CLASS

10:
EXPERI
ENCES
Sheyla Castillo Rodriguez
 IN THIS UNIT YOU
LEARN HOW TO:
-Talk about places you’ve been to
-Recommend places
-Explain and ask about problems
-Talk about experiences
 VOCABULARY
An exciting ride

Break a glass Buy fresh fish

Call and ambulance

 VOCABULARY Get a great view

Forget to bring
Fall down

Go up a tower
 VOCABULARY Make a mess

Hurt by myself Lie on the beach

Lose the game

Start crying Visit a Win the match
 Lie on the beach
Start crying Get a great view

Fall down speaki Forget to bring

Hurt by myself ng Win the match

Which things do you think
are part of a good
Visit a experience? Which are part Get a great view
palace of a bad experience?

Forget to bring Lose the game Go up a tower Make a mess

Work in pairs .discuss
the questions
 Do you know the building in the photo?
If yes, what do you know it?
 What do you know about the city of
Istanbul?
 Make a list of eight very famous
buildings or places around the world –
and four very famous ones in your
country.
 Work in groups and compare your lists.
Did you think of the same places?
PRESENT
PERFECT
TENSE
 RULE
LIFE EXPERIENCES

If we are talking about an

event which happened in The exact time is not
the past and if we don’t important, what is
give an exact time important is the
(yesterday/two days EXPERIENCES
ago/last week).
What is the difference?
I’ve been to London.
(present perfect)

I went to London last week.

(simple past)

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 TIME
FINISHED UNFINISHED
SIMPLE PAST PRESENT PERFECT

I went to London last week I’ve been to London.

Specific time: General experience

👉yesterday
👉last summer
👉2 months ago

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D RULE
A CONTINUING SITUATION
 This is a state that started in the
past and continues in the present
and will probably continue into
the future. This is a state (it is not
an action). We usually use "for" or
"since" with this structure.
David has been at the sea since July.

He hasn’t seen his family for 5

months.

I have taken three tests this semester (this

semester is not finished, it’s still going on).
 What’s the difference?
1. The Titanic sank in 1912. My grandparents have seen “Hamlet” this
week

There’s NO connection with the There IS a connection with the present

present

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RULE
RECENT AND RELEVANT
ACTIONS
 We use it for an action which
happened in the near past, so you can
see the result!
 Actions that happened in the past,
finished in the past but have
RELEVANCE in the present. They
have strong connections or effects to
the present.
 ● I have studied languages
at the University, now
I’m an English teacher.

I have broken my arm. It

still hurts.
 KEY WORDS

Lately/Recently: These Already/Just/Yet:

words give us These words are
information about the used in present
events happened in the
perfect to identify
near past. They don’t
give a specific time in the unfinished actions or
past. recent actions
 Unfortunately! I
Have you ​seen It is clean now.
have been very busy
any good ​films She has just
lately.
recently? cleaned.

The washing machine is

still working. It hasn’t
finished yet.
 FORM
Now let’s check the grammatical structure:

Affirmative Sentences:
Subject Auxiliary Verb Past Participle

I
You have seen
We
They
He
She has seen
It
 Negative Sentences

Subject Auxiliary Verb Past Participle

I
You haven’t (=have not) seen
We
They
He
She hasn’t (=has not) seen
It
 Interrogative form:
Auxiliary Verb Subject Past Participle

I
Have you seen?
we
they
he
Has she seen?
it

Yes, I have. No, we haven’t.

Yes, he has. No, she hasn’t.

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 To give or ask about details of the past
action (e.g. exactly when) we use the past
simple.

50% 25% 60%

A: Have you been A : Have you ever tried

English food? A: Did you like it?
to Moscow?
B: Yes, I have. I had it
B: Yes, I went there in Manchester two years B: No, really
last year ago.
 He … his homework.
PRESENT PERFECT
– no time reference (the
result is more important) have finished

has finished

finished

finish
 We … to a concert last
week.
PAST SIMPLE – signal
word “last … ” (it tells
us when it happened) have gone

gone

went

go
 I … Linda at the cinema
yesterday.
PAST SIMPLE – signal
word “yesterday” (it
tells us when it seen
happened)

has seen

saw

have seen
 She … already …
breakfast.
PRESENT PERFECT –
signal word “already” (for
a recently finished
action)
has … eaten

has … eat

has … ate

has … eats
 Bob … five minutes ago.
PAST SIMPLE – signal
word “…ago” (it is a
finished past action) has left

has leave

leave

left
 … Mike and Sam… from
school yet?
PRESENT PERFECT –
signal word “yet” (we
expect something to happen
soon)
Did / arrive

Did / arrived

Has / arrived

Have / arrived
 I … on holidays since
Friday .
PRESENT PERFECT
– signal word “since”
(for an unfinished past was
action)

have been

were

have was
 My teacher … just …
with my parents.
PRESENT PERFECT
– signal word “just” (for
a recent event) has … spoken

have … spoken

spoke

speak
 He … early this morning.
PAST SIMPLE –
“this morning” is a
completed past period (it’s
probably after midday now)
didn’t got up

didn’t get up

hasn’t get up

haven’t get up
 When … she … a new
car?
PAST SIMPLE–
we want to know when
something happened did … bought

did … buy

has … bought

have … bought
 … you ever … a car
accident?
PRESENT PERFECT
– signal word “ever” (for
past experiences) Did … had

Has … had

Have … had

Did … have
 I … my wife in 2010.
PAST SIMPLE – signal
word “in 2010” (for a
finished past action) met

have met

meet

have meet
 Choose the correct option
A : Have you ever been to Africa?
B: Yes , I went / have been to Nigeria and Ghana a few years ago.

