PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

GRAMMAR: GRAMMAR: •Past simple vs. Present perfect simple.

VOCABULARY:VOCABULARY:•Body language•Say and tell.

PRONUNCIATION:PRONUNCIATION:•Sentence stress

SPEAKING:SPEAKING:•Talking about the past, thing you have done.

•Using body language•Using expressions like say and tell.

•Discussing about animal communication.

WRITING:WRITING:•Composition about a person o character you have know or you what to know better.

PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLEPERFECT SIMPLE

What it is? and Difference

It is what happen in the past which are separate from now and they are end it:TO BE verb:Affirmative: I wasYou wereHe wasShe wasIt wasWe wereThey were

NOTE:We use last week a year ago in December etc, referring to time completely in the past.

Negative:I was not/ wasn’tYou were not/ weren’tHe was not/ wasn’tShe was not/ wasn’t /It was not/ wasn’tWe were not/ weren’tThey were not/ weren’t

We use the present perfect simple to connect the past and now.

We use words like for since, just already and yet:

Example:I have had a special friend since we were born.

GRAMMARGRAMMAR

BODY LANGUAGE SAY AND TELL

VOCABULARYVOCABULARY

Make eye contactAvoid eye contactGive someone a warm

smileFold your armsNod your headLearn forwardRaise you eyebrowsSit backGestureLook nervous

Tell Tell is usually followed by a person (the listener):

He told me about his family. (NOTNOT: He told about his family)

SaySay is not followed by a person:

My mum said that I can go.(NOT: NOT: My mum said me that I can go)

If we want to add a listener, we can sometimes use say something to someone:Did she saysay anything to you to you about it?

PRONUNCIACIOPRONUNCIACIONN

Can you tell us another secret?Was it really that easy?So how can I use it?What on earth is that?What can I do to communicate better?

Sentence stress

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