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General Education Office. LA.121 / LA1301 English 1 Review Unit 1 - Greetings and Small Talk. Grammar: Present Perfect. Use the present perfect to talk about an indefinite time in the past. Use the past simple to talk about a definite or specific time.
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General Education Office LA.121 / LA1301 English 1 Review Unit 1 - Greetings and Small Talk
Grammar: Present Perfect Use the present perfect to talk about an indefinite time in the past. Use the past simple to talk about a definite or specific time. Present Perfect: indefinite time Past Simple: definite time I’ve met Bill twice.We met in 1999 and again in 2004. Form the present perfect with have (‘ve) or has (‘s) and a past participle. For regular verbs, the past participle form is the same as past simple form: (open – opened, study – studied) We ‘ve met them. She ‘s called him. haven’t hasn’t Have you met them? Has she called him?Yes, we have. / No, we haven’t. Yes, She has. / No, she hasn’t.
Remember the Pairwork exercise on P4? a) __________________ our new teacher? b) Yes, _____________. He _____ her in the office this morning. • ____________________ to this class before? • No, _________________. They’re new at this college. • ____________________ in the new college restaurant? • No, _________________ . Is it good? Has Jake met Jake / meet has met meet Have they been they / be haven’t Have you eaten you /eat I haven’t
Present Perfect with already, yet, ever and before • Use yet or already in questions about recent experiences. Have you toured Quito yet? Has she already tried Korean barbecue? • Use already in affirmative statements. Use yet in negative statements. I’ve already tried sushi. I haven’t tried sashimi yet?
Present Perfect with already, yet, ever and before • Use ever or before in questions about life experiences. Have you ever eaten Indian food? Has she ever been to London? Have you eaten Thai food before? Has she been to Paris before? • Use already or before in affirmative statements. Use have never or haven’t ever in negative statements. I’vealready tried Indian food three times, but I’venever tried Thai food. I’ve tried Indian food before, but I haven’tever tried Thai food.
Present Perfect Speaking / Listening Exercise • Complete the Have you ever_____? worksheet provided • Use ever and never as appropriate “Have you ever been to Chiang Mai?”
Present Perfect Grammar practice On a sheet of paper, or in your book, use the words to write statements or questions in the present perfect. • (you / go sightseeing / in London / before) 2(she / already / try / Guatemalan food) Have you gone sightseeing in London before? You’ve gone sightseeing in London before. Has she already tried Guatemalan food? She has already tried Guatemalan food.
Present Perfect Grammar practice • (they / ever be / to Buenos Aires) • (we / not take a tour of / Prague / yet) Have they ever been to Buenos Aires? They have been to Buenos Aires. Have we not taken a tour of Prague yet? We’ve not taken a tour of Prague yet.
Present Perfect Listening practice • Vocabulary The Great Pyramids (of Egypt) The Forbidden City The Pyramid of the Sun (Peru) Ceviche
Present Perfect Listening practice Listening Comprehension • Listen to each conversation and complete the questions. • Then listen again and complete the short answers. Questions Short Answers 1 Has she ____________________of the great pyramids yet? ________, she _________ . 2 Has he ____________________ in Kyoto yet? ________, he _________ . 3 Has she ever ___________________ceviche? ________, she _________ . 4 Has she already ________________the Pyramid of the Sun? ________, she _________ . 5 Has she ever ________________to Beijing before? ________, she _________ . 6 Has she _________________________ of the forbidden city yet? ________, she _________ . Yes has taken pictures gone sightseeing No hasn’t tried No hasn’t climbed Yes has No hasn’t been taken a tour No hasn’t
Review Listening Comprehension1. Listen to the conversation with a tourist in Vancouver, and check Yes or No 2. Listen again and write they answers to the questions, using yet or already
Review • Use the photos to write questions using the present perfect with ever or before. • Don’t use the same verb more than once. Mount Aconcagua Argentina The Tower of Pisa, Italy Thai food 1 2 3 4 1. ___________________________ 3. ___________________________ 2. ___________________________ 4. ___________________________
Further Listening Exercises http://www.esl-lab.com/small/smallrd1.htm http://www.esl-lab.com/camp/camprd1.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1646_gramchallenge17
Summary Now you can: • Get reacquainted with someone • Greet a visitor to your country • Describe an interesting experience By being able to: • understand and use the Present Perfect Tense • describe and use vocabulary for tourist activities • understand and use Participial Adjectives