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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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