Present Perfect or Past Simple

hurry.

b) I went to the library because i needed that book.

c) We were not invited to Ann's birthday party. We went to the cinema now

d) I didn't have an extra ticket to the theatre last night and i couldn't invite you

постоянно общается с друзьями. А кто-то любит уединиться в своей комнате и читать книги. Кто-то ведет здоровый образ жизни, а кому-то наплевать на свое здоровье. Все люди разные, и поэтому ведут разный образ жизни. Современном мире стало модно вести здоровый образ жизни. Модно ходить в спортзалы, заниматься фитнесом, танцами и т.д. Современный человек должен быть в хорошей физической форме, иметь высшее образование, хорошо выглядеть. Многие берут примеры с кинозвезд, или поп-звезд. Их кумиры всегда в хорошей форме, красиво одеты, подтянуты, ухожены. Именно они являются образцом подражания для многих молодых людей.

A) Past Simple B) Present Perfect

2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

I (do)
He (work)
She (sleep)
We (go)
They (drink)
Nick (write)
You (have)
We (be)


Exercise 3. Раскройте скобки. Употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Past Simple:



I already (to do) my homework. Now I can go for a walk.
I (to do) my homework yesterday.
He just (to come) home.
He (to come) home a minute ago.
We already (to solve) the problem.
I (to read) this book last year.
I’m sorry. I (not to do) my homework.
He is not at school today. He (to fall) ill. – When he (to fall) ill? – He (to fall) ill yesterday.
The rain (to stop) but a cold wind is still blowing.
They (not yet to come) from the south.

insurance clerk in 1997.

But after four years, he
( leave)______ this job, and (join) _______

Hertleins, a financial services company.

He (be)______ with this company since 2001.

Since joining Hertleins, he (have)____ two

different kinds of job. To begin with, he (sell)

_______ investments to customers all over the

country.

But he (not like)__________ selling

very much, so he (ask)________ the company if

he could move to another department.

Now he works as an assistant in the Human Resources

department.

He (work)_______ in this job for

nearly two years now.