Ingles

1. I have been learning
English since high
school
Goals: To talk about experiences in your life using Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

2. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Experience:
Verbs: eaten – traveled – gone - drunk
Think about some experiences you
remember. Maybe a trip or food or situation
I have traveled to Nazca Lines.
I have drunk an exotic drink in Iquitos, a city in Peru

3. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Watch the following video
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4. I have eaten “tacacho con cezina”. It is a delicious food from Peru.
When we talk about experiences, we use Present Persent.
The most important is the event (what happened). We
don´t mention the time (when it happened)
FORM:
Subj + have / has + verb in past participle + complement AFFIRMATIVE
Subj + have not / has not + verb in past participle + complement NEGATIVE
Have / Has + Subj + ever + verb in past participle + complement? QUESTION
Experience / event
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5. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Verbs in Past Participle
Base Form | Simple Past | Past Participle
Bring = Brought
Buy = Bought
Fight = Fought
Teach = Taught
Swim = Swam = Swum
Sing = Sang = Sung
Run = Ran = Run
Drink = Drank = Drunk
Forget = Forgot = Forgotten
Get = Got = Gotten
Fly = Flew = Flown
Know = Knew = Known
Grow = Grew = Grown
Go = Went = Gone
Have = Had
See = Saw = Seen
Tell = Told = Told
Say = Said = Said
Eat = Ate = Eaten
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6. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Let´s Practice
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7. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Let´s read this conversations and pay
attention to the red sentences.
Student A: Hi, ________________. How are you?
Student B: Hello, _______________, I feel good. Last year, I didn´t use to go out.
I used to stay at home watching movies. Now I have been
spending time with my friends and we have been going to parties.
Student A: Wow! I think having fun is good for people. I am going to start over that
life because I used to go out with my friends. I used to be
sometimes in parties ; and Now I have been only working, working
and working.
Student B: Well, Working hard could be dangerous for our health.

8. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
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Let´s watch this video

9. I have been spending time with my friends.
When we talk about long experiences that started in
the past but continue until now, we use Present
Persent Continuous.
FORM:
Subj + have / has been+ verb in past participle + complement AFFIRMATIVE
Subj + have not / has not been + verb in past participle + complement NEGATIVE
Have / Has + Subj + been + verb in past participle + complement? QUESTION
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10. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
Choose one those events and make 2 sentences
about it usuin Present Perfect Continuous
University life Laboral life
School life University life
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11. TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
PAST SIMPLE
1. Video about Present Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD5wc8vi8wM
2. Grammar structure Present Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD5wc8vi8wM
3. List of verbs and pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzDFJVwC3_w
4. LIVEWORKSHEET: Present Perfect https://es.liveworksheets.com/cx1821821uo
5. Ellii (formely ESL Library) [14 sep 2020] Presente perfecto
progresivo.YouTube,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCzJN0g5NHQ
6. Ellii (formely ESL Library) [14 sep 2020] Presente perfecto
progresivo.YouTube,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCzJN0g5NHQ
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