Assignment B – Materials

Controlled Practice Activity 1

Worksheet 1
Present Perfect (S+have/has+past participle) for talking about general experience.

Work with a partner. Look at the examples on the board. Choose and create a mini-dialogue.

I've been to Paris. (AFFIRMATIVE)

Rafat's been to Paris.

S + have/has + past participle

I haven't been to Paris. (NEGATIVE)
Idrissi hasn't been to Paris.

S + have/has + past participle

Have you ever been to Paris? (QUESTION)

Have/Has +S (ever) + past participle

Yes, I have./ No, I haven't. (SHORT ANSWERS)

Example:
A: Have you ever won a competition?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Really? What competition did you win?
B: I won the regional junior chess championships.

Write down the dialogue, then practise it together.

If you have time, make another dialogue.

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 Controlled Practice Activity 2
I will skip this activity if we are short of time.

Worksheet 2
Present Perfect (S+have/has+past participle) for talking about general experience.
Work with the same partner. Look at the examples on the board.

Write 2 sentences; one thing you have done and one thing you haven't done in your life.

Example:
I have broken my leg.
I haven't ever been to London/I've never been to London.

Note: haven't ever = have never

Work very carefully to make sure you don't make any mistakes. Use the irregular verbs chart in your
book (p.119) to check past participles.

Homework
NAME_________________________________

Homework – Write a paragraph for next Tuesday

'Select a member of your family and write about 3 interesting things he or she has done in their life'
Example: I am writing about my father. He has lived in Sarawak. It is next to Borneo. My Dad was
born there in 1969. His father worked there. They left in 1973. I have never visited Sarawak, but I
would like to go. My father has been a soldier. He did his military service when he was 18. He did not
like it very much. My father has also met the Pope. When he was a boy he went to Italy with his
family and he met Pope Paul IV. My father says the Pope was not very friendly.

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