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General Education Office
LA.121 / LA1301
English 1
Review
Unit 1 - Greetings and Small Talk
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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
I’ve met Bill twice.
Past Simple: definite time
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
haven’t
met them.
Have you met them?
Yes, we have. / No, we haven’t.
She
‘s
hasn’t
called him.
Has she called him?
Yes, She has. / No, she hasn’t.
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Remember the Pairwork exercise on P4?
Has Jake met
a) __________________
our new teacher?
b) Yes, _____________.
He _____
has
met her in the office this morning.
Jake / meet
meet
Have they been
a) ____________________
to this class before?
b) No, _________________.
They’re new at this college.
haven’t
they / be
a) ____________________
in the new college restaurant?
Have you eaten
b) No, _________________
. Is it good?
I haven’t
you /eat
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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?
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Present Perfect with already, yet, ever and before
• Use ever or before in questions about life experiences.
Have you ever eaten Indian food?
Have you eaten Thai food before?
Has she ever been to London?
Has she been to Paris before?
• Use already or before in affirmative statements. Use have never or
haven’t ever in negative statements.
I’ve already tried Indian food three times, but I’ve never tried Thai food.
I’ve tried Indian food before, but I haven’t ever tried Thai food.
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Present Perfect Speaking / Listening Exercise
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Complete the Have you ever_____? worksheet provided
Use ever and never as appropriate
“Have you ever
been to Chiang Mai?”
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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.
1 (you / go sightseeing / in London / before)
Have you gone sightseeing in London before?
You’ve gone sightseeing in London before.
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(she / already / try / Guatemalan food)
Has she already tried Guatemalan food?
She has already tried Guatemalan food.
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Present Perfect Grammar practice
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(they / ever be / to Buenos Aires)
Have they ever been to Buenos Aires?
They have been to Buenos Aires.
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(we / not take a tour of / Prague / yet)
Have we not taken a tour of Prague yet?
We’ve not taken a tour of Prague yet.
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Present Perfect Listening practice
• Vocabulary
The Great Pyramids (of Egypt)
The Pyramid of the Sun (Peru)
The Forbidden City
Ceviche
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Present Perfect Listening practice
Listening Comprehension
1. Listen to each conversation and complete the questions.
2. Then listen again and complete the short answers.
Questions
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taken pictures
Has she ____________________of
the great pyramids yet?
gone sightseeing in Kyoto yet?
Has he ____________________
tried
Has she ever ___________________ceviche?
climbed
Has she already ________________the
Pyramid of the Sun?
Has she ever ________________to
Beijing before?
been
taken a tour
Has she _________________________
of the forbidden city yet?
Short Answers
Yes she _________
has
________,
.
No
hasn’t .
________,
he _________
No
hasn’t .
________,
she _________
________,
.
Yes she _________
has
No
hasn’t .
________,
she _________
________,
she _________
No
hasn’t .
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Review
Listening Comprehension
1. Listen to the conversation with a tourist in Vancouver,
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and check Yes or No
Listen again and write they answers to the questions, using yet or already
Has she…
Yes
been to the Vancouver Aquarium?
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visited Gastown?
been to the top of Grouse Mountain?
seen the Capilano Suspension Bridge?
tried dim sum?
gone to the top of the Harbour Centre Tower
No
Yes. She’s already been to the……
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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
Thai food
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2
3
The
Tower
of
Pisa,
Italy
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1. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
4. ___________________________
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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
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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