Read the text and underline the verbs. What tenses do you see? Dreaming Of A Trip At 100 Gloria Tramontine Struck is 90 but she still rides her Harley Davidson motorcycle and wants to go on a cross-country trip when she is 100. She was born in 1933. Those days, her father had a motorcycle shop. ‘I've been with motorcycles every day of my life,’ she says. She learned to ride when she was 16 and since then she has owned 14 motorcycles. Over the years, she has taken part in many races and motorcycling events in the USA and Europe. Study the rules about Present Perfect and Past Simple and match the sentences below to the rules. ue Ses ‘We use Past Simple to talk about experiences if we mention a specific time in the past. We use Present Perfect to talk about experiences when we don't mention a specific time. We use Past Simple to talk about something that finished in the past. We use Present Perfect to talk about a period of time that continues until now. a) Over the years, she has taken part in many races and motorcycling events in the USA and Europe. b) She learned to ride when she was 16 ©) ‘Ive been with motorcycles every day of my life, she says. d) She was born in 1933.DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE PAST TENSE TENSE It is used to express finished events that started in the past events. | It is used to express unfinished and continue to the present. CEC e mR EUR Ce) RC RUC OU E Ce Se) It is used to express finished events It is used to express finished in someone's life. ( if the person is events in someone's life. still alive -life experience ) (if the person is dead) ern cE MGa a et) He has never travelled by plane. ( He is alive ) It is used to express finished events It is used to express finished that happened in the past and the events. There is no result in impact of the event is now continuing. the present. Sea eee ee He went to cinema two hours ago. (now he is at school) Itis used to with unfinished Itis used with finished time time words ( this week, words ( yesterday, last week, today,this year etc. ). in 2000, etc. SE cae esi) Renton ornpresent perfect + ever/never emeptc tpi mpeeueeee ees «i iB bed finished | the project. I've been to Warsaw. teste —_ S ‘When we want to say an exact time, we use wy | haver't/(have never) the past simple. He/She/it —_hasnivthas never) | SNS | Mosca | went to Warsaw in 2007. Use ever with the present perfect to mean present perfect: questions ‘short answers ‘during your lfe until now. Never is the Have | Wou Yes | Vyou/ | have. negative of ever. lve | we/they No, welthey | haven't. Have you ever visited Madhid? (even played| chess? faz ‘She's never been to a nightclub. Has | he/shesit he/she a Spoken grammar 1: When we are asked a 1, {fest Have you ever ...? question, we often reply: Form the present perfect with have/has + past participle. ‘The past participle is verb +-ed for regular verbs. For a list of irregular verbs, see page 127. A Find and correct the mistakes. There is ‘one mistake in each sentence, 1. Have you ever saw the film Titanic? 2 Two days ago she's been toa museum. 3 Unfortunately, we have ever won the lottery. Has ever she visited you? "haven't meet your brother. In 2011, they've travelled to Geneva. Have you seen that TV programme last Wednesday? He never has played musical instrument. sous ‘No, never instead of No, | haven't. ‘A: Have you ever been to the Maldives? B: No, never. ‘Spoken grammar 2: When we want to repeat the same Have you ever ...? question, ‘we usually say Have you? ‘A: Have you ever been to Zurich? B: No, have you? |B Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use the past simple or present perfect. make eat visit hear do work Conversation 1 A: (ever) business in China? Yes, | have. I did business there in 2014. Conversation 2 ‘A: Peter Duvall isa diplomat, isn't he? B: Yes, he, all over the world. Conversation 3 ‘A: She loves travelling, doesn't she? Yes, she fifteen countries last year Conversation & & many speeches? B: No, he hasn't. That's why I'm worried. Conversation 5 1 Coldplay's new CD good? | don't know it. Conversation 6 AA: Have you ever tried sushi? Yes, we some yesterday!3 A Underline the correct alternative. 1 She has been/was on TV yesterday. 2 Have you ever written/Did you ever write a speech? 3 I've never eaten/never ate snails. 4 Last night | have finished/finished the book. 5 Have you ever been/Did you ever go to the USA? 6 He has finished/finished the project this morning. B Complete the sentences, 1 Ive... 2 Yesterday! ... 3 I've never... 4 I've always ... 5 When! was a child, | ... C Work in pairs and compare your answers, 4 A Write the past participles in the table below. Check your answers on page 127. catch cought. give keep swim make sleep drive lose do win fly buy bought come pay — cross a grow — B Match the verbs which have rhyming past participles. Then listen and check. caught /ko:t/- bought /b>:t/ C Work in pairs. Use the verbs above to make six Have you ever ...? questions, Use the ideas in the box to help you. fish anything expensive abus aprize allday aplane plants ina river D Workin pairs and take turns. Ask and answer the questions. A: Have you ever caught a fish? B: Yes, | have. | caught three last weekend!IRREGULAR VERBS co fron eon Verb rn Past participle be was: been leave left left beat beat beaten lend lent lent became became become let let let begin began begun lie lay lain bite bit bitten lose lost lost blow blew blown make made made break broke broken mean meant meant bring brought brought meet met met build built built pay pad pal burn burned/burnt _burned/burnt put put put buy bought bought read read read catch caught caught ride rode ridden choose chose chosen ring rang rung come came come run ran run cost cost cost sy said said cut cut cat see saw seen deal dealt dealt sell sold sold do did done send sent sent draw drew drawn set set set ream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt shake shook: shaken sink drank dunk shine shone shone ive drove driven show showed shown eat ate eaten shut shut shut fall fell fallen sing sang. sung feel felt felt sit sat sat fight fought fought sleep slept slept find found found smell smelled/smelt _smelied/smelt fy flew flown speak spoke spoken forget forgot forgotten spend spent spent forgive forgave forgiven spell spelt spelt freeze froze frozen spill spilled/splt spilled/spilt get got got stand stood stood ive gave given steal stole stolen 80 went ‘gone swim ‘swam ‘swum grow grew grown take took taken hang hung hung teach taught taught have had had tear tore torn hear heard heard tell told told hide hid hidden think ‘thought thought hit hit hit throw threw thrown hold held held Understand understood understood hurt hurt hurt wake woke woken keep kept kept wear wore wom kaow knew known win won won learn learned/leamt —_learned/leamt write wrote written