W25 - Elem

Week 25 – Elementary – Experiences

 

 

I)            Speaking :

When was the last time you:

1.   used a mobile phone?

2.   went to a gym?

3.   worked after eleven at night?

4.   read a book you didn't like?

5.   saw a horror film?

6.   smoked a cigarette?

7.   played a new game or sport?

8.   ate a hamburger?

 

II)         Reading :

Read the web postings. Are any of them true for you?

Happy to say, I've never

Do you ever feel you're a little bit different from the crowd? What things are you happy you've never done?

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I've never had a mobile phone. Why do people these days make phone calls while driving their cars or shopping in the supermarket? When I leave my house, I'm happy to get away from my phone for a few hours!    

Frances

I've never read a Harry Potter book or seen any of the films.        

Jill

I've never played golf. Why pay money to hit a ball around a large area of land that was once beautiful countryside?         

Simon

I've never liked The Beatles. I don't understand people who do.      

Maxim

I've never worked for a company with good management. I've never believed managers when they say “people are the most important thing in our company".     

Shilpa

I've never smoked, or eaten a McDonald's hamburger.             

Marina

I've never wanted to stop smoking.              

Thorsten

I've never been to a gym. I've never understood people who climb mountains or do extreme sports!                  

Denise

I've never said "never"!                     

Pamela

 

III)       Grammar: present perfect [have/has + past participle]

1)   In the article, Frances says I've never had a mobile phone. Is she talking about;

1 the past?           2 the present?          3 her whole life up to now’?

2)   Complete the sentences with 've [have] or 's [has].

I ______________ never played golf.

You _____________ never been to my flat.

He ______________never eaten a hamburger.

We _________ never had a garden.

They __________ never worked in an office before.

3)   Find the past participles of these verbs in the article.


Regular [-ed]

Play __________________

Like __________________

Work _________________

Believe _______________

Smoke _______________

Want ________________

 

 

Irregular

Go ______________

Have ____________

Read ____________

See _____________

Eat _____________

Understand ___________________

Do __________________

Say _________________


 

4)   What are the irregular past participles of these verbs?


Ride ____________

Take ____________

Drink ____________

Fly ______________

Drive _____________

Meet ______________

Be _______________


5)   Write six sentences with never about yourself or people you know, three true and three false.

True sentences

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False sentences

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6)   Listen to each other’s sentences. Which do you think are true? Which are false?

 

IV)        Homework:

Make sentences with the present perfect

1.   I / never / do / any extreme sports.

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2.   I / never / understand / maths.

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3.   We / never / have / a TV at home.

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4.   My brother / never / smoke.

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5.   My parents / never / go / to the USA.

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6.   I / never / be / interested in football.

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7.   My mother / never / like / cooking.

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8.   Jo / never / work / in an office before.

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