Anglický jazyk A0 - VŠEM

Chapter 3Grammar: present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuousVocabulary: jobs, educationGoals and OutcomesIn this chapter you will learn how to speak about your job and education. You will be ableto use present perfect tenses.IntroductionJane was working as a shop assistant for five years. Then she went on holiday to Borneo.It was a working holiday, where she could study apes in the wild. She has always beeninterested in animals. After the holiday she decided to go back to university and studybiology. Four years later she finished her studies. For the last two years Jane has beenworking at a centre which looks after apes. She has already rescued many apes fromlaboratories and circuses. She works long hours and the salary isn’t very high but shelikes her job. She feels that she has been doing something important in her life since shestarted working there.1) Look at the yellow example? Which tense is it? What is the auxiliary verb andwhat is the form of the full verb? Find one more example in the text.2) Underline examples of the past simple tense in the text. Compare the twotenses. Which tense refers to a specific moment in the past? Which tenserefers to the situation which started in the past and continues to the present?3) Look at the blue example of present perfect continuous tense. How do we formit? Find and underline one more example in the text.4) Look at the two highlighted examples. Which tense stresses the result? Whichtense stresses the action?