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2e Broaden your mind Lesson Link
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1.GRAMMAR
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE with for, since, yet, already
A. Read the dialogue. When B. Read the following dialogue and been gone already yet
did Fred move to the city? complete the rules with the words
in the box.
A: How long have you had
this house, Fred? A: Andy is a reporter from Use in affirmative sentences
B: I’ve had it for two years, London and he travels and put it between have/has and the past
since I moved to this city, abroad all the time. He participle.
actually. has already been to the Use in questions and
USA and China, but he negative sentences and put it at the end of
for + period of time hasn’t been to France yet. the sentence.
e.g. two years, a week, six B: Really? Where is he now?
months, an hour, five minutes A: He has gone to New York. Use have/has to a place when
He’s coming back next
since + a point in time Tuesday. someone is still at that place.
e.g. Sunday, yesterday, two
o’clock, last May, last week Use have/has to a place when
someone has returned from that place.
Grammar Reference p. 86 3.LISTENING
2.PRACTICE A. Discuss.
• Have you ever lived abroad?
Complete the dialogues with the present perfect simple • Would you like to live abroad? Why?/Why not?
of the verbs below and circle the correct words.
B. Listen to three people talking about living in
be not return not check tell a foreign country. Match the people with the
statements a-d. There is one extra statement
which you do not need to use.
call go not see Ryan a. has improved his Spanish a lot
Jake recently.
1. Phil
b. took a course, but it didn’t help.
Jason What’s wrong, Dan? c. wants to improve his Spanish to make
Dan Where’s Harry? his job easier.
d. is living in Spain to learn the language.
Jason He already / yet.
Dan From where? Where is he?
Jason He to the library.
Dan But I need the car. I him so 4.SPEAKING
many times that I need the car on Mondays! A. Discuss.
• Do you like learning foreign languages?
Jason Why don’t you phone him? • Is learning English easy for you?
Dan I already / yet B. Talk in pairs. Which of the following do you think
help when learning English? Why? Which of these
him three times, but there’s no answer! do you do?
2. • take a (summer) course in an English-speaking
country
Mike Hey, Sean. I you for / since last
• visit an English-speaking country for some time
year. When did you return from New York? • read books/magazines/newspapers in English
• surf the Net
Sean In August. Didn’t you get my emails? • communicate with people who speak English
Mike I my emails for / since a month.
Sorry. Anyway, let’s go for coffee and talk about
New York.
Sean OK. you ever
there?
Mike No, but I want to go.
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