Pre-Intermediate - Session 12B

Name: _________________________________
Date: __________________________________

MY LIFE EXPERIENCES
USEFUL 1. Making questions
INFORMATION
Read each question and match with its corresponding
answer.
PRESENT PERFECT
QUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER
1. Have you gone No, you haven’t
Have/Has + Subject +
shopping?
Past participle verb +?
E.g. Have you ran in 2. How long have they I have tried to
the park? lived in Ottawa? download the file
three times.
 Use with ever when 3. Have we arrived too He has been at home.
you want to know if early?
something
happened. 4. Has Jane played (1) No, I haven’t
1. basketball?
Have/Has + Subject +
5. Where is the best I have studied
ever + past participle
place you have ever English for three
verb + ?
been? years.
E.g. Have you ever
6. Where has she been in Yes, she has
travelled to Paris?
the UK?
Yes, I have. 7. Have they ever fallen The best place I have
No, I haven’t. down stairs? ever been is Exeter.
8. How long have you They have lived in
 Ask using WH-Q to studied English? Ottawa since 2009.
have a full answer.
9. Where has he been? She has been to York
Wh-Question + 10. How often have you No, They haven’t
Have/Has + Subject + tried to download the
Past participle verb + ? file?
Q: When have you
played soccer? 1
A: I have played soccer
since Monday.
 Present perfect uses: 2. Have you ever…
Read the memorable experience and find 6 mistakes.
 To talk about Correct them in the lines below.
actions that started
in the past and I have being in Davis, California, for most of the last
continue to the three months. During this time, I have done many
present. things. I have visited Old Sacramento. I have skied in
the Sierra Mountains and broken my arm, and I had
 Actions complete at gambled (and lost) a little money in Lake Tahoe
an unspecified time casinos. Last month, I spent several days in San
when the general Francisco. While I was there, I visited Berkeley and
time reference is Sausalito. I visit my younger brother in Los Angeles
still valid. twice, and last week I had a terrible time in
Disneyland. In Davis, I have maken many new friends.
 To talk about I have played a lot of tennis, and I have swum almost
experiences, present
every day. I has taken many English classes since I
results, news/recent
have been here, and I have learned a lot of English. I
events, and
have wrotten many paragraphs in this class.
unfinished
activities. 1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________

3. Have you ever?

Use the following question as sample to create your own questions. Then ask your
partners. Ex: Have you ever checked your date’s cellphone messages?

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 4. ME/NO ME - Writing an alter ego.

Complete the chart with your alter ego information to participate in a Press
conference.

Who are you?

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What do you do?

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Where do you live?

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Are you single/married? To whom? Since when? Give some details.

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What have you done to impact art/society/culture?

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Where have you worked?

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What has been your hardest life experience?

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