Grammar Challenge - Present perfect & past simple | Текст песни

• Тексты песен
• Grammar Challenge
• Present perfect & past simple

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1618_gramchallenge33/
...

Nuala's Grammar Explanation:
In a previous Grammar Challenge we looked at how we can use the present perfect to talk about
a past action that has a result in the present. But today we're looking at another way we use the
present perfect, to announce news, especially when we want to emphasize the news as a present
fact. Listen:
Matt: Have your heard? Maria's just quit.
So when voice Matt announces the news he uses the present perfect but when he goes into the
details of what happened he uses a different tense. Listen:
Matt: She went up to the boss and shouted
Fei Fei: What did the boss say?
Matt: Nothing! He just looked really shocked and told us to get on with our work!
To tell the details of what happened in the past, they both used the past simple.
We make the present perfect with the present form of the verb 'to have' (I have, she has, we
have) and the past participle of the verb - seen, driven, worked.
So, to recap then: We can use the present perfect to announce news but when we want to give
the details of what happened at a definite time, we use the past simple.
That's all from me, good luck with your grammar challenge!
...

Группа Learning English
http://vkontakte.ru/club17650165

Grammar Challenge еще тексты