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What do you remember about Past Simple and Present Perfect?
! Present Perfect: • to ask about or tell somebody about a past action for the first time. We don’t ask/say when the action happened: Ex: Have you been to Luigi’s? I’ve been to New York twice. ! Past Simple: • to ask/talk about specific past details: Ex: When did you go there? I went to visit my sister. • with when and past time expressions: yesterday, last week … Ex: I saw him last week.
Let’s practise!
Complete the dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the past simple. A Have you seen (you / see) this film before? B No, I 1 _____. What about you? A I 2 _____ (see) it last year at the cinema. B I 3 _____ (meet) the main actor a few years ago. A Wow! I 4 _____ (not / meet) anyone famous. B It 5 _____ (be) before he was famous. He 6_____ (go) to the same school as my brother, Mark’s an actor, too. A Really? 7_____ (he / be) on TV? B No, he usually works in theatre.
Questions
Read the answers and make questions. Use the words in bold to help you. Example: I wash my car once a month. How often do you wash your car? 1 He bought his hat in a department store in London. ____________________ 2 My favourite actor is Jean Reno. ____________________ 3 She can speak three languages. ____________________ 4 We usually finish work at half past six. ____________________ 5 They’re studying because they have a test tomorrow. ____________________ 6 I like opera and jazz. ____________________
Listening
Listen to the conversation. Tick ( ) A, B, or C. 1 2 3 4 5 The man is _______. A going to work c B going home c C going to see a friend c The time now is ____. A 4. 45 c B 5. 15 c C 5. 45 c At the moment, the woman is doing a course in ____. A teaching c B Japanese c C healthcare c The man has ____ Japan. A lived in c B travelled to c C worked in c The man would like ____. A a coffee and a snack c B a tea and a snack c C a snack only c Listen to five speakers. Match them with the questions they are answering A–E. 5 Speaker 1 c Speaker 2 c Speaker 3 c Speaker 4 c Speaker 5 c A What did you do at the weekend? B What’s your favourite season? C How do you usually travel to work? D What’s the best book you’ve ever read? E How much exercise do you do?
Geopardy
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