CULT 1 - Student’s Book and Workbook

P R E S E N TAT I O N Past participle

1 SPEAK Before you read. In pairs. Discuss the
questions.
1 Do you know anyone who has won the lottery?
2 Do you think some people spend too much money
on lottery tickets?
3 What do you think most lottery winners spend their
money on?
2 In pairs. Read and listen to the text on page 194
and answer the questions.
1 What did Allison win?
2 Why is she different to many lottery winners?
3 Why does she like being a millionaire?
4 What do you think she should spend her money on?
GRAMMAR
For regular verbs the past particip
the past simple but it is different f
verbs.
I visited London last year.
I’ve visited London lots of times.
She saw that film last week.
She’s seen that film before.
2 See W
Heads UP!
Joe has come to see you. Joe è ven
I was born... Sono nato...
3 Find examples of the present per
(1-10) in the text on page 194 an

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questions (a-c).
Present perfect 1 be ..................................
We use the present perfect to talk about past 2 buy ..................................
experiences when we don’t need to say exactly 3 do ..................................
when they happened. 4 give ..................................
I’ve visited London lots of times. 5 have ..................................
Ever and never are often used with the present 6 spend ..................................
perfect. 7 stop ..................................
Have you ever (in your life) studied Chinese? 8 teach ..................................
I’ve never been to London.
9 win ..................................
We also use the present perfect for actions that 10 work ..................................
happen in an unfinished period of time. If the
period of time has ended, we use the past simple. a Which refer to an experience?
Tom has phoned three times this morning. b Which refer to events that have
(It’s still morning.) present?
To m phoned three times this morning. c Which refer to an unfinished pe
(It’s afternoon now.)
We also use the present perfect for actions which 4 Complete with the correct form
have a result in the present. perfect using the words in brac
Sue’s won the lottery! (She has the money now.) 1 She buys a ticket every week bu
.................................... (never/w
Positive
2 I know they’ve been to New Zea
I/You/We/They have eaten
Thai food. .................................... (ever/visi
He/She/It has eaten
3 He speaks really good English b
Negative .................................... (never/st
I/You/We/They haven’t eaten
4 .................. your grandmother ..
Thai food.
He/She/It hasn’t eaten
(ever/have) a job? – Yes, she ...
Questions 5 What’s the best holiday you .....
Have I/you/we/they (ever/have)?

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