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Review Vocabulary Grammar

Daily Challenge Speaking Present and Past Perfect
Learning
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Review
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1. There are friendly people who go there, so it's a good place to meet people.
2. It's more interesting than exercising at home like I used to.
3. There's hardly anyone there and you can listen to the ocean as you do it.
4. I used to play both tennis and volleyball. But I play mainly volleyball now.
5. It was also difficult to find a partner, and the courts were always crowded,
too.
6. I wanted something more exciting, so that's when I took up rollerblading.
7. My friend think I'm kind of strange because none of them do it, but I love it.
8. I don't often go on busy streets because that can be dangerous, but there are
plenty of places where I can ride near where I live.
9. It can be pretty expensive because you have to buy all your equipment and
club fees are high.
10. It's also good exercise because you have to walk a lot.
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Vocabulary Grammar Speaking

Present Simple
Sport •
• Present
Continuous
• Past Simple
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 01 Have a _______ for
Learn by _______
02 ________ truant
03 ________ full marks
Be a quick _________
______ a scholarship
Pass/fail a _______
_________ from university
Sign up for a ________
_________ a deadline
 Have a talent for
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Learn by heart

02 Play truant
Achieve full marks
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(Pass with flying colors)
Be a quick learner
Get a scholarship
Pass/fail a test
Graduate from university
Sign up for a course
Meet/miss a deadline
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Are you a good student?

Is there anything you don’t

like about your school?
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Well, currently I’m a senior at VNU
where I’m majoring in Accounting.
Recently, I’ve signed up for an English
course because it gives me the
opportunity to get a scholarship to
study abroad.
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To be honest, I consider myself a
kind of good student. Although I’m
not a quick learner, especially for the
subjects that need learning by heart,
I always do my best not to miss the
deadlines or fail the tests. I never
play truant as well.
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Is there anything you don’t like about
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Actually no. I feel very proud of my
school because my classmates are
really talented. They always achieve
full marks and even get a lot of
scholarships, which really
encourages me to keep pace with
them.
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Grammar
Present Perfect
 Present Perfect
Structure
❑ Positive
S + have/has + V (past participle) + O.
Ex: I have learned English for 10 years.
He has studied French for a month.

❑ Negative
S + have/has + not + V (past participle) + O.
Ex: She hasn’t finished her assignment yet.
 Present Perfect
Structure

❑ Question
Have/has + S + V (past participle) + O?
Ex: Have you joined the IELTS class?
 Present Perfect
Structure
❑ To talk about a time period that is not finished.

Ex: I’ve written an essay this morning.

❑ To show that something happened at some point in the past before now (but

not mentioned when it happened)

Ex: I’ve just signed up for an English course.

❑ To talk about completed actions where the important thing is the result now.

Ex: I’ve finished the assignment.

 Present Perfect
Hints
- For (+ amount of time): She has taught German here for over 5 years.

- Since (+ point of time): Mr. Gray has taught French here since 2006.

- Just: We’ve just done this exercise.

- Already: We’ve already done this exercise.

- Ever: Have you ever failed the test?

- Never: I’ve never understood why they are always missing the deadlines.

- It’s the first/second time: It’s the first time I’ve got a scholarship.
 Present Perfect vs Past Simple
No Present perfect Past simple
1.
Links the past with the present. Only talks about the past.
Ex: I’ve made quite a lot of notes. Ex: I made notes on the important things.
2.
Does not talk about a specific time in States a specific past time, or the time is
the past. understood.
Ex: Have you written your essay? Ex: I wrote my essay last week.
3.
Uses time expressions that show the Uses time expressions that show the time is
time period is unfinished. finished.
Ex: I’ve read 3 books this week. Ex: I read 3 books last week.
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Past Perfect
 Past Perfect
Structure
❑
❑ Positive
Positive
S
S ++ had
had +
+VV (past
(past participle)
participle) +
+ O.
O.
Ex:
Ex: II had
had got
got a
a job
job before
before II graduated
graduated from
from college
college

❑
❑ Negative
Negative
S
S ++ had
had ++ not
not +
+VV (past
(past participle)
participle) +
+ O.
O.
Ex:
Ex: She
She hadn’t
hadn’t studied
studied anything
anything until
until two
two weeks
weeks before
before the
the exam.
exam.
 Past Perfect
Structure

❑ Question

Had + S + V (past participle) + O?

Ex: Had they known what to do before they applied to the university?
 Past Perfect
Usage

❑ To talk about an action that happened before another action in the past.

Ex: I had finished my homework a few minutes before the lesson started.

❑ To talk about an action that happened before a specific time in the past.

Ex: I had graduated from college by Summer 2017.

 Past Perfect
Hints
By (+point of time): I had finished my homework by 8 o’clock yesterday.

By the time: By the time I got to class, the lesson had started.

Before: The teacher had checked the answer before the lesson.

After: I left after I had finished the test.

Just: Simon had just finished the test when the bell rang.

When: I left when I had finished the test.

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