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Teenage champions
Textbook: p. 33
GoalTalking about teenage champions: comparing the Past Simple and the Present Perfect; verb forms.
New words
winner · g‘olibtalent · iste’dodcompete · musobaqalashmoqweight class · vazn toifasi
Explanation
The Past Simple is for a finished event at a definite time in the past: “She won the gold medal in 2018.” The Present Perfect is for a present result or experience, with no time given: “She has won three medals.” Useful words: this year, ever, never, just, already. Verb forms: do – did – done; go – went – gone/been; hurt – hurt – hurt; see – saw – seen; write – wrote – written; make – made – made; win – won – won. In questions about the subject we do not use did: “Who won the match?” Present Perfect: have/has + V3: “Jasur has won many fights.”, “They have written their names.” Negative: haven’t/hasn’t: “He hasn’t lost a fight yet.”
Worked examples
Nodira is fourteen. She started swimming when she was seven. She has won five medals at school championships and she has never missed a training session. Last month she broke the school record.
— Has your brother ever won a medal? — Yes, he has. He won a silver medal in 2022. — Who did he beat in the final? — A boy from Samarkand.
Class activity
“Champion card”: write 2 Present Perfect and 2 Past Simple sentences about an invented teenage athlete.
Practice
1
Write the third form: do, go, write, see.
done, gone/been, written, seen
2
Choose the tense: He (win) the gold medal in 2019.
He won the gold medal in 2019.
3
Choose the tense: She (win) three medals so far.
She has won three medals so far.
4
Why can’t we use the Present Perfect with “in 2019”?
A definite time needs the Past Simple.