Unit 1
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Present Perfect You can use the present perfect to talk about a place, city, or country you have visited. The present perfect is used to talk about if, at any point in your life in the past, you have visited or traveled to a specific place. The present perfect is not used to talk about when you did something. It is used to talk about if you did something!
Have you ever been to Rome, Italy?
Present perfect We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. specific unspecific yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet,
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Structure The present perfect is formed from the present tense of the verb have and the past participle of a verb: I have eaten salmon sushi. Subject Have Has V. Past Participle Complement
Structure I haven t eaten salmon sushi. Subject Have Has V. Past Participle Complement She hasn t eaten salmon sushi. Haven t = Have not Hasn t = Has not
Structure for Questions Have you ever eaten salmon sushi? Have Has Subject ever V. Past Participle Complement Has he ever eaten salmon sushi?
Verbs Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle 1. Eat Ate Eaten 2. Drink Drank Drunk 3. Have Had Had 4. Go Went Gone 5. Do Did Done 6. Drive Drove Simple Past Present Perfect Driven 7. Ride Rode Ridden 8. Take Took Taken 9. Be Was/Were Been 10. Hear Heard Heard 11. Speak Spoke Spoken
Verbs Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle 1. Eat Ate Eaten 2. Drink Drank Drunk 3. Have Had Had 4. Go Went Gone 5. Do Did Done 6. Drive Drove Driven 7. Ride Rode Ridden 8. Take Took Taken 9. Be Was/Were Been 10. Hear Heard Heard 11. Speak Spoke Spoken
Structure Positive Negative Question I / You / We / They I have spoken. I have not spoken. Have I spoken? He / She / It He has spoken. He has not spoken. Has he spoken?
Examples I have lost my key. I have never been to Australia. I have seen that movie twenty times. I think I have met him once before. There have been many earthquakes in California. People have traveled to the Moon. People have not traveled to Mars. Have you read the book yet?
Conversation 1. Have you ever heard hip-hop music? 2. Have you ever visited Cancún? 3. Have you ever eaten rotten cheese? 4. Have you ever been in an awkward situation? 5. Have you ever found money on the street? 6. Have you ever watched a horror movie alone at home? 7. Have you ever seen a ghost?
you ever been to Australia Have you ever lost your passport? Have you ever flown in a helicopter? Have you ever eaten Chinese food? Have you ever been in London? Have you ever driven a bus? She hasn t been in Australia. /She has never been in Australia. She has eaten Chinese food. She hasn t driven a bus. / She has never driven a bus.
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Past Participles Present Simple Past Past participle Talk Talked Talked Have Had Had Run Ran Run Hear Heard Heard Speak Spoke Spoken See Saw Seen
Notes Ever is not used in present perfect statements. It is only used in questions with the present perfect. Of course, there is an exception to this. When you make a superlative statement, for example when you want to say that something is the best, you can use ever. Tokyo is the most beautiful city I ve ever been to in the world!
Be It is common in English to use the verb be when you talk about places you have visited. Don t use visit. This sounds formal and unnatural. Have you visited Canada?
To Prepositions don t translate between languages. In English, you must use the preposition to when you talk about places you have visited. This may be different from the preposition you use in your language. That s OK! You just need to remember to use to in English! I ve been to Australia. She s been to 45 out of the 50 states in America
Past Simple Use the past simple verb tense to talk about when you visited a place. Have you ever been to Rome? Yes, I ve been to Rome! I went to Rome in 2005 because I was visiting my grandma.
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