Answer — Exercise 7
1.2 - Try something new·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Look at the time phrases in the box. Which are usually used with the present perfect (PP), the past simple (PS) or both (B)?
- Listen and writer sentences 1-6.
- In each sentence. [circle; underline; link ︶]
Answer
a)
- up to now → PP
- so far → PP
- this time last week → PS
- recently → PP
- this morning → B (PP if it is still the morning when you are speaking or PS if it is now the afternoon and you are looking back at a finished period, i.e. the morning)
- over the last fortnight → PP
- not + yet → PP
- still + not → PP
- for several years → B
b) - c)
- Have you tried︶it before?
- I've thought︶about︶it︶a lot.
- Has he seen my last︶email?
- She's changed her︶address.
- My kids have gone︶out.
- Has she phone︶anyone yet?