Task 4 - Complete the lists with the orange time phrases from the article. Which tense is used with 'finished' time phrases and which with 'unfinished' time phrases? - SHS Friends Global 11 page 26

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

1. Time phrases with the past simple: yesterday....

2. Time phrases with the present perfect: already....

He’s lovin’ it

Mike Fountaine has the world's largest collection of McDonald's memorabilia. The sixty-year-old McDonald's employee has spent almost fifty years collecting everything to do with the fast-food restaurant. He has already filled nine rooms of his house with 75,000 objects, including

toys, badges, cups and uniforms! Mike has been at McDonald's since 1968. His first job was cooking Big Macs. A year later he began collecting badges, and he hasn't stopped since! A few years ago, Mike opened his own McDonald's restaurant. He has decorated it with memorabilia.

'People say it's the most beautiful McDonald's restaurant they've ever seen,' says Mike proudly.

2. Phương pháp giải

- almost fifty years: gần 50 năm

- already: đã

- since: kể từ khi

- a year later: một năm sau

- a few years ago: cách đây một vài năm

3. Lời giải chi tiết

1. Time phrases with the past simple: yesterday, a year later, a few years ago

(Cụm từ thời gian với quá khứ đơn: hôm qua, một năm sau, cách đây một vài năm....)

2. Time phrases with the present perfect: already, since, almost fifty years

(Cụm từ thời gian với hiện tại hoàn thành: đã, kể từ khi, gần 50 năm....)