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Examples:

1. The General Banking Law of the Philippines only recognizes Al-Amanah Islamic Bank
as Islamic financial intermediary.
2. Understanding people values contributes to understanding individual and societal
behavior.
3. Acute viral respiratory tract infections are the most common human illnesses.

Present perfect tense is used to show how the issue or topic has been investigated from the
past until the present day.

1. The importance of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as a major threat to public
health at a global level has increased radically since the early 1980’s.
2. Numerous scholarly researches have been conducted on Zakat compliance, especially
on the factors that influence compliance behavior.
3. Persistence has often been studied in terms of cultural differences.

4.
Activity 1

After gaining knowledge from the grammar focus above, complete the following sentences

with the correct use of present tense and present perfect tense.

1. The two primary functions of hand sanitizer (be) _______ to maintain practical hand
hygiene and to reduce exposure to disease-causing microorganisms.
2. A disaster often (have)__________ the potential for devastating social, medical, and
public health consequences.
3. The issue of sedentary lifestyles (investigate)______________ for a long time.
4. Herbal medicine still (play) __________ a significant role in the 21st century
specifically in the areas of prevention and treatment of many illnesses.

5. Previous studies (report)__________ the use of herbal medicine among Nigerians
from different socio-economic status.
6. In the area of public policy, efforts to do disaster recovery (study)____________ for
several years.
7. Public health (be) _____________ the science of protecting and improving the health
of people and their communities.

Vocabulary

Starter Phrases of Issue and Gap

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