6.2 Along way home Ik about family Vocabulary & Speaking Berit 265i) Listen and check your answers. There is a total of20 ‘marks, one for each correct answer, How did your team do? 41 How well do you know your family vocabulary? Try this, quiziin teams of two or three. 3 Write down the name ofa) your youngest relative, b) your eldest relative and ¢) three relatives you are very close to. Tell your partner as much as possible about these people. My eldest relative is my grandmother. Her name's Lily ‘and she's my dad's mother. She's 89. see her about once amonth, CESS! present perfect simple and past simple 4a. Youare going o listen to two friends talking about the true story ofa boy who lost his mother and found her again twenty-five years later. What do you thinkis the significance in the story of the words in the box? 6) Usten and write words for the definitions you hear. waterfall Google Earth an Australian couple a train 1 3 ts 2 4 6 b 66i)Now listen to the conversation and check yourideas. Ee a 5 66} Listen again, Decide ifthe sentences below are true (1), 1 Two people who are marred orn a relationship are a false (F) or we don’t know (9. eae ce 1 Saroo became separated from his birth family when he 2 if younhave no brothers or sisters, you are chil. was Dive years old @ asingle b anonly 2. Hehas never been happy with his new family 3 Two children born on the same day to the same mother 9 Habss adopted a chia are 2 ins > natforothersmatf sisters 4 esenbiasldbase ent meting 4A mother or father who looks after ther children alone 5 Lis bisth mother has moved from the home where 's parent Hanes neaerce b anaone _ ee ee 5 Another word for all the people in your familys tipstotadiac a. relatives parents 6 you take a child into your family and legally make them your child, you the chia a get adopt 7 Before you get married, you get a dored = b engaged '8 woman whois married to your father butisn’t your mother, is your a stepmother b- mother-in-law 3. Are the underlined sounds the same (S) or different (0)? 1 father-in-law, aunt ‘father, daughter 2 mother, uncle 5 adopted, related 3 cousin, son 6 divorced, separated 58] Orr Oxford 3000~62 Study the sentences in exercise 5. Which sentences are in the past simple? ‘Which are in the present perfect simple? Which contain both? b_ Read the Grammar focus box and choose the correct option to complete the rules. ‘we use the * past simple / present perfect simple to tlk about something that happened ata specific time inthe past ‘Saroo lost his mother when he was five. ‘we use the past simple / present perfect simple to talk about an action or situation in the past when we don't know the exact time or it isn't important. He has found his mother. ‘we make the present perfect simple with the auxiliary have / do and the past participle. \We often use the present perfect simple to start a conversation about our ‘experiences. f we want to give more details, we use the past simple, ‘We often use ever and never with the present perfect simple. Ever (in questions) means ‘at some time in your fe. Never means at no time up to now! ave you ever been to India? No, ve never been there. page 145 72 Complete the dialogues using the correct form (present perfect simple or past simple) ofthe verbs in brackets. 1A youever (fall) asleep on the train and missed yourstop? B Yes,1 (do) that a couple of years ago after a very ting day at work. (get) home two hours late 2A youever (ry) find out about your family’s history? B_Thaven', but my dad has. Last yearhe (download) some software and created ou family tree 3A youever (Gravel) onan overnight train? B_ No, haven't. But (take) an overnight boat afew times. aa you ever (find) a long-lost friend or relative using social media? B Yes, Ihave. An old school friend. me on LinkedIn last year. (contact) 5A you ever (lose) something really important? B Yes, Ihave. Lonce (leave) my wallet ina café, Luckily, somebody. (ive) itto the managerand she (call) meto tell me. b_ Workwith a partner and practise the dialogues. © {EY With your partner, askand answer the questions in exercise 7a [A Have you ever missed your stop? B Yes, Ihave.[fellasleep and 59GRAMMAR REFERENCE 6.2 Present perfect simple and past simple 1 Present perfect R62) 1 have travelled around the work 2 Hehasn't met out cousins. 3A Have you talked to my brother? ® Yes have. We make the present perfect simple withthe auxiliary have and the past participle ofthe verb. 2 Past simple R629) commen 1 travelled around Asia ive yeas ag. 2. He didn't meet our cousins in 201 3A Did you talk to my brother? B Yes did ‘We use the present perfect simple to tak about an action or situation inthe past when we don’t know the exact time ori isn’t important. We use the past simple to talk about a specific ‘time inthe past. I have invited our in-laws for dinner wrote tothe Admissions Office yesterday. ‘+ We often use ever and never with the present perfect simple hen we talk about experiences. We put them between the aur and the past participle, Ever (in questions) means ‘at some time in your Ife’. Never means ‘at no time up to now’. ‘Have you ever been to india? No, ve never been there. We don't use not and never together | have never been to Turkey. NOT Hhaveneneverbeen to Rute. + We often use the present perfect simple to start a conversation about our experiences. if we want to ask about or give more etals, we use the past simple. ‘Have you ever visited your cousins in Canada? Yes, we went there last year. Present perfect simple with just, already and yet * We use ust for something which happened very recently. We putt between haverhas andthe past participle, ‘ve just got here. ‘We use already for something which happened before now and earlier than expected, We usually putt before the main verb, Winter has already arrived in Alberta! ‘We use yt in negative sentences and questions, for something We expected to happen before now or that we plan to do but hhaven't up to now. We put it tthe end of the sentence. ‘Have you seen any good matches yet? Write the past participles of these verbs. 1 keep kept 5 leave 9 read 2 know 6 take 10 put 3. make 7 think 11 buy 4 go(+ return) 8 write 12 give Complete the sentences with the present perfect or past simple form ofthe verb in brackets. 1 Have you ever been. (you ever/go) to Julia’s house? Yes, I_nett- (go) there last year. 2 We (visit) Croatia in june. (you/ever/ hhave) a holiday there? 3. TheJones family (never/buy) a computer. 4 (you and your wie/eat)in Da Vinci's restaurant before? Yes, 5 There (never/be) a doctor in this English class. 6 (you/ever read) 19847 No, but! (see) the film two years ago. Write the sentences in the present perfect. Use the word in brackets. 1 about 30% / ofstudents /in my class / apply fora job (already) ‘About 30% of students in my class have already applied fo a jb, 2 you /check / your emails? (yet) 3 Helen / play / computer games online (never) 4 we /start using / Twitter (just) 5. 1/ see /the news today (already) 6 Adam / update / his blog (just) 7 we / not got / an email from the hotel (yet)