04/12/12

Grammar focus: Present perfect for experience

TOPIC 1 Experience

You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event.

Examples:

• I have been to France.
  This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times.
• I have been to France three times.
  You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence.
• I have never been to France.
  This sentence means that you have not had the experience of going to France.
• I think I have seen that movie before.
• He has never traveled by train.
• Joan has studied two foreign languages.
• A: Have you ever met him?
  B: No, I have not met him.

Have you ever? Complete the questionnaire and add 6 questions of your own (using verbs that have not been used)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0RXkfKgkFzXQVBBS3FnUVd5djg/edit

Language focus: Talking about Christmas and the holiday season.

What are the differences between Christmas traditions in France and the UK/Ireland? Compile a questionnaire and ask the questions to find out.
Write a paragraph comparing the two.

Listening activity:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0RXkfKgkFzXbGVfWlV2SXhJS3M/edit