Cvičení středně pokročilí: minulý čas prostý vs. předpřítomný čas (4)
Cvičení anglické gramatiky pro mírně a středně pokročilé
V tomto cvičení si procvičíte používání času předpřítomného prostého a minulého prostého.
Jak na to
Doplňte slova ze závorek do textu ve správném tvaru. Všechny věty jsou buď v čase předpřítomném prostém nebo v čase minulém prostém.
| Structure of past simple | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| I / you / he / she / it / we / they arrived. |
I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn’t arrive. |
Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they arrive? |
| Structure of present perfect simple | ||
| positive | negative | question |
| I / you / we / they have gone. |
I / you / we / they haven’t gone. |
Have I / you / we / they gone? |
| he / she / it has gone. |
he / she / it hasn’t gone. |
Has he / she / it gone? |
| Past simple – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| I was work in London. | I worked in London. | In positive sentences, a helping verb such as was or did is not used. |
| He worked in London? | Did he work in London? | The helping verb did is used in past simple questions. |
| Worked he in London? | Did he work in London? | The helping verb did is used in past simple questions. |
| Did he wrote a letter? | Did he write a letter? | The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. |
| He didn't wrote a letter. | He didn't write a letter. | The main verb is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. |
| He writed a letter. | He wrote a letter. | Some verbs are irregular. Not all verbs end in -ed in the past simple form. |
| Present perfect simple – common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
| I worked every day this week. | I have worked every day this week. | We use the present perfect (have worked) when we speak about an unfinished time period (this week, this year, etc). |
| Steven has wrote a new book. | Steven has written a new book. | We use the past participle of the verb – written is the past participle, wrote is the past simple. |
| Did you have seen him before? | Have you seen him before? | The helping verb have is used in the present perfect and it is inverted with the person (you have becomes have you). |
| I didn't have seen him before. | I haven't seen him before. | The helping verb have is used in the present perfect – to make it negative we simply add not (n't). |
| I am here since last week. | I have been here since last week. | The present perfect is used to show an action which continues to the present (an unfinished action). |
| I've been knowing him for 5 years. | I've known him for 5 years. | Verbs such as know, want, like, etc. (called stative verbs) suggest permanent states, not actions, so are used in the simple form, NOT the -ing form. |
