Takeo since 2010.
LET’S PRACTICE 3 –
SPEAKING
Create sentences in past simple or present perfect by using the following phrases.
1. Work/for 3 years.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Live/in 2015
_________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Visit/last month
_________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Play/since 5 years ago.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Fail three subjects/last exam
_________________________________________________________________________________________

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