Grammar 6D - 7C Flashcards

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Present Perfect + for

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  • a period of time (past:Monday-now:Wednesday) = for thee days
  • for an hour, a week, a month, five years, ten minutes, a long time
  • my aunt has lived in A for 15 years
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Should / shouldn’t

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  • Advice or what I think what is right. - - Should/ shouldn’t + infinitive same for all person
  • also ought to / ought not to…
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Present Perfect + since

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  • a start of the period
  • Monday (start of a p) => =>…since
  • since 9 o clock, 24 July, January, 1985, Christmas, I was ten yeas old, we arrived
  • he has been in H. Since October
  • cant use present simple
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Present Perfect vs. past simple

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  • Present perfect: a period if time from past until now.
    • I’ ve been married for 10 years
  • past simple: finished period of time in the past
    • He was married for two years (now not)
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Used to / didn’t use to

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  • used to..+ infinitive for: in past, not true now example: as child
    • I used to have long hair
    • U can also use past simple here:
      I had long hair when I was a child
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