Adult Speaking Class, level 2: Grammar, the Perfect form

25th May 2020

Past Tense Exercises 

75 % of verbs are REGULAR – just add -ed to form past tense

visit = visited

watch = watched

talk = talked

walk = walked

BUT

Others are IRREGULAR – you just have to learn them !

Go – went 

see – saw

is – was

sleep – slept

spend – spent

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) …………to England on holiday.
2. It (be) ……..fantastic.
3. I (visit)…… lots of interesting places. I (be) ….. with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)…… in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) ….. to pubs.
6. The weather (be) …… remarkably pleasant. (nice)
7. We (watch) …… a great Korean film.
8. But we (see) …… some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) ……. your last holiday?

Polite conversation

Ask someone: ‘how was your day ?’ or ‘What did you do ?’

Say something nice: ‘I like your dress (or shirt)’, ‘Your hair looks great.’

‘Nice to see you again, what have you been up to?’ (been up to = doing recently)

Grammar: Present Perfect

To talk about something that happened in the past but we don’t say when:

Subject + have/has + past participle / verb 3

I have been to Ha Noi

You have eaten sushi

He has worked in Germany

NOT He has worked in Germany last year 

Can use ‘for’ and ‘since’

I have lived in Sai Gon for 5 years

We have been working since 6.00 am

POSITIVE I have seen 

NEGATIVE I haven’t seen

QUESTION Have you seen … ?

Practice: Make these sentences present perfect

EXAMPLE – I / study / French = I have studied French

1. She / tell / her boss she wants a holiday tell told
2. They / walk / to the shop regular (add -ed)
3. You / work / with David for four years regular (add -ed)
4. His wife / not make / dinner make made
5. You / take / the engineering exam ? take took taken

To Like

Activities

I like to go to the beach

Sub + helping verb(like) + infinite verb + object

I like to go shopping

You like to swim at the beach

She likes to shop at the Metro

I like to paddle in the sea

I like to shop for shoes

He likes to shop for books

He likes going to the cinema

I don’t like to go to the dentist

I don’t like to watch TV all day NEGATIVE

I really like going to parties. POSITIVE

Do you like watching films ? QUESTION