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didnt walk/swim ? Did I walk/swim? Did he/she/it walk/swim? Did you/we/they walk/swim? USE To talk about things that happened in the past. To talk about a succession of past actions (narrative past) To talk about an action taking place in the middle of another action. TIME INDICATORS last week/month/year yesterday in 1999 5 minutes ago the other day
Complete the paragraph about the London Underground by putting in the present perfect simple or past simple forms of the verbs in brackets. London (have) .. an underground train system since the 19th century. The London Underground (start) . in 1863, when Victorian engineers and workers (build) .. the Metropolitan Railway. This railway line (go) from Paddington Station to Farringdon Street Station, and steam engines (pull). the coaches. Eleven more lines (open).. since then. The worlds first underground electric railway (open) . in 1890. This line (go) ..
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE FORM + I have walked/swum He/she/it has walked/swum You /we/they have walked/swum - I havent walked/swum He/she/it hasnt walked/swum You/we/they havent walked/swum ? Have I walked/swum? Has he/she/it walked/swum? Have you/we/they walked/swum? USE When something that happened in the past is connected with the present. Only the result is important. The time when the action took place is not important. To talk about a completed action connected with the present. When the time periods are not finished at the time of speaking. TIME INDICATORS this week/month/year already just not yet till now up to now lately recently for since
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most modern line is Jubilee line, which (open) in 1979. Since the London Underground (begin) , many other cities, such as New York and Moscow, (build) ... .. their own systems.
( From Oxford Practice Grammar Basic)
Study your 3 column for the irregular verbs!! 1a) I (see)... Jack last night. 1b) Oh really, I (see).. him for months. How is he? 2a) We (go) to the theatre last Saturday. 2b) (you/ enjoy) . the play? 2c) Yes, it very good.
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Complete the 2 dialogues using the present perfect simple or the simple past .
( From Oxford Practice Grammar Basic)