A : Have you tried the restaurant here in the hotel?

B : No. Have / Did you?
A; Yes. We went/have been there last night. It was/has been really good.

A : Have you ever been to Turkey?

B : Yes. We have been / went there last year on holiday.
A : Oh, really? Did you visit / Have you visited Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?
B : No. We wanted / have wanted to, but we were only / have only been
in the city for a day.

A : Have you ever tried Thai food?

B : No , never.
A : Really? Wow! Well, have you tried / did you try any other Asian
food?
B : Yes. Once . I’ve been / I went to an Indonesian restaurant when I
was in Holland, but I haven’t really liked / didn’t really like it.
 Complete the sentences with the correct
present perfect form of the verbs in brackets

1_________________my keys ? I’m sure I put them down here somewhere. (you/see)
2 I’m realy sorry .____________your name! (I / forget)
3 I don’t believe it. ________________my bag! (someone/take)
4 What was that noise ? What ______________? (you/do)
5 I’m really sorry. _______________ a glass. (I / break)
6 Can you help us? ______________. (our bags/ not arrive)
7 Hi. This is Andrew . I’m really sorry, but ______________our flight. (we / miss)
8 Where ____________? Is he going to come back? (Martin /go)
9 ______________ the police? (anyone / call)
 PAST PARTICIPLES
Work in pairs. Decide if the verbs in the box have a regular or irregular past participle.

arrive feel plan

be find see
break forget stop
check happen study
come hurt take
cut lose throw
do make try
fail miss visit
 speaking
Have you Have you
Have you
lost taken any
broken
anything exams
anything
recently? recently?
recently?

Have you Have you Have you seen

hurt missed anything good
yourself anything recently? (TV
recently? recently? or films)
 SPEAKING
Have you ever
Have you ever Have you ever
given a speech?
been to a been to a theme
When? In front
festival? Where? park? Where?
of how many
Was it good? Was it good?
people?

Have you ever

Have you ever called an Have you ever
queued for a long ambulance or the lost money? How
time? How long police? Why ? much? Where?
for? What for? Was everything
Ok?
 Work in
pairs
Discuss which adjectives in Exercise 1 describe good experiences and which describe bad experiences.

It was really relaxing It was really embarrassing

It was really annoying It was really exciting

It was really boring It was really scary!

It was really sad It was really stressful

Has this been a good year for you or not? What are you going to remember from this year?
 Complete the sentences
relaxin excitin
stressful annoying boring sad embarrassing scary
g g
1 That film was so boring . I almost fell asleep!

2 It was very ___________when I dropped my coffee. I felt really stupid.

3 Work was really _____________ this week . I had a lot to do and no time.

4 Their holiday was very ______________ .They came back feeling really calm.

5 That big dog looks ________________ . I don’t want to go near it.

6 Our plane was late and we waited in the airport for two hours. It was really_______________.

7 I was really ______________ when my friends left after their trip. I cried.

8 It was very ______________ to see George Clooney in the street.

 Work in
pairs
Match the verbs (1-6) to the nouns (a-f) to make phrases

1 buy a at the stop

2 get b in cash

3 pay c delay

4 cause d ticket

5 get off e in life

6 change a discount
 Work in
Match the verbs (1-7) topairs
the nouns (a-g) to make phases

1 forget a your flight

2 make b your passport

3 miss c to lock the door

4 lose d ill

5 hurt e a mess

6 feel f the wrong turn

3 take a yourself
 Complete the sentences

beautiful relaxing delicious friendly interesting

1 This food is nice . Can I have some more , please___________________

2 This book is nice. I wanted to read it all night.____________________

3My holiday was nice . I feel very calm._______________________

4 Your brother is nice. He talked to me a lot._______________________

5 Your shoes are nice. Were they very expensive? ._______________________

THE
TIME
It’s 7 :30 It’s 7 o'clock
Quarter past two. Half past two.
It’s one thirty. It’s one O'clock.
It’s 4 : 30 It’s 4:15
It’s 8:15 It’s 8 : 30
It’s ten O’clock.
Quarter past ten .
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five to three
It’s a quarter past three

It’s three o’clock

It’s twelve past three
It’s three o’clock It’s one to three
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s a quarter past three

It’s three o’clock

It’s twelve past three

It’s one to three

It’s five past three
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s a quarter past three

It’s three o’clock

It’s twelve past three

It’s one to three

It’s a quarter past three
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s a quarter past three

It’s three o’clock

It’s twenty five past three

It’s one to three

It’s twenty five past three
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s a quarter past three

It’s three o’clock

It’s twenty five past three

It’s half past three

It’s half past three
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s twenty five to four

It’s three o’clock

It’s twenty five past three

It’s half past three

It’s twenty five to four
 GO

It’s three to three

It’s five past three
It’s twenty five to four

It’s a quarter to four

It’s twenty five past three

It’s half past three

It’s a quarter to four
 GO

It’s ten to four

It’s five past three
It’s twenty five to four

It’s a quarter to four

It’s twenty five past three

It’s half past three

It’s ten to four
 GO

It’s ten to four

It’s five past three
It’s twenty five to four

It’s a quarter to four

It’s twenty five past three

It’s four o’clock

It’s four o’clock