UNITUNIT 3: Gadgets

LESSON 1: PRESENT PERFECT

READING: Polar Obsession

(Geographic) Recovered from: https://bit.ly/2OOFoKM

1. Write the letter of the phrase that completes each sentence

1. Nicklen’s neighbors taught him all about a. Leopard seals can be dangerous
D
2. Nicklen has already spent a lot of time working in E b.A leopard seal
3.Nicklen’s most incredible experience was with B c. Its food
A d. The outdoors
4. He was frightened because
5. The leopard seal offered Nicklen C e. icy polar waters

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2. Find these sentences in the book review from exercise. Write the missing words.

1) Nicklen __________
GREW UP on an island in Northern Canada, where he _____________all
LEARNED
about the outdoors from his Inuit neighbors.
2) Ever since that moment, he ______________
HAS HOVED animals, cold climate, and adventure.
3) As a photojournalism, Nicklen _______________
HAS SPENT a lot of time in icy polar waters.
4) He_______________
HAS FOLLOWED sea lions, ____________with whales, and_________
DIVED
STUDIED polar bears.
5) When a huge seal___________
APPROACHED his boat, Nicklen _____________into
GOT the aqua.

GRAMMAR
Grammar chart 1 by Carrazco colcha

For a better understanding go on https://www.engvid.com/english-tenses-present-perfect-present-

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 4) Rodrigo grew a beard seven months ago.
__________________________________________________________________________ (have)

4) Danny bought his car five years ago.

__________________________________________________________________________ (own)
5) Sofia started to wear glasses when she was six years old.
__________________________________________________________________________ (wear)
6) David fell in love with Estefania when they were teenagers.
__________________________________________________________________________ (be)
7) Marco started to work at the bank eight years ago.
__________________________________________________________________________ (work)
8) Samuel learned how to swim ten years ago.
__________________________________________________________________________ (know)
9) Marco went to Quito in 2013.
__________________________________________________________________________ (stay)

7. Put the words below in the correct order to make grammatically correct sentences.

Example, finished/ they/ yet/ homework /their/ haven’t / They haven’t finished their
homework yet.

1) weekend/ I/ flu /had/ the /since/ have /last

___________________________________________________________________________
I have had flu since the last weekend.
.
2) time/ divorced/ Tania/ for/ been/ a long/has
___________________________________________________________________________
Tania has been divorced for a long time.
3) been/ week/absent/ all /has/ Cristian
Cristian has been absent all week .
___________________________________________________________________________
4) this /city/ flat/ lived /since/ I/ in /this/ have /I /moved /to
___________________________________________________________________________
I have lived in this flat since i moved to this city.

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 5) Teacher/ taught/ the/lesson /already/ that/ has
___________________________________________________________________________
The teacher has already taught that lesson.

6) was /a/ worn/ has/ she /Edith /child/ since/ glasses

___________________________________________________________________________
Edith has worn glasses since she was a child.

7) work /hasn’t /her / been/ leg /she /since/ she/ at/ broke
___________________________________________________________________________
She hasn't been at work since she broke leg her .
8) their /children/ puppy /they /new/ very/ happy/ the /have/ since /got/ been
___________________________________________________________________________
Children have been very happy since they got their new puppy.

9) She/ hasn´t /for/ two/ to /the/ months /come/university

___________________________________________________________________________
she hasn´t come to the university for two months.

10) yet /traveled /beach/ to /Salinas/ Paul/ hasn´t

___________________________________________________________________________
Paul hasn´t traveled to salinas beach yet .

For more practice go to https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g25-george-richards.php

SPEAKING
EXERCISE:
8. Answer the questions according your own information. Work in pair.
1) Where have you worked?
2) What have you done today?
3) Where have you been on weekend?
4) Why have you arrived late?
5) Where have you learned English?

VOCABULARY: WEATHER RELATED WORDS

Summer autumn winter spring rainy hot

cloudy windy snowy sunny nice fine cold warm

9. Use the vocabulary and answer these questions.

What is the weather like in the summer in Ecuador? What is the weather like today?
What is your favorite season and why?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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