Back to basics - Grammar : Present perfect.

It's Friday Folks!

This means the weekend is right around the corner. But wait! before the day is done we have one more training session to complete. Grammar.

During the B2 course you've been studying anything from Gerunds and Infinitives to Mixed Contitionals, but what about the basics? Do you remember? They are also included in the Use of English exam. They are the base that you need for all the other grammatic structures to make sense. 

So For today's training we are going back to basics. The Present Perfect.
This is easy your thinking. Well, yes. However in Use of English Part 4 present perfect is one of those tenses that keeps poping up in exam and it's one of the questions many of you leave unanswered. 

Firstly, let's refresh our memories as to when/why we use it.

Click below to revise the present perfect in some mixed online exercises. That will be corrected instantly! (for you Maria)

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercise-4.html

https://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/present_perfect/70_present_perfect_mixed_exercise.htm

Ater that quick reminder. Take a look at the next video whereby you can see examples of the present perfect in context.

Now the main use of this tense is in the Use of English Part 4, when you need to change a sentence from for to since, or past simple/present perfect.  Click on the links below for pdf files that will take you through these structures.

Present perfect vs past simple

https://www.espressoenglish.net/wp-content/uploads/aeg/AEG-Lesson-02.pdf

For and Since

http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.since.pdf

What better way to practice than with the help of Rhianna's -Where have you been. Don't forget to practice your pronunciation by singing at the top of your lungs! 

Click below to play this song on Lyrics Training.

https://es.lyricstraining.com/play/rihanna/where-have-you-been/HJ3ymUHHMJ#b7w

And....... We have finished!

Have a fantastic weekend :)