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Answer — Exercise 5

2.1 - Fact or fiction?·Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Read the sentences in Exercise 4A and underline examples of the present perfect and past simple.
  2. Complete the rules with present perfect or past simple.
  3. Look at the sentences in Exercise 4A again and match them with one of the rules above.

Answer

a)

Present perfect

  1. has always used
  2. -
  3. have been based
  4. 've learnt
  5. have won

Past simple

  1. -
  2. began
  3. -
  4. -
  5. -
  6. met
  7. phoned
  8. wanted

b)

  • Rule 1 → present perfect
  • Rule 2 → present perfect
  • Rule 3 → past simple
  • Rule 4 → past simple

c)

  • Rule 1 → sentences 4, 5
  • Rule 2 → sentences 1, 3
  • Rule 3 → sentences 2, 6
  • Rule 4 → sentences 7, 8
← Exercise 4Exercise 6 →

More exercises in 2.1 - Fact or fiction?

Ex. 1
Ex. 2
Ex. 3
Ex. 4
Ex. 6
Ex. 7
Ex. 8
Ex. 10
Ex. 11
Ex. 12