CONVERSATION CLUB

LESSON 14
Topic: Review: Simple Past vs Present Perfect
Objective: Students will reinforce their knowledge about the tenses Simple Past and Present Perfect,
through a quiz and a couple of speaking activities.

Warm-up: Find Someone Who (You should ask and answer in a complete way).
Name
won a prize?
take a shower this morning?
traveled abroad?
drunk alcohol last weekend?
practiced any extreme sport?
cried when Hugo Chavez died?
operated a relative?
liked the new residence?
done something illegal?

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Activity 1: QUIZ - Put a check mark in the correct space.

1. Q: Jack _____ (live) in Boston for the

past 15 years.

has lived
lives
lived
2. Q: Janet ____ (work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us.
works
worked
has worked
3. Q: I would love to visit Prague sometime. Unfortunately, I ____ (be/never) there.
have never been
was never
will never be
4. Q: Dad, ____ (you/finish) reading the paper yet?
did you finish
are you finishing
have you finished
5. Q: Peter _____ (play) Tennis for five years when he _____ (be) at school.
has played - was
played - was
has played has seen
6. Q: Can you help me? I _____ (finish) my homework, but I still don't understand number
have finished
didn't finish
finish

7. Q: I _____ (work) in Italy for 5 years. I ____ (begin) work as soon as I arrived.
work - began
have worked - have begun
have worked began
8. Q: I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I _____ (eat/already).
didn't eat already
have already eaten
haven't already eaten
9. Q: When Jack was at school, he _____ (learn) to play the saxophone. He _____ (play) it

ever since.

has learned - has played

learned - has played
learned played
10. Q: Could you give me some advice? I _____ (buy) this sweater at Macy's yesterday.
should take it back?

Do you think I

bought
have bought
buyed

Activity 2: Information Gap Work with a partner to answer orally to the following
questions, using complete sentences.
Example:
1. What has been the most dangerous experience of your life?
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2. Where did you travel last vacation?
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3. Have you ever done something crazy that you regret?
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