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Revision: Past simple and Present perfect
Study these examples of the Present perfect
from the recording of the artist.
1
I’ve scanned
in about a third of these
photographs.
2
I’ve organised
the paintings into themes.
3
I’ve added
a sound track.
Why doesn’t the speaker use the Past
simple?
4
I scanned
in about a third of these
photographs.
5
I organised
the paintings into themes.
6
I added
a sound track.
We use the Present perfect to describe past
actions with present relevance. The artist
uses the Present perfect because he is
describing a CD he has just made and what
he is going to do with it in the near future.
We use the Past simple to describe
completed actions in the past. It is often
used with time expressions such as
last year
,
before PCs were introduced
,
in 1998
. Note
these examples from the recording:
7 I made one for Mary’s birthday
last week
.
8 We tried it out
last term
.
5
3
Now listen to the recordings and note the actual uses
described.
4
Now listen to the recordings again to find the answers to
these questions:
1
How does the story-telling program encourage children to work
together?
2
In what way is the children’s reaction to this program different
from other uses they make of computers?
3
What is the OU student studying?
4
What opportunity has she to meet other students?
5
What can you do with Pets
3
?
6
What does Louise do with clipart?
7 How did the artist display work to dealers in the past?
8 What is the difficulty in selling through a website?
User
Actual use
primary school teacher
Open University student
girl (Louise), aged
6
artist