Personal Finances > Did you Remember to Pay the Gas Bill?

Discuss paying bills, using Present Perfect Tense and Time Expressions.

Remind someone to pay a household bill!

Did You Remember to Pay the Gas Bill?

gas bill / due on Jan 15

Dialog
A: Did you remember to (1) pay the gas bill?
B: The gas bill? No, I haven't paid that yet. It isn't due for a while.
A: Are you sure? (2)
B: Yes, I'm sure (2). Look! Here's the bill. It says: "Due on January 15th"
A: Oh, okay. I just thought I'd remind you.
B: Thanks.

Functions
(1) Remembering
Did you remember to
Did you happen to remember to
(2) Certainly
sure
positive
certain

Exercises
1) electric bill / due by Sept 7
2) telephone bill / payable by Mar 10
3) water bill / payment due Aug 31
4) heating bill / due on or before Feb 20
5) mastercard bill / please remit payment by Oct 17

Grammar
Present Perfect Tense and Time Expressions
The Present Perfect express an activity or situation that ocurred (or did not occur) before now, at some unspecified time in the past.

Time expressions are used to indicate the time at/during which an action took place.

Present Perfect Tense
We still haven't paid last month's telefone bill.

Time Expressions
Due on January 15th.
It isn't due for a while.