1 General Education Office LA 121 LA 1301

1 General Education Office LA. 121 / LA 1301 English 1 Review Unit 1 - Greetings and Small Talk

2 Grammar: Present Perfect Use the present perfect to talk about an indefinite time in the past. Use the past simple to talk about a definite or specific time. Present Perfect: indefinite time I’ve met Bill twice. Past Simple: definite time We met in 1999 and again in 2004. Form the present perfect with have (‘ve) or has (‘s) and a past participle. For regular verbs, the past participle form is the same as past simple form: (open – opened, study – studied) We ‘ve haven’t met them. Have you met them? Yes, we have. / No, we haven’t. She ‘s hasn’t called him. Has she called him? Yes, She has. / No, she hasn’t.

3 Remember the Pairwork exercise on P 4? Has Jake met a) _________ our new teacher? b) Yes, _______. He _____ has met her in the office this morning. Jake / meet Have they been a) __________ to this class before? b) No, _________. They’re new at this college. haven’t they / be a) __________ in the new college restaurant? Have you eaten b) No, _________. Is it good? I haven’t you /eat

4 Present Perfect with already, yet, ever and before • Use yet or already in questions about recent experiences. Have you toured Quito yet? Has she already tried Korean barbecue? • Use already in affirmative statements. Use yet in negative statements. I’ve already tried sushi. I haven’t tried sashimi yet?

5 Present Perfect with already, yet, ever and before • Use ever or before in questions about life experiences. Have you ever eaten Indian food? Have you eaten Thai food before? Has she ever been to London? Has she been to Paris before? • Use already or before in affirmative statements. Use have never or haven’t ever in negative statements. I’ve already tried Indian food three times, but I’ve never tried Thai food. I’ve tried Indian food before, but I haven’t ever tried Thai food.

6 • • Present Perfect Speaking / Listening Exercise Complete the Have you ever_____? worksheet provided Use ever and never as appropriate “Have you ever been to Chiang Mai? ”

7 Present Perfect Grammar practice On a sheet of paper, or in your book, use the words to write statements or questions in the present perfect. 1 (you / go sightseeing / in London / before) Have you gone sightseeing in London before? You’ve gone sightseeing in London before. 2 (she / already / try / Guatemalan food) Has she already tried Guatemalan food? She has already tried Guatemalan food.

8 Present Perfect Grammar practice 3 (they / ever be / to Buenos Aires) 4 (we / not take a tour of / Prague / yet) Have they ever been to Buenos Aires? They have been to Buenos Aires. Have we not taken a tour of Prague yet? We’ve not taken a tour of Prague yet.

9 Present Perfect Listening practice • Vocabulary The Great Pyramids (of Egypt) The Pyramid of the Sun (Peru) The Forbidden City Ceviche

10 Present Perfect Listening practice Listening Comprehension 1. Listen to each conversation and complete the questions. 2. Then listen again and complete the short answers. Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 taken pictures Has she __________of the great pyramids yet? gone sightseeing in Kyoto yet? Has he __________ tried Has she ever __________ceviche? climbed Has she already ________the Pyramid of the Sun? Has she ever ________to Beijing before? been taken a tour Has she _____________ of the forbidden city yet? Short Answers Yes she _____ has ____, . No hasn’t. ____, he _____ No hasn’t. ____, she _____ Yes she _____ has ____, . No hasn’t. ________, she _________

11 Listening Comprehension Review 1. Listen to the conversation with a tourist in Vancouver, 2. and check Yes or No Listen again and write they answers to the questions, using yet or already Has she… Yes been to the Vancouver Aquarium? visited Gastown? been to the top of Grouse Mountain? seen the Capilano Suspension Bridge? tried dim sum? gone to the top of the Harbour Centre Tower No Yes. She’s already been to the……

12 Review • Use the photos to write questions using the present perfect with ever or before. • Don’t use the same verb more than once. Mount Aconcagua Argentina Thai food 1 2 3 The Tower of Pisa, Italy 4 1. ______________ 3. ______________ 2. ______________ 4. ______________

13 Further Listening Exercises http: //www. esl-lab. com/smallrd 1. htm http: //www. esl-lab. com/camprd 1. htm http: //www. bbc. co. uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/ 1646_gramchallenge 17

14 Summary Now you can: • Get reacquainted with someone • Greet a visitor to your country • Describe an interesting experience By being able to: – understand use the Present Perfect Tense – describe and use vocabulary for tourist activities – understand use Participial Adjectives