Question

1.Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or simple past tense. a) A: Who (you,vote) ............ for at the last election? B: I (vote) .................... for Mr Pitt. He (not be) ............... elected. b)A I (not know) .................. that you (know) Mrs Pitt. How long (you, know) ...................her B: I (know) ............ her for ten years. c) A: (Mary, feed) .................. the cat? B: Yes, she (feed).................. him before lunch. A: What (she,give) ................. him? B: She (give) ..................... him some fish. d) A: I just (be) ........................ to the film War and peace. (You,see) ............................ it? B: No. Is it like the book? A: I (not read) ........................the book. B: I (read) ........................ it when I (be) ................at school. A: When(Tolstoy,write) ...................... it? B: He (write) ..................... it in 1868. A: (He,write) ........................... anything else? e) A: Hannibal (bring) ......................elephants across the Alps. B: Why (he, do) .............................that? A: He (want) ............................. to use them in battle.

Answer 1

a) Who did you vote for...? I voted for... He wasn't...

b) I didn't know that you knew Mrs Pitt. How long have you known her? I have known her for 10 years. 

c) Has Mary fed the cat? Yes, she fed him before lunch. What did she give him? She gave him some fish. 

d) I have just been to the film... Have you seen it? I haven't read the book. I read it when I was at school. When did Tolstoy write it? He wrote it in 1868. Did he write anything else? 

e) Hannibal brought elephants... Why did he do that? He wanted...

 

Past simple używasz wtedy, gdy czynność jest zakończona i nie ma żadnego związku z teraźniejszością, oraz, kiedy masz w zdaniu określony czas (wiesz, kiedy dana rzecz się zdarzyła - masz datę, godzinę, porę dnia...). Present perfect używasz, gdy czynność zakończyła się niedawno i jej skutki trwają, oraz, gdy mówisz o czymś, co się wydarzyło, bez określania czasu (zdania typu: Czy kiedykolwiek jadleś ślimaka? / Nigdy nie byłem w Rosji. / Właśnie skończyłem odrabiać pracę domową). 

 

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