Wednesday 12th June

Introduction:
  • Homework Task - Debate using comparatives
  • List 4 places you have been on holiday.
  • When did you go to these places?
What tenses did you just use?
What is the difference between using these two tenses?



Present Perfect SimplePast Simple
Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present:
  • I've known Julie for ten years (and I still know her).
Finished actions:
  • I knew Julie for ten years (but then she moved away and we lost touch).
A finished action in someone's life (when the person is still alive: life experience):
  • My brother has been to Mexico three times.
A finished action in someone's life (when the person is dead):
  • My great-grandmother went to Mexico three times.
A finished action with a result in the present:
  • I've lost my keys! (The result is that I can't get into my house now).
A finished action with no result in the present:
  • I lost my keys yesterday. It was terrible! (Now there is no result. I got new keys yesterday).
With an unfinished time word (this week, this month, today):
  • I've seen John this week.
With a finished time word (last week, last month, yesterday):
  • I saw John last week.


Grammar Point - Simple Past vs Present Perfect Simple

Les verbes réguliers au passé simple et present perfect

Present                                    Simple Past                                    Present Perfect

                                                I played                                                                        

                                                                                                she has listened

you work                                                                                                                                    

                                                Andrew cleaned                                                                        

we count                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                I have helped

the brothers live                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                he has watched

                                                they started                                                                                    

Susan looks                                                                                                                                




Les verbes réguliers et irréguliers au present perfect


1. Karen (send)                                                              an e-mail.

2. Dave and Pat (visit)                                                              the museum.

3. They (already pack)                                                               their suitcases.

4. I (be)                                                              to the pet shop.

5. Mark (have)                                                              an accident.

6. We (do)                                                              the shopping for our grandma.

7. I (just clean)                                                              my bike.

8. Emily (paint)                                                              her room.

9. Lisa and Colin (go)                                                              to a concert.

10. My friends (give)                                                              up smoking.


Since ou For ?

I have lived in France ___________ nine months.

They have studied Spanish ___________ 2002.
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Listening Comprehension - The Shack
This is a recording of a woman talking about her childhood.

  • What tense is she using?
shack
  1. He grew up poor in a one room shack just outside the city.
  1. The shack was easily destroyed by the winds and heavy rain.
not as horrible as it sound
  1. Staying at a hostel isn’t as horrible as it might sound.
  1. It rained everyday of our Hawaiian vacation, but it wasn’t as horrible as it might sound.
the edge of the city
  1. It’s about 10 kilometers from downtown to the edge of the city.
  1. The trains run from one edge of the city to the other.
something livable
  1. She made her small apartment into something livable.
  1. It will take a lot of time and money to make the old house into something livable.
what on earth can we do
  1. We’ve lost our money and credit cards. What on earth can we do?




Vocabulary Quiz

shack • as it sounds • the edge
livable • what on earth
  1. Although the apartment was in a nice part of town, without water and electricity it wasn't  .
  2. I said I was sorry.   do you want me to do?
  3. He wanted to live in the city and she wanted to live in the suburbs, so the bought a place on  of the city.
  4. He has a little hunting  in the woods, but it is very basic.
  5. My job isn't as great  . I almost never have free time.



Comprehension Quiz


Answer the following questions about the interview.
1) Shirley says her parents _____ the shack. 

2) She says the shack ________ . 

3) What did she miss not being able to do? 


4) What did they make? 


5) They used the car to ________ . 


Idioms in English!


Click on the answer button to see if your answer is correct.

    As ___ as a bat.
    As ___ as a bee.
    As ___ as a bell.
    As ___ as a daisy.
    As ___ as an eel.
    As ___ as a feather.
    As ___ as a fox.
    As ___ as the hills.
    As ___ as a mouse.
    As ___ as a mule.

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