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- Greg Malivuk
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- “2018-02-03 Saturday: 5 Travel”
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- Homework: units 3-4 test (the link is in your email)
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- “Find Someone Who” handout - Ask yes/no questions to your classmates. If the statement is true about your classmate, write their name and ask a follow-up question. Also ask each student how many countries they’ve been in (outside of an airport).
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- p. 57 - Would you want to go on a cruise like this?
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- p. 58 part 1 - Guess the information to complete the sentences. Then listen and check.
- 1 almost 2,000 miles
- 2 Gabon
- 3 working on a project
- 4 on foot and by boat
- 5 fifteen months
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- What tense is used in paragraph 2? Why? - Present perfect, because these things started in the past but aren’t finished. (All of these things could happen more in the future.)
- Paragraph 3? - Simple past, because these things happened once at a specific time.
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- Grammar: Present Perfect (vs. Simple Past)
- + I have lived in Boston for ten years. She has lived in Boston for ten years.
- - I haven’t lived in NYC. She hasn’t lived in NYC.
- ? y/n Have you been to Paris? Has she been to Paris?
- Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. Yes, she has. No she hasn’t.
- info- Where have you been? Where has she been?
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- Simple past - for completed actions (that won’t happen more) or a completed time
- Present perfect - for incomplete actions or actions that can happen more
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- For time expressions that are completed, use simple past:
- I didn’t eat breakfast yesterday. (simple past, because the time for breakfast yesterday is finished)
- For time expressions that include now, it depends on whether the action might happen later:
- I haven’t eaten breakfast today. (present perfect, because I still could eat breakfast today)
- I didn’t shower this morning. (simple past, because the time for showering this morning is finished)
- I have had one cup of coffee today. (I might have more today.)
- I had one cup of coffee today. (I’m finished for the day.)
- I have been to Australia (in my life, which is not finished).
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- p. 59 exercise 7 - Decide whether each verb should be simple past or present perfect. Why?
- After you finish, check with your partner.
- 1 have also flown (they could do this more)
- 2 has done (In his career - he could do more)
- 3 once spent (This is about that one time, which is finished.)
- 4 didn’t have (“that trip” is that finished period of eleven months)
- 5 filled
- 6 has used (“over the years” - He could use up more in the future.)
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- part 9 - Which time expressions do we use with each tense?
- Present Perfect: already, since, so far, this month (usually), in the last ten years, for
- Simple Past: in 2009, last summer, yesterday, once (usually), a few years ago, for
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- part 10 - Complete the sentences with your own information, then compare your answers with your partner.
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- BREAK
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- 1 I’ve improved my English a lot in the last four months.
- 2 I’ve lived in Boston for four months.
- 3 I’ve tried to learn English many times.
- 4 I’ve already paid my cell phone bill this month.
- 5 I had a great vacation one year ago.
- 6 I once worked in a restaurant for five years.
- 7 I have eaten nachos at lunchtime. (at least once in my life) / I ate nachos at lunchtime. (e.g. yesterday)
- 8 After I left school, I decided to start a specialization. (“after” means the next thing in a sequence)
- (“left school” = graduated)
- After I left school, I went shopping. (“left school” = finished for the day)
- (Since I left school, I have decided to start a specialization.)
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- I will be in Chicago for Christmas. (in 2018)
- I was in Chicago for Christmas. (in 2017)
- I was in Chicago for Christmas in 2015.
- I have been in Chicago for Christmas. (at least once in my life)
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- Two Truths and a Lie
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- Write three statements (in present perfect) about travel experiences you have had.
- Two statements need to be true and one needs to be a lie.
- In your group, listen to your partners’ statements and decide which one you think is a lie.
- After you know the answers, ask follow-up questions about the real experiences.
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- p. 60 - Where do you think these pictures are from?
- A - Japan, Sydney, NYC, Dubai, Hong Kong
- B - Scotland, Ireland
- C - India
- D - Peru, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Laos, Brazil, Ecuador, Nepal, Korea, Philippines, China, Malaysia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia (Bali)
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- part 1 - Where (in the pictures or somewhere else) can you find these things?
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- Grammar: present perfect continuous
- - Actions that started in the past and continue right now.
- I have watched that series. = I finished the series (but I might see it again).
- I have been watching that series. = I’m in the middle of the series.
- I watched that series. = I finished the series (and I won’t see it again, or at least not in the time we’re talking about).
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- p. 61 part 8 - Match the activities with the results and write a sentence about them like the example.
- 1 e - We’ve been tracking elephants today and we’ve taken some amazing photos.
- 2 a - I’ve been lying by the pool and I’ve finished my book.
- 3 b - We’ve been looking for a cheap deal, but we haven’t found one.
- 4 c - We’ve been touring European cities and we have seen dozens of churches.
- 5 f - I’ve been following the coastal path and I’ve walked ten miles.
- 6 d - I’ve been visiting local markets and I’ve spent a fortune.
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- p. 65 - Writing a postcard
- part 1 - Read the postcard from Sydney and answer the questions.
- part 2a - Can you find examples of all these informal features in the postcard?
- abbreviations: bc (because), ps (post script), pics (pictures)
- contractions: haven’t
- informal expressions: Hi!, wow!, Down Under, out of this world
- leaving out words: (I) Finally made it to Sydney after (an) 18-hour delay in Bangkok.
- (The) Weather here (is) glorious.
- So far (I) have been
- (I’ve seen) no kangaroos or koalas yet because (I) haven’t been out of (the) city.
- (He) has found me a job.
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- Homework:
- - write a postcard from a (real or invented) trip, using some of the informal features on p. 65 but NOT leaving out words
- - read p. 75, do parts 3, 4, and 5 on p. 74
- - (optional) Because next week’s topic is food and it’s the last class of the session, bring (snack) food from your country to share with your classmates.
- NOTE: You should bring dishes and spoons/forks/knives if your food needs it, because there is no silverware in this school.
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