I09 Day 07

Ask a partner

 Do you regularly do exercise? Explain

 Have you ever tried to go on a diet?

 If yes, how long and did it work?
 If not, why haven’t you tried it?

 Have you ever tried to take dietary supplements or

vitamins? Give details
Vocabulary

 Work out – to do exercise

 Sign up – to register or enroll for something.

 Run out – to use all you have of something, to not have something

 Slip – to leave or disappear quietly without people seeing you

Vocabulary

 Fade away – disappear slowly

 Slimming gadget – a machine or device to make you lose weight.

 Appealing – attractive
Simple present
 The simple present is used in the following situations

 To talk about habits and routines

 I wake up late on the weekends

 My sister usually works from 7 to 12
 My cat waits for me to come back from work
Simple present
 The simple present is used in the following
situations

 To talk about sequences of events

 To cook mashed potatoes, you have to boil, peel,

and mash 3 pounds of potatoes. After, melt 50
grams of butter in 1 cup of heavy cream. Add the
potatoes to the mixture and stir. Then, season it
with ½ a tablespoon of garlic paste, chopped
parsley, and salt to taste.
Simple present
 The simple present is used in the following situations

 To make general statements

 Cats sleep a lot

 Most people don’t exercise enough
 Pizza tastes delicious
Present Continuous
 The present continuous is used in the following situations

 To talk about ongoing actions in the current moment

 I’m talking in front of the class

 My father is working
 You’re thinking about being somewhere else
Present Continuous
 The present continuous is used in the following situations

 To talk about actions in progress but not occurring at the

moment

 I’m remodeling my bathroom

 Jose is taking a difficult course at college
 My sister’s working a lot this month
 Present Perfect vs Present Perfect
continuous
 These tenses are used to connect the present to the past using
for and since

 The present perfect is formed with

 Have + past participle
 It’s used to talk about finished or completed actions

 The present perfect continuous is formed with

 Have + been + present participle
 It’s used to talk about unfinished or incomplete actions
 Present Perfect - Review
 The present perfect is used to talk about actions that
started in the past but continue in the present. In this
case, the words since and for are used

 I have worked at ICPNA since last year

 I have lived in Surco for 3 years
 I haven’t visited the United States since 2015
 I haven’t eaten a taco for 2 months
Present Perfect - Review
 How long questions are used to ask about duration.
 These questions are answered with since and for
 How long = How much time

 How long have you been ugly?

 I’ve been ugly since I was born

 How long has your family lived in Peru?

 My family has lived in Peru for three years.
 Present Perfect - Review
 The present perfect is used to talk about actions that happened
in the past, but the time is unknown or unimportant. For specific
times, use the simple past

 I have visited Cusco – sometime in the past, time is not specific

 I visited Cusco last year – specific time, simple past
 I have seen Avengers: Infinity war – sometime in the past, time is
not specific
 I saw Avengers: Infinity war last week – specific time, simple past