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Task 1: Match the present perfect to the correct description: a number to a letter.
1 I have bought a new car.
2 We have been friends for four years.
3 He has written two articles this week.
4 I have just seen Tom.
a - the time period is not over at the moment of speaking, the situation answers the question ‘How many / How much?’;
b- an action has finished and the result is visible / evident in the present;
c- unstated time in the past, the action is more important than the time;
d- an action used with state verbs, it started in the past and continues up to now, the situation answers the question ‘How long?’
Task 2: Act out a dialogue.
John: Wherehave you been?
Mary: I’ve been to the canteen.
John: How long have you been there?
Mary: I have been there for half an hour.
John: Have you seen George?
Mary: Yes, I have.
John: May be it’s he who has taken my car?
Mary: Yes, he has.
John: Really? Has he got a license?
Mary: No, he hasn’t.
John: Why hasn’t he taken a test?
Mary: He failed the test then.
John: Oh, where has he gone? I have to leave you. Bye!
