My life experiences (Present perfect)

Objectives

* Understand several situations in which present perfect tense is necessary to use

* Create sentences relevant to their own lives which put present perfect tense to use

Activity
1. Listen and fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box

before met come just know

I’ve never know a girl like you before

Now just like in a song from days of yore
Here you come a knockin; knockin’ at my door
And I’ve never met

2. Listen and match the lines correctly

1) You give me just a test a) and my knees are raw
2) Now my hands are bleeding b) crawlin; crawlin on the floor
3) Cos now you’ve got me c) a girl like you before
4) And I’ve never met d) so I want more and more

3. Listen and order the following lines correctly (1-10)

(5) and I’ve never know a girl like you before
(7) never know a girl like you before
(4) know that I’m talking about the way I feel
(6) never, never, never, never
(8) this old town’s changed so much
(1) you’ve made me acknowledge the devil in me
(3) hope that I’m talking allegorically
(2) I hope to god I’m talkin’ metaphorically
(9) don’t feel like I belong
(10) Too many protest singers
(11) Not enough protest songs

4. Complete the negative of the present perfect tense in the boxes below.

1) We haven’t grown carrots this year

2) They haven’t cut the flowers
3) The children haven’t slept today
 4) Jo hasn’t taken the dog for a walk
5) Ingrid hasn’t understood what the teacher said

5. Make present perfect 'yes / no' or 'wh' questions

 (She / be / late for a meeting)

Has she been late for a meeting?

 (he / meet / your family yet)

has he met your family yet?

 (they / live / here as long as we have)

Have they lived here as long as we have?

 (you / go / to Australia)
Have gone to Australia?

 (she /miss / the bus)

Has miss the buss?

6. Answer the following questions

1) Have your ever been in E.E.U.U?
2) Have you tried sushi before?
3) Have you ever live in Medellin?
4) Have you ever met a famous person?
5) Have you seen the president Duque?
Answer
1) No
2) No
3) No
4) No
5) Yes, in notice