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The key answer of exercise Grammar 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 04 - Language focus 1 for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

We use the Present perfect when a past action is connected to the present in some way. Choose the correct verb form in rules below and find an examples of each rule in exercise 3.

Answer

  1. Present perfect (e.g. Brad Pitt has been interested in architecture since he was young.)
  2. Present perfect (e.g. Barack Obama has published several books.)
  3. Past simple (e.g. In 2008, he wrote a book for his two daughters.)