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Curso First Certificate - Lesson 30 |
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Curso First Certificate - Lesson 30 |
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EL CURSO DE FIRST CERTIFICATE PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES |
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Historic moments |
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The past - Part 2 |
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The past (I) |
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ACTIVITY 202: Past simple or present perfect? What is the name of each tense being described here? Choose the best alternatives from the menus. Then check the answers. |
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It is used to express an action which happened in the recent past, when no time reference is given. |
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It is used to express an action which happened in the past, when a definite time reference is given. |
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The past (II) |
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ACTIVITY 203: Which of the two tenses - past simple or present perfect - is being used in each example below? Why? Choose the best alternatives from the menus and type why. Then check the answers. |
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Lieuteant Hamilton shot down the airship in 1916. |
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WHICH TENSE? |
WHY? Because the action happened ... |
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The bravery of a flying ace has raised £90,000 for sick children. |
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WHICH TENSE? |
WHY? Because the action happened ... |
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He came quietly when he was stopped and asked for his papers. |
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WHICH TENSE? |
WHY? Because the action happened ... |
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The past (III) |
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ACTIVITY 204: In which of the three sentences below it it impossible to add 'last night'? Why? Choose the best alternative from the menu and type why not. Then check the answers. |
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The Conservative Party has been re-elected. |
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Customs men found more than £2 million worth of drugs. |
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Heavy snow brought warnings from the police. |
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WHY? Because ... |
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The past (IV) |
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ACTIVITY 205: Which of the time adverbials in the box can you use with each sentence below? Rewrite the sentences in the blank spaces and then check the answers. |
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HELP: You can make six different sentences from sentence # 1 and three different sentences from sentence # 2. |
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recently |
last night |
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at 11 o'clock |
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30 minutes ago |
while hitchhiking |
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He was captured in France. |
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Five members of a drugs gang have been jailed for a total of 72 years. |
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