Class May 23-UNIT 15

EXPERIENCES

In this unit, we are going to talk about life experiences. To talk about life experiences we usually use Present Perfect and   Simple Past.

SIMPLE PAST. This is a tense to talk about completed actions at a specific past time

I went to USA last year.    Yo fuì  a Estados Unidos

PRESENT PERFECT:  This is a tense to talk about completed actions in time up to now. We don't
focus on when.

I have been to USA     or    I've been to USA     or     I haven't been to USA  --Yo he ido......

As we can see, a main difference between simple and present perfect is that we don't focus on when.


STRUCTURE.

              Noun                Auxiliar              Verb Past Participle     Complements

                I                         have                       gone                      to USA two times


I have gone to USA                        I've gone.....                 
You have eaten  too                       You've eaten...     
He has driven trucks                      He's driven...     
She has read many books              She's read...    
It has been rainy                             It's been...  
We have learned a lot                    We've learned...   
They have swum in competitions   They've swum... 

Let's remember that we use the past of the verbs



Present             Past                 Past participle

Go                    went                    gone                           
be                     was/were            been                        
drive                 drove                  driven
swim                swam                  swum
work                 worked               worked
meet                 met                    met
see                   saw                    seen
sail                   sailed                 sailed
do                    did                      done
fly                    flew                     flown
say                  said                     said
read                read                     read
lose                 lost                      lost
speak              spoke                  spoken
drink

Students book page 101             Have you ever...?

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Listen to the audios and complete the activities.

Have you ever been to Cancun ?                             Yes, I have                 No, I haven't
Has your sister been to USA?                                  Yes, she has              No, she hasn't
  

Answer the questions

Have you ever traveled abroad ?
Have you ever jumped in a parachute ?
Have you ever met a famous person ?
Have you ever swum with dolphins ?
Have you ever sung in a karaoke bar ?
Have you ever eaten snails ?
Have you ever been to Europe ?


Students book Page 102
Listen to the audios and complete the activity.
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Students book Page 103
Listen to the audios and complete the activities.
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We usually use questions in simple past to get extra information about a life experience.

Have you ever been to Acapulco ?                  Yes, I have.

When did you go ?                                      I went to Acapulco last month ?
Who did you go with ?                                 I went with my family
What did you do there ?                              I swam and went to night clubs.
What did you eat and drink ?                      I eat seafood and drank beer

Speaking anecdote:


Students book page 104       Useful phrases: 
Listen to the audios and complete the activity.
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Homework:

Work the activities in the workbook pages 60,61,62 and 63. When you finish, review your answers

NOTE: Special review units 9-12  Review C.  Thursday 6:00 pm
Workbook answers:
Grammar
1  b) Clara has been to Paris.  c) They haven’t been to Japan.  d) Dan has been to over 30 countries.  e) My parents have been to Spain six times. f) I haven’t been to Brasilia.
g) We have been to New York twice.
2b) ’s/has swum  c) ’s/has driven  d) have worked  e) ’ve/have met  f) have sailed g) ’ve/have seen
3 b) went c) has seen d) haven’t been e) met f) bought
4 b) Have you ever seen someone famous?  c) Have you ever lost something valuable?
d) Have you ever read a book in one day? e) Have you ever flown in a small plane?

1 b) done c) driven d) flown e) said f) swum g) won h) worked
2 a) met; spoken b) seen c) bought d) read e) had f) known g) broken h) lost i) given
3  2 Smoking 3 something 4 have 5 ready 6 like 7 Would 8 menu 9 everything 10 check
Reading
1 a), b), and d) are mentioned.
2 b) the ocean c) women d) liked e) river f) are
3 b) T c) F d) T e) F f) F g) F

Writing
1 a) i) What’s the best place you’ve ever visited?
       ii) What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten?
b) Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil
c) snake
2 b) Where c) How d) When e) Would f) How g) When h) What i) Would
3 Questions a), b), c), d), g), h), i) were answered.
Questions e) and f) were not answered.
Pronunciation
1 b) hurt c) said d) been
2 a) won done run swum   b) caught bought taught thought   c) played made paid shaken

d) slept met meant read