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Answer — Exercise 7

1.2 - Try something new·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Pregunta

  1. Look at the time phrases in the box. Which are usually used with the present perfect (PP), the past simple (PS) or both (B)?
  2. Listen and writer sentences 1-6.
  3. In each sentence. [circle; underline; link ︶]

Respuesta

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)

  1. Have you tried︶it before?
  2. I've thought︶about︶it︶a lot.
  3. Has he seen my last︶email?
  4. She's changed her︶address.
  5. My kids have gone︶out.
  6. Has she phone︶anyone yet?

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