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Grammar present perfect and past simple
Past simple:
discovered
Present perfect:
have changed, has
lived, hasn’t made
6 Look at the sentences in the grammar box. Underline the verb in

the past simple and circle the verbs in the present perfect. Then
choose the correct option in these sentences (a–c).
a If we say when something happened, we use the past simple /
present perfect.
b If we don’t know or don’t say when something happened, we use
the past simple / present perfect.
c For something that started in the past and continues now, we use
the past simple / present perfect. 7a-p. 83
7 Underline other verbs in the article in the present perfect (have /
has + past participle). Write the past participles in the correct
category.
• Regular past participles: changed, lived, employed, increased

__________________________________
• Irregular past participles: made , had, run
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7a-p. 83
8 Read about an engineer in Pennsylvania. Choose the correct options.
(we say when) (we say when)
1 I’ve gone / I went to university when I was nineteen and 2 I qualified / I’ve
qualified as an engineer about four years later. Now I live here in
(started in the past and continues now)
Pennsylvania with my wife and children, but we 3 haven’t lived / didn’t live
(we don’t know or don’t say when)
here very long. 4 I’ve worked / I worked in six other places and last year
(we say when)
5 I’ve spent / I spent three months working overseas. But now I think we’ll
(started in the past and continues now)
stay in Pennsylvania. 6 It’s been(we
/ Itsay
waswhen
good for us living here. At first some
– at first)
of the local people 7 haven’t been / weren’t friendly because they were
worried about the local environment, but the natural gas industry
(we don’t know or don’t say when)
8 has created / created new jobs and 9 has improved / improved the local
economy, so things are better now. (started in the past and continues now)
7a-p. 83
9 You are going to listen to an interview with a scientist for a natural
gas company. Write questions to ask about his life. Use the present
perfect or the past simple.
1 how long / work / for your company?
How long have you worked for your company?
2 when / you / go to college? 2 When did you go to college?
3 you / always / live / in Pennsylvania? 3 Have you always lived in Pennsylvania?
4 when / you / move back here? 4 When did you move back here?
5 you / ever / work / overseas? 5 Have you ever worked overseas?
6 it / be / easy living here? 6 Has it been easy living here?
10 Listen to the interview. Check your questions from Exercise 9 and

write the scientist’s answers.
Track 55
1 For five years. 4 In 2015.
2 When I was nineteen. 5 Yes, I have.
3 No, I haven’t. 6 Yes, it has.
7a-p. 83
Script Track 55
I = Interviewer, S = Scientist
I: How long have you worked for your company?
S: For five years. Since I left college.
I: When did you go to college?
S: I started when I was nineteen and I qualified with my degree about four years
later.
I: And have you always lived in Pennsylvania?
S: No, I haven’t. I grew up here but then I went to university in Boston and I’ve lived
in one or two other places.
I: So, when did you move back here?
S: In 2015.
I: Have you ever worked overseas?
S: Yes, I have. I worked in Dubai, in the Middle East, two years ago.
I: And how does Pennsylvania compare with other places? Has it been easy living
here?
S: Yes, it has, overall.
Grammar present perfect with for and since
11 Look at the grammar box. Read the scientist’s answer to the

question and complete this sentence with for and since.
since
We use 1 __________ and a point in time (e.g. 2015, yesterday) and we use
2 __________
for and a period of time (e.g. ten minutes, six months).
12 Complete the phrases with for and since.

1 since
__________ 2008 5 since
__________ I started work
2 __________
for two weeks 6 __________
since 1st January
3 __________
for six days 7 __________
for 24 hours
4 __________
since one o’clock 8 __________
since I was ten
7a-p. 83
Speaking
13 Work in pairs. Practise asking and answering questions about
these topics using the present perfect and past simple.
A: Have you ever studied Chinese?
B: No, I haven’t, but I study Arabic.
A: Really? How long have you studied it?
B: For about three years.
A: Why did you want to learn Arabic?
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Possible questions:
How long have you had your current job? Have you learned any foreign languages?
When did you start your job? How long have you studied English?
When did you move into your current home? How long have you known your best
friend?
How long have you lived there?
Where did you meet?
Have you been to different countries?
What are your interests?
Which countries have you been to?
How long have you done that?
Where did you go last year? 7a-p. 83

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Grammar present perfect and past simple

6 Look at the sentences in the grammar box. Underline the verb in

• Regular past participles: changed, lived, employed, increased

10 Listen to the interview. Check your questions from Exercise 9 and

11 Look at the grammar box. Read the scientist’s answer to the

12 Complete the phrases with for and since.

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