Comic﹕Importance of a strong password

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【明報專訊】Because Pat has failed to set a strong password for her folder in her computer, something important has been revealed to Eason!

■English highway (-tenses)

Present perfect tense

Let's revise the present perfect tense. We use the present perfect tense to refer to a past action as continuing to the present.

e.g. I've played the piano since I was ten.

She has lived in London for twenty years.

■Quiz

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words and the right form of the verbs given in brackets. Use either the simple past tense or the present perfect tense.

(answers on the next text)

Q: Do you like the movie Interstellar?

A: I don't know. I (1)___________ (never, see) it.

Q: I (2)____ (go) to the cinema to see it last week. It's simply amazing.

A: I've no time for movies at all. My cousin (3)____ (arrive) in Hong Kong a week ago. I (4)____ (take) him to many interesting places. He's leaving tomorrow.

Q: Where does he come from?

A: Canada. He (5)____ (live) there since he was three.

■Glossary

reveal (v) 顯露

confidential (adj) 機密的

invaluable (adj) 極有價值的

secure (adj) 安全的

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