Present Perfect: Simple and Contiuous
When do we use each one of them? Give the formula
To talk about unfinished past, present results and indefinite past.
Present perfect: subject + have + past participle
Present perfect continuous: subj + have been + verbING
Mention the 4 tenses used to tell a story and their formulas
Past simple: Subj + simple past verb
Past continuous: Subj + was/were + verbING
Past perfect: Subj + had + past participle verb
Past perfect continuous: Subj + had been + verbING
What's the difference between make and do?
Make: to create something from zero
Do: to finish/modify something already done
Use the words gaze and vanishing in a sentence.
What's the difference between paperback and hardback?
The material of the cover.
Complete the sentence:
My mom ________ (live) in the same house since she was a kid.
has lived
When do we use the past perfect? Give an example
When we look back to a period of time in the past and we express that something happened before then.
He had been looking for a job for months, but he had found nothing.
Use the words pristine and gobble in one sentence.
The Cancun's beach is so pristine, you can see how fishes gobble their food.
Matinée: a performance in a theater or a showing of a movie that takes place in the daytime.
Sequel: something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event.
Are you coming to see the sequel on Sunday's matinée?
Types of questions that we use to get more information?
Wh questions and reply questions.
Complete the sentence:
I ___________ (live) with her for the past mont while I'm looking for a job.
have been living
What's the difference between past perfect simple and past perfect continuous?
The continuous refers to longer actions or repeated activities.
The simple refers to shorter, complete facts.
What does make up for something mean? Use it on a sentence
To compensate for something.
You need to make up for not handing on time the HW by doing extra work.
What's the difference between an echo question and a reply question?
Echo: you repeat the information.
Reply: you ask for more information.
What's a bucket list?
The list of wishes/activities that you would like to complete before dying.
Give one example of each one of the tenses
Present perfect:
subj + have + past participle
Present perfect continuous:
subj + have been + verbING
Give 3 examples of the past perfect continuous
Subj + have been + verbING
What does do something up mean? Give an example
To fix something
We are doing the house up for the visits.
Give me 3 examples of phrases used to react to news
Really?
That's amazing.
I don't believe it.
You're kidding!
What was the center story of the programme called "Book at Bedtime"? Explain the plot (seen in class)
The clinging woman
Give two examples of each one of the tenses
Present perfect:
subj + have + past participle
Present perfect continuous:
subj + have been + verbING
Tell me a short story using the 4 tenses.
Past simple
Past continuouos
Past perfect simple
Past perfect continuous
Fill the blanks with the correct preposition: in, on, at
___ the south coast
___ the middle of nowhere
___ the apartment
on
in
at
Have a conversation using expressions and vocabulary seen in class. Include 5 elements at least.
Reacting to news.
Asking for more information.
Echo questions.
Book and movies vocabulary
What is Lady Gaga’s real name?
Stefani Germanotta.