English for B2 Students/Unit 3

__NOTOC__ I've visited Venice Aim of this lesson: Talk about hobbies and your family and practice using the present perfect to talk about experiences. Chloe and Michael are students at university in Manchester. They're talking about places that they went to in the past. Dialogue thumb|250px|right|A gondola, Venice, Italy (listen) ChloeHave you ever been to Venice?MichaelNo, I've never been there. What's it like?ChloeIt was great, but I went there with my aunt and cousins so I didn't have a lot of free time.MichaelDid you go on a gondola?ChloeNo, but I wanted to! Where have you been that was exciting?MichaelI've been to South Africa. In South Africa we went sailing, which was fantastic. Grammar Focus - Present Perfect I have visited Venice. Do we know when I visited Venice? Do we know how many times I visited Venice? The Present Perfect is a very commonly used form in English. It is very important to learn how this form is used. Present Perfect Form Example + positive sentences SUBJECT + HAVE / HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE I have seen The Lord of the Rings. - negative sentences SUBJECT + HAVEN'T / HASN'T + PAST PARTICIPLE I haven't seen The Lord of the Rings. ? questions HAVE / HAS + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE ? Have you seen The Lord of the Rings? Also for negative sentences we can use have / has + never + past participle - I have never seen The Lord of the Rings. For questions we often ask Have you ever if we want people to tell us about an experience at ANY time in their life - Have you ever seen the Lord of the Rings? Remember that the present perfect is only used in situations where we don't know WHEN it happened - I went to France last year NOT I have been to France last year. Vocabulary - Family The picture of Frodo Baggins' family tree (from the Lord of the Rings films) shows his family. Relation to Frodo Name Frodo's father Drogo Baggins Frodo's mother Primula Brandybuck Frodo's aunt (auntie) Dora Baggins Frodo's uncle Dudo Baggins Frodo's grandfather Fosco Baggins Frodo's grandmother Ruby Bolger Dora Baggins' nephew Frodo Fosco Baggins' grandson Frodo Drogo Baggins' son Frodo Speaking Practice Try to practice asking and answering these questions in pairs. If you're working on your own then write your answers. How big is your family? Do you have many brothers, sisters, aunts, or uncles? Have you ever been on vacation with your family? Did you like it? Have you ever been to see a film at the cinema more than once? When? What film was it? Whom are you closest to in your family? How often do you see that person? Exercises Try these questions to see if you can use the present perfect correctly. The answers can be found here. Complete the following sentences using the present perfect or past simple: Have you ever eaten / Did you ever eat curry? Last year I went / have been to Poland. No, I have never seen / never have seen The Lord of the Rings. My brother says that he haven't eaten / hasn't eaten curry. Did you go on vacation last summer? Yes, I have been / went to Croatia. Grammar Reference For further information about present perfect and past simple see ../Tenses and Forms/. This is the test page - the answers are not to be inserted here, but to be found here