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Present perfect and past simple

We use the present perfect to talk
about past events when the exact time
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of the event is either obvious or not
important.
I'vefinishedthis book. hove you
Haveyoueverridden a horse? in o five
I'venever eaten sushi. hotel recen

When the past time is important,we use
the past simple and an exact time terrible1.

expression. We also usethe past simple
when we give extra information about
an event. We often use ever and never with the present perfect when
I finished this book yesterday. we ask and talk about experiences.
Didyouride a horse at the weekend? Haveyoueverspoken to Frank?
I didn't do that when I was a child. I'veneverplayedbasketball.

We use recently with the present perfect We can also use these expressions:
to talk about events in the near past. once, twice (= two times), lots of times
Haveyouspoken to Frankrecently? I've eatenJapanese food once.
I haven'tplayedmuchbasketball recently. He's climbed that mountainlots of times.

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ÿ You've worked hard(j¡ecentUj)/ on Monday. s recently? Write true sentences with

ave or haven t + recently.
1 Itsnowed recently / in 2010.
2 Has he ever / recently taken a photo of you? ÿ play a computer game
3 Ihaven't eaten any chocolate I've ployed a computer game recently.
yesterday / recently. 1 travel to another town or city

4 She's met Helen in September / twice.
5 We saw Jack ever / at nine o'clock. 2 tidy my bedroom

6 They've never / at the weekend visited us.
3 use a dictionary
7 Did he phone you recently / on Sunday?

8 I've read this book never / lots of times.
4 do my homework

*8 O 11.1 Add the words in brackets to the
correct place in the sentence.Then listen, O 5 visit my aunts and uncles
check and repeat.
ever
ÿ Has he/won a prize? (ever) 6 help with the housework
1 Have you taken a photo of them? (recently)
7 watch a film on TV
2 She's hada dog. (never)
3 We've talked a lot.(recently) 8 make a lot of grammar mistakes

4 I've broken my arm. (once)

5 It hasn't rained, (recently)
6 You've told that story, (lots of times)

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