ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE II

PROFESSOR: CARMEN MONTOYA

UNIT 15

PRESENT PERFECT AND

PAST SIMPLE
 PRESENT PERFECT
use the present perfect if there is
connection with the present.
I have worked in this company .
 PRESENT PERFECT
We use the present perfect to give
new information or to announce a
recent happening:

She has just had a car accident .

 PRESENT PERFECT
We use the present perfect for a period of time that
continues from the past until now.

2013 2015

I have worked in this company for two years.

I have worked in this company since 2013

FOR + A PERIOD OF TIME

for six years, for a week, for a month, for hours, for
two hours

I have worked here for two years.

SINCE + A POINT IN TIME

since this morning, since last week, since yesterday

since I was a child, since Wednesday, since 2 o'clock

I have worked here since 2013.

Use the following time expressions
with the Present Perfect:
• at last • already
• ever • yet
• just • before
• lately • never
• recently
 POSITIVE
I HAVE FINISHED MY WORK

NEGATIVE
I HAVE NOT FINISHED MY WORK

INTERROGATIVE
HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR WORK?
Grammar: Present Perfect

I have invested on business

Subject+ have/has+ Verb (past part).

 PAST SIMPLE
Actions taking place one after
another

What a horrible day: first my

computer crashed, then our best
customer cancelled their order and on my
way home my car broke down.
 PAST SIMPLE
for a finished time in the past.
Mister Brown never attended any meeting.
He always sent me..

for specific time.

I had a meeting with the investor last year
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
• two months ago
• last week
• yesterday
• when I graduated
• In 1991
 POSITIVE
I WORKED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

NEGATIVE
I DIDN’T WORK IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

INTERROGATIVE
DID YOU WORK IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT?
 PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE
Complete the sentences

started
1. Our company ____________(start) business in 1995.
have
established
2. We are happy to inform you that we ___________
(establish) a new branch in Australia.

didn’t order
3. We___________ (order/not) the goods two months
ago. We did it last week.

have just printed out

4. I________________ (print out / just) the letter.