Wednesday 24th February

● Grammar: Present Perfect!

● INDIVIDUAL WORK
● Class mistakes: Speaking and Writing IN GROUPS
● Finish disaster tourism article INDIVIDUAL WORK

Can you correct these sentences from yesterday?

1. I been in self isolate for 10 days (AND I’M STILL ISOLATING NOW, UNTIL 25/02/21).
I have been / I’ve been self isolating...
2. I’m start to read a book. NOT: I’m starting to read a book. I have started (to
read) a book. I’ve started reading a book.
3. I been to the Tower of London. I have been / I’ve been
4. Design is a passion I have from I was teenager (AND I STILL HAVE THAT
PASSION).

Design is a passion that I have had since I was a teenager.

5. I was flied to Turkey first. I flew to Turkey first.

Fly flew flown

Present perfect
1. I have been in self isolatation for 10 days / I have been self isolating for...
2. I have started a book / I have started reading a book.
3. I have been to the Tower of London.
4. Design is a passion I have had since I was teenager / from when I was a teenager.

1. How do we form the present perfect?

Positive form I have been to the Tower of London.

He has been to the Tower of London.

Contractions I’ve been to the Tower of London.

He’s been ……...

Negative I have not been to the TOL

He has not been to the TOL

Contractions I haven’t been…..

Question Have you (ever) been to the TOL?

What’s the difference between…?

A: I have been to Paris 5 or 6 times. EXPERIENCES BUT YOU ARE BACK HOME
B: I have gone to the shops. I AM STILL AT THE SHOPS. I HAVEN’T RETURNED.
C: I have been to the shops.

1. How do we form the past simple? Fly flew flown

Positive form I flew to Turkey first.

He flew to Turkey first. .

Negative I didn’t fly to Turkey first.

He didn’t fly to Turkey first.

Question Did I fly to Turkey first?

When do we use the present perfect and when do we use the past simple?!

“I’ve been to India. It was an amazing experience! I spent 2 months travelling around the
southern part of the country. We got trains everywhere and stayed in really cheap hotels.
The food was incredible and also extremely cheap - I loved it and can’t wait to go back one
day!”

RULE 1:
TELLING A STORY ABOUT A PAST EXPERIENCE. START WITH PRESENT PERFECT
(WITH NO SPECIFIC TIME). THEN USE PAST SIMPLE TO GIVE DETAILS OF THE
STORY.
RULE 2: When you give a specific time in the past, you MUST use the past simple.
I went to India in 2012. NOT! “I’ve been to India in 2012.”

ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT PAST EXPERIENCES ARE USUALLY IN THE PRESENT

PERFECT. THE ANSWER CAN BE IN THE PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE.
Have you ever been to India?
- Yeah, I have! / Yeah, I have been to India.
- Yeah, I went in 2012. It was amazing.

“Coronavirus has been with us now for a whole year!!”

RULE 3:
IT’S STILL CONTINUING. IT STARTED IN THE PAST AND IS STILL HAPPENING. USE
THE PRESENT PERFECT.
I’ve made some coffee, do you want some? (There is still coffee in the pot)
I made a cake. It was delicious. (I ate the cake. It’s finished. No more cake)

Donald Trump was the President of the USA.

RULE 4:
Past simple when the action has finished.
We had our lessons in the classroom.

Individual work: Come back at 10:45

Read the blue boxes explaining why we use the present perfect.
Complete Exercises 1 & 2
ANSWERS
1. Have visited - was - moved
2. Have been - went - have been - weren’t
3. Have been - have never been - went - planned - didn’t have
4. Have you been - have been - was - did you think - Did you like it? -
I didn’t see - was - I have spent

Extra notes:
NOT: But I hadn’t time - I didn’t have time.
I have a car.
NOT: I haven’t a car - I don’t have a car.
A: Do you like coffee?
B:Yes
A: Me too

ANSWERS
1. No, I haven’t but it’s supposed to BE good. Is it?
2. Yeah, he actually RANG me about 10 minutes ago to talk about it.
3. ….I WENT shopping there yesterday…
4. No, but I WOULD like to….
5. No. What IS IT like?
6. No never but I HAVE always WANTED to ever since I was a kid.
7. Yeah, I HAVE BEEN there loads of times!
8. No, but I AM GOING there next week.
Extra help with the present perfect!
https://languageonschools.com/blog/english-irregular-verbs-list/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/present-perfect

Individual work: Disaster Tourism

Read the second part of the article and complete Exercise 4 below.
Were there any new words that you had to check the meaning of?