Present Perfect and Past Simple Compared The main difference between the Present Perfect and Past Simple is that we use the Past Simple for past events or actions which have no connection to the present, but we use the Present Perfect for actions which started in the past and are still happening now or for finished
Grammar Exercises: Present Perfect Have practice in using the Present Perfect Tense. Exam in Mind Level A2 / B1 Exercise 1. Read the text and ask questions of different types (Yes/No questions, Or-questions, Wh-questions and tag questions). Our teacher of geography is an old man. He has lived a very interesting and exciting life. I
Grammar Time: the Present Perfect Tense We use the Present Perfect Tense: for something that started in the past and continues in the present: They've been married for nearly fifty years. She has lived in Liverpool all her life. when we are talking about our experience up to the present: I've seen that film before. I've played the guitar ever since I was a teenager. He has written three books and
Reported Exclamatory Sentences Let's learn to change exclamations into reported exclamatory sentences. Exam in Mind Level B1/B2 Study the ways of rendering exclamations. Oh, dear! Wow! Damn! Gosh! Ouch! Oops! Oh! Hush! Oh Lord! Goodness! He sighed (cursed, gasped, screamed, etc.) with pain (surprise, delight, despair, relief, etc.) He made an exclamation of surprise (protest,
Pay Attention to Prepositions of Time We use prepositions of time with time expressions, when we want to talk about time. Exam in Mind Level A1+/A2 AT at precise time at 7 o’clock at half past 2 at a quarter to 5 at night at noon at midnight at dinnertime / at lunchtime at bedtime at 10.30 at 3 p.m. at sunset
Grammar Practice: Present Tenses Revision Let's revise the Present Tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. Exam in Mind Level B1/B2 Task 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the proper present tenses forms. She always (criticize)_______________ my appearance. This is the most boring book I ever (read)_______________. It frequently (rain)_______________
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Compared Let's revise when we use Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. Exam in Mind Level B1 / B2 Present Perfect (have, has + V3) is used to describe: recently completed actions connected in their result with the present: She has just painted the room. actions beginning in the past and continuing up
The Past Continuous Tense and the Past Simple Compared Exam in Mind Level B1 / B2 The Past Continuous is used to describe: past action in progress at a given point in time: She was still working at eight o'clock yesterday evening. past action in progress interrupted by another past action: She was leaving when the phone
Grammar Time: Past Simple or Past Continuous Should I Use Past Simple or Past Continuous? The Past Continuous and the Past Simple help us to show how two past actions or situations are connected. The Past Simple shows us that an action was in the past, not in the present. The Past Continuous shows us that
The Past Continuous Tense Exam in Mind Level A1 / B1 Past Continuous вживається для описання дій, які тривали у певний час у минулому. Past Continuous утворюється за допомогою допоміжних дієслів was (в однині) та were (у множині) та закінчення - ing, яке додається до дієслова-присудка. I / He / She / It was +V-ing
