Present perfect 1 Copy and complete the table. Use the
words: hasn't, have, haven't. Find
examples in the texts on p. 30.
done
We/You/They
1)
Affirmative
Long Form
Short Form
lyou have walked/done l/you 've walked/done
He/She/it has walked/ He/She/It's walked/
done
We/You/They've
walked/done walked/done
Negative
Long Form
Short Form
l/you have not
l/you haven't
walked/done
walked/done
He/She/It has not
He/She/lt 2)
walked/done
walked/done
We/You/They have not We/You/They 3)
walked/done
walked/done
Form: have/has + past participle
Use: We use the present perfect for.
• actions which started in the past and continue
to the present. They have been here since 2008.
• life experiences. (time isn't stated) I've tried
Chinese food
• actions that happened in the past and we can see
their results in the present. She's broken her leg.
(When? We don't know, but we can see that her
leg is in plaster.)
Compare: He has gone to Niagara Falls. (He's still there.)
He has been to Niagara Falls. (He's back now.)
Time expressions with the present perfect:
since, for, never, ever, yet, already, just, this week, etc.
Lately computers have filled our life. Now they are almost in each family. We have got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle-machine.
With the help of computers the Internet has entered into our life. It became an integral part of a life of each person. Now people cannot live a day without checking of mail and visiting their favourite sites. The Internet is not only the assistant in daily work, it is also the other world in which there are mail boxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops. By means of the Internet people can travel to different cities, visit tourist places, communicate with people.
Recently many people ask a question: " Is the Internet harmful or useful? ". I think, that on this question there is no certain answer. In fact on the one hand the Internet is a very good and useful thing. And on the other hand it has many negative functions: dependence, the waste of time, money, health.
Certainly, the Internet can be the excellent assistant in information search. But if we spend a lot of time on the Internet we`ll have some problems. We lose a touch with the real world, get in a full dependence on a computer. I think, that it is important to learn to distinguish a side between a real life and a life on the Internet. For that it is necessary to understand, what is really important on the Internet and what is not . And then the Internet will be not the terrible enemy, but the indispensable assistant