English for B2 Students/Unit 3

=I've visited Venice=

Aim of this lesson: Talk about hobbies and your family and practice using the present perfect to talk about experiences.

Chloe and Michael are students at university in Manchester. They're talking about places that they went to in the past.

Dialogue
([[Media:B2 unit3.ogg|listen]])

Grammar Focus - Present Perfect
Do we know when'' I visited Venice? Do we know how many times I visited Venice?''
 * I have visited Venice.

The Present Perfect is a very commonly used form in English. It is very important to learn how this form is used.

Vocabulary - Family
The picture of Frodo Baggins' family tree (from the Lord of the Rings films) shows his family.

Speaking Practice
''Try to practice asking and answering these questions in pairs. If you're working on your own then write your answers.''


 * How big is your family? Do you have many brothers, sisters, aunts, or uncles?
 * Have you ever been on vacation with your family? Did you like it?
 * Have you ever been to see a film at the cinema more than once? When?  What film was it?
 * Whom are you closest to in your family? How often do you see that person?

Exercises
Try these questions to see if you can use the present perfect correctly. The answers can be found here.

Complete the following sentences using the present perfect or past simple:


 * 1) Have you ever eaten / Did you ever eat curry?
 * 2) Last year I went / have been to Poland.
 * No, I have never seen / never have seen The Lord of the Rings.
 * 1) My brother says that he haven't eaten / hasn't eaten curry.
 * 2) Did you go on vacation last summer? Yes, I have been / went to Croatia.

Grammar Reference
For further information about present perfect and past simple see ../Tenses and Forms/.

This is the test page - the answers are not to be inserted here, but to be found here