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C. Listen for more. Listen to a conversation between Hana and Shawn talking about their summer
vacation plan. Listen carefully to their talk and answer the following questions.

1. Where do they plan to go for their summer vacation? ……………………………………………………
2. What is the first thing to do before they go to that country? ………………………………………….
3. What are the activities that they’ll probably do in that country?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How does the man deal with the driving license during their trip to that
country?...............................................................................................................................
5. Why does the man really want to visit Mexico City? ………………………………………………………..
6. According to the man, how’s the hotel in that country? …………………………………………………..
Audio taken from: http://www.esl-lab.com/travel/

GRAMMAR FOCUS: Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense
Has / have + past participle (V3)

Present Perfect is used to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. Thus,
exact time is not important.
Remember to use participle forms/V3 after has/have.

Here are the examples taken from the above audios.

1. I haven’t planned anything yet.
2. I have booked you on your flight at a great rate.

Examples:

I have contacted the best travel agent for my I have been in Hawaii once.
trip to Hawaii.

I have saved enough money for my second I have been in Mexico once.

trip to Mexico.

She has booked a flight to Japan. She has always been my favorite travel guide.

They have planned their summer holiday to Argentina has been their dream country to
Argentina well. visit.

He has not given us the itinerary for our trip. The itinerary has not been ready.

Notes:
Haven’t =have not / hasn’t = has not
Be =been

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