http://www.studypage.net/quiz/201_05.htm Fill in the gaps exercise.
http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrative.html Full explanation.
http://vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrex2.html Extra exercises without answer key.
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at | 4 o'clock/2.12/the end of year/Christmas |
on | Tuesday/19th March/the 21st/New Year's Day |
in | January/1999/the 1990s/summer |
no prepositions | yesterday/yesterday morning/last Monday/next April/a few days ago/ the day before yesterday/when I was young |
Present perfect simple
The present perfect is often used with prepositions or prepositional phrases indicating periods of time that have not finished yet.
Some time expressions used are: today, this morning, this month, this year, so far, this milenium, over the last few weeks, for the last 3 weeks, up to now, etc.
This week we have received a lot of enquiries about our new web site.If we are speaking about a situation after one of these time periods, we use the simple past because we are referring to a period of time that has finished.
(The week has not finished yet, and there may be more enquiries.)
Have you seen John this morning?
(It is now 10.30 in the morning; and the morning has not finished.)
vs
Did you see John this morning?
(It is now 3.00 in the afternoon; the morning has finished.)
Have you ever worked abroad.
(i.e., In all your life up to now?)
I have never been to China.
(i.e., Not in all your life up to now.)TASK
What did you do last week with your friends?
What have you done this week with your friends? Do you have any plans in mind that you haven't done yet?
Active | Professor Villa gave Jorge an A. |
Passive | An A was given to Jorge by Professor Villa. (Emphasis on the A... not B nor C) |
Passive | Jorge was given an A by Professor Villa . (Emphasis on Jorge not Carlos nor Sonia) |
· Apart from the verb ‘say’ we can use other verbs o perception such as:
acknowledge believe declare fear know report
suspect allege claim estimate feel project say think
assume consider expect find prove suppose understand
It has been reported that cut onion might caused air pollution.
It was proved that KFC doesn’t use chicken for their products.
TASK
1. Are there any popular legends or urban myths going around now? Do you know any that was popular in the past? Tell your partners about the ones you know.
or
2. The rumor mill: Catching up with the news (Poniéndose al corriente)... You have heard some rumors about your partners share them with us!