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LESSON 1
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SOME CLASSROOM VERBS
FORM
PRESENT PERFECT
Subject + verb + past participle
• What is a past participle?
• How well did you do last year in irregular verb exams?
THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE SIMPLE PAST
ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST ARRIVE TO THE PRESENT
MAY CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE
My teacher has written three plays (Why is this a present perfect?)
Action started Action finished Present
Shakespeare wrote many wonderful plays (Why is this a simple past?)
TO TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE
• HAVE YOU EVER… ? (in question, it means “at any time in your life”)
• I HAVE NEVER… (an experience I have not had)
• I HAVE ALWAYS… (since I can remember
HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELLED BY/ON….
This is your experienceCould you tell us about it?
TRIP AND JOURNEY
Compare:
How was your journey? The train broke down
How was your trip? I really enjoyed it!
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO…
I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED
I HAVE JUST…. - ACTIONS RECENTLY COMPLETEDArrived to school
YET AND ALREADY TO INDICATE COMPLETIONYet – REFERS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE
• end of negative sentence or clause –• I have not washed the dishes yet
• End of questions –• Is dinner ready yet?
• It is not used in affirmative sentences
Already – REFERS TO THE RECENT PAST (surprise that something has happened / been done earlier than expected
• Usually in mid position – • I have already washed the dishes• At the age of three, Mozart had already learnt to play the piano
• But final position is also possible - • Have you finished the typing already?
• Already is not used in negative sentences
YET – QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVE SENTENCESHave you washed the dishes YET? – I haven’t washed the dishes
yet
YET has Future Connotations (I will wash them in the near future)
ALREADY – AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
ALREADY HAS PAST CONNOTATIONS – (I washed them half an hour ago.)
UNCOMPLETED ACTIONS AND EVENTS
FOR AND SINCE
I have lived in Barcelona for ______________ PERIODS OF TIME (3 MONTHS, 2 YEARS…)
I have lived in Barcelona since ___________ POINTS IN TIME (September, 1960, six o’clock, August…)
TWO TYPES OF USES OF THE PRESENT PERFECTActions completed in the Past actions that affect the present
• News – I have lived in Hospitalet since I was a child (no reference to time)
TIME SPAN IS STILL PRESENT (ALTHOUGH THE ACTION IS PAST) ALREADY (Usually used in affirmative sentences. To talk about something
that has happened earlier than expected.) YET (Usually used in negative sentences to talk about something that ha
not happened but will probably happen soon) TIME SPAN IS ALREADY PAST
JUST (a short time before)
Uncompleted actions For + periods of time Since + point in time
A BRIDGE BETWEEN PRESENT AND PAST
PRESENT PERFECT
FOR, SINCE
THE PAST THE FUTURE
PRESENTalready,
YetNo time referenceJust
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
British English uses the present perfect to talk about recently completed actions,
American English often uses the past simple with yet, already, just, since and for, for recently completed actions.
I USED TO…
SOME ERRORS IN YOUR DESCRIPTIONS (4B)My name is Sara and I have 15 years
I am optimistic, calm, generous, hard-working girl.
I’ve got hazel eyes.
My eyes are browns.
I like play video games.
I love the music.
I have skinny body.
I would like play tennis.
I born 19th december of 1999.
I Thing that I am medium hight.
I love the popcorn.
I am 15 years old I am from Peru.
SOME ERRORS IN YOUR DESCRIPTIONS (4C)My name is mohamed
I have fifteen years old.
I have good marks because study.
My name is Pierina, I’m fifteeen years old.
I strong, beautiful, shy and very noised.
Something that I like a lot are…
I like the rap.
Nowadays I do not have any favourite sport.
I’m not sure what i’m going to say,but i’ll try.
BASIC TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
LIKE + ING
WOULD LIKE + TO + VERB
I AM 25 years old
I AM 25
ADJECTIVES ARE NEVER PLURAL IN ENGLISH
WE USE “A” TO REFER TO ANY NUMBER OF THE GROUP.
• “A” IS COMMON WITH JOBS (I AM A DOCTOR)
AFTER A FULL INDEPENDENT SENTENCE, YOU NEED A FULL STOP.
“SOMETHING” IS SINGULAR