The document provides conversation prompts and questions for students to practice speaking with a partner. It includes questions about personal experiences such as climbing a mountain, eating at a fancy restaurant, camping, visiting a spa, whale watching, and trying exotic foods or extreme sports. Sample dialogues are provided as examples. The document also covers the difference between using the simple past and present perfect tenses in English and provides examples of when to use each.

1. Week 10
Please sit with a partner!

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I mean…Are you saying…?

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* checking and clarifying meaning

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Or a place you always go?
Or something you always do?
Or food you never eat?

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8. Page 38 – Have turns asking questions with your partner. Try to make short
conversations based on the following questions.
a. Have you ever climbed a mountain?
b. Have you ever ____ (eat) in a fancy restaurant?
c. Have you ever ____ (go) camping?
d. Have you ever ____ (go) to a spa?
e. Have you ever ____ (go) whale watching?
f. Have you ever ____ (ride) a roller coaster?
g. Have you ever ____ (try) an exotic food?
h. Have you ever ____ (try) an extreme sport?
Example:
A: Have you ever tried an exotic food?
B: Yes, I’ve tried escargot in a French restaurant.
A: Really? Did you like it?
B: Actually, it was delicious.

9. Page 38 – Have turns asking questions with your partner. Try to make short
conversations based on the following questions.
a. Have you ever climbed a mountain?
b. Have you ever eaten in a fancy restaurant?
c. Have you ever gone camping?
d. Have you ever gone to a spa?
e. Have you ever gone whale watching?
f. Have you ever ridden a roller coaster?
g. Have you ever tried an exotic food?
h. Have you ever tried an extreme sport?
Are there any volunteers to model a dialogue?

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Alice orders the ravioli, and Emma orders the frog legs.
Probably not!

11. Ravioli
Frog Legs
What would you prefer?

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13. Simple Past
vs.
Present Perfect
When do we use each tense in English?

14. Remember:
Grammar has meaning!
Different grammar tenses are used in different situations
or contexts and they carry different meanings.
For example . . .

15. •Use the
simple past
for action that
happened in
the past and is:
over, done,
finished!
•Use the
present perfect
for action that
started in the
past, but . . .
is still true
today.

16. • The simple past always refers to an
action or situation that is finished.
• The present perfect connects the past
and the present. It is used to show that an
action or situation in the past:
-continues today OR
-might happen again

17. Compare the meaning of these two sentences:
1. Sara lived in Boston for 5 years.
2. Sara has lived in Boston for 5 years.
The first sentence uses:
Simple Past
The second sentence uses:
Present Perfect

18. Sara lived in Boston for 5 years.
Meaning: by using the simple past tense,
we mean that Sara lived in Boston for 5
years . . .
AND . . . then she moved!
Now she lives in a different city, like
Paris.
Remember, the simple past is used for a
situation that is over, finished, done!

19. Sara has lived in Boston for 5 years.
Meaning: by using the present perfect tense,
we mean that Sara began living in Boston
5 years ago . . .
AND . . . she still lives there.
Remember, the present perfect
connects the past with the present.

20. Simple Past
*For finished actions, no connection with the present
NowPast
x
No
connection

21. I knew Julia for ten years.
(but then she moved away and we lost touch)

22. Time words for a finished time:
Last… night, Saturday, week, month…
Yesterday,
In 1956,
At 2:00 o’clock,
Two days ago, five years ago…

23. Examples:
I had a car accident last night.
It was Valentine’s Day yesterday.
WW1 happened in 1914.
The exam started at 9:00.
A kid was kidnapped one week ago.

24. Present Perfect Tense
*For a past action that has
a connection with the present
There is a
connection NowPast
x

25. I've known Julia for ten years.
(and I still know her)

26. Time words for an unfinished time:
This… week, month, year
Ever, before, never, yet, recently, already
For… five years, a month, 24 hours
Since… 1965, last week, 3 p.m.

27. Examples:
I’ve been out three evenings this week.
Have you ever seen a fox? No, I’ve never seen a fox.
Have you read this book before?
Has it stopped raining yet? (usually in negatives & questions)
I’ve already mailed the letter.
I’ve seen many movies recently.
I’ve been working here for ten months.
I’ve been working here since September.

28. Remember!
the simple past… at a specific time in the past
Did you eat this morning?
Yes, I did. I ate this morning.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t eat this morning.
the present perfect… an unspecified time in the past
Have you eaten yet?
Yes, I have. I have already eaten.
No, I haven’t. I haven’t eaten yet.

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have
triedhave
haven’t tried
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went
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Have eaten
went
haven’t
Did
‘ve
do
wanted

30. NASA:
National Aeronautics and Space Association
NASA is the agency of the
United States Federal Government
responsible for the civilian space program
as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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When she was 22 years old.
Met Pablo Picasso.
In Mexico and the United States.
In Germany.
Yes, several times.