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COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
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You will find in these links some information and exercises related with comaparative adjectives. Have fun by doing them!!
There is also a video about it.
http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes10/compa_1.htm
http://curso-gratis-ingles.euroresidentes.com/2006/06/comparative-adjectives.html
http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Adjectives/Comparative_Adjectives.htm
http://www.inglestotal.com/comparative-form/
Present Perfect Simple
The present perfect is the present tense of have + a past participle.
I/you/we/they have washed OR I/you/we/they've washed
he/she/it has washed OR he/she/it's washed
NEGATIVE QUESTION
I/you/we/they haven't washed have I/you/we/they washed?
he/she/it hasn't washed has he/she/it washed?
Regular past participles end in ed, e.g. washed, landed, finished. We've
washed the dishes. Have you opened your letter? The aircraft has landed
safely. How many points has Matthew scored? The students haven't
finished their exams.
Irregular forms
Some participles are irregular.
I've made a shopping list. We've sold our car. I've thought about it a lot.
Have you written the letter? She hasn't drunk her coffee.
There is a present perfect of be and of have.
The weather has been awful I've had a lovely time, thank you.
Use
When we use the present perfect, we see things as happening in the past but having a result
in the present.
We've washed the dishes. (They're clean now.) The aircraft has landed. (It's on the ground now.)
We've eaten all the eggs. (There aren't any left.) They've learnt the words. (They know the words.)
You've broken this watch. (It isn't working.)
The present perfect tells us about the past and the present. = United have won the Cup, so it's theirs now.
The past simple tells us about the past, a time which is finished. Last year is in the past.
We use the past simple (not the present perfect) to talk about times in the past such as yesterday, last week,
in 1994, a hundred years ago.
We watched United last week, NOT We have watched United last week.
Long ago dinosaurs lived here. NOT Long ago dinosaurs have lived here.
PRESENT PERFECT PAST SIMPLE
Emma packed her case last night. Emma has packed her case.(So her things are in the case now.)
(Her things may be unpacked now.) Mike repaired the chair.(It may be broken again now.)
Mike has repaired the chair.(So it's all right now.)
The plane has just landed. The plane landed ten minutes ago.
I've turned the heating on. (It's on now.) I turned the heating on earlier, but it's off again now.
Practice
1. I have done or I did?
Put in the correct verb form.
? I've done (I / do) all the housework. The flat is really clean now.
? A young couple have bought (buy) the house next door. But they didn't live there long.
1. Our visitors……………………………. (arrive). They're sitting in the garden.
2. There's still a problem with the television. Someone ...................................... (repair) it,
but then it broke down again.
3………………………… (I / lose) my bank card. I can't find it anywhere.
4. The match………………………… .. (start). United are playing well.
5. My sister………………………….. (run) away from home. But she came back two days later.
6. Daniel………………………….. (earn) some money last week. But I'm afraid he's already spent it all.
7. ………………………..(we / plant) an apple tree in the garden. Unfortunately it died.
8. Prices……………. .................. (go) up. Everything is more expensive this year.
9. Someone……………………. ......... (turn) on the hi-fi. What's that song called?
10. (I / phone) the office at eleven to speak to the manager, but he isn't there today.
11. (I / make) a cake. Would you like a piece?
12. The runner Amos Temila…………………………… (break) the world record for the 1500 metres in Frankfurt. Then two days later in Helsinki, Lee Williams ran it in an even faster time.
*Retrieved from Oxford Practice Grammar- Eastwood John.
