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Put the verbs in the present perfect or the past simple. Here is the six o'clock News from ITC, on Monday the 25th of April. said Our reporter in Nepal (1) telephoned (telephone) us ten minutes ago and (2) (say) that Junko Shimoto and her partner, Miki Sato, are on top of the world today. They 15) (reach) the top of Mount Everest half an hour ago. Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition. REPORTER: Are Junko and Miki still on the top of Mount Everest? CLIMBER: No, they (4) (just start) their return journey. REPORTER: How long (5) they (spend) up there? CLIMBER: About ten minutes. They (6) (take) some photos of each other. REPORTER: Are they in good health? CLIMBER: Well, they're both tired, but they're fine. The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, (7) (arrive) in Britain last night. Madame Fernoff (8) (be) President since 2001. She said she was happy to be in Britain 19) At yesterday's meeting of European finance ministers, Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister, (say), 'I am going to leave my job soon. I (10) (work) very hard, and I want to spend more time with my family.' Mr Delaney (11) (be) Irish Finance Minister for five years. Last night, Camford United (12) (win) the football league championship. The team (13) (win) the championship four times now - the first time (be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs (15) (score) the winning goal. Riggs (16) (be) with the team since he (17) (leave) school. And now to the weather. We (18) (have) a lot of rain over the country since the beginning of the week and unfortunately this will continue until the end of the weekend. For your information, last week (19) (be) the wettest April week for 100 years. And that's the end of tonight's news.'​

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Użycie czasów past simple i past perfect

Here is the six o’clock news from ITC, on Monday the 25th of April.

Our reporter in Nepal (1) telephoned (telephone) us ten minutes ago and  (2) said (say) that Jane Tomkins and her partner, are on top of the World today. They (3) reached (reach) the top of Mount Everest half hour ago. Our reporter spoke to another climber on the expedition.

REPORTER: Are Jane and Ann still on the top of Mount Everest?

CLIMBER: No, they (4) have started (start) their return journey.

REPORTER: How long (5) did they spend (spend) up there?

CLIMBER: About 10 minutes. They (6) took (take) some photographs of each other.

REPORTER: Are there in good health?

CLIMBER: Well, they’re both tired, but they’re fine.

The President of Volponia, Madame Fernoff, (7) arrived (arrive) in Britain last night. Madame Fernoff (8) has been (be) President since 1985. She said she was very happy to be in Britain.

At yesterday’s meeting of European finance ministers,  Jack Delaney, the Irish Finance Minister,  (9) said (say), ‘I am going to leave my job soon. I (10) have worked (work) very hard and I want to spend more time with my family.’ Mr Delaney (11) has been (be) Irish Finance Minister for 5 years.

Last night, Manchester United  (12) won (win) the football league championship. The team (13) has won (win) the championship three times now – the first time (14) was (be) in 1986. In their final game yesterday, Bryan Riggs (15) scored (score) the winning goal. Riggs (16) has been (be) with the team since he (17) left (leave).

And the weather. We (18) have had (have) a lot of rain over the country since the beginning of the week and unfortunately this will continue until the weekend. For your information, last week (19) was (be) the wettest April week for 100 years.

W tekście podkreślono słowa, które wskazują na użycie danego czasu.

W zadaniach tego typu pomocne są charakterystyczne słowa i wyrażenia.

Słowa charakterystyczne dla Past Simple to:

  • last (Sunday, year, month...)
  • ago (2 months ago)
  • In (year)
  • yesterday
  • then

Słowa charakterystyczne dla Past Perfect to m.in.:

  • already
  • ever
  • never
  • just
  • yet
  • for
  • since