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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