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Read the sentences 1-8. What Present Perfect Simple vs Past Simple
do the phrasal verbs in bold
mean? Match them with the Complete with the Present Perfect Simple or
definitions a-h. A: I’ve tried Mexican the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
food many times
1. I’m really looking forward before. 1. A: you
to travelling abroad this B: I tried tacos (meet) the exchange students yet?
summer. yesterday for the
2. I’m looking after my first time. They B: Yes. We (show) them
neighbours’ cats while were delicious! round school two days ago.
they’re away on holiday. 2. A: you
3. Can you please come and
pick me up from the station? (call) Kelly yesterday?
4. You’ve dropped all your B: Yes, but she
pencils on the floor. (not answer). She probably
Will you pick them up? (not come) back from
5. Why don’t you come
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round tonight? We can Spain yet.
play my new video game. 3. A: Where’s Henry? I
6. We’re going shopping (not see) him at all this week.
later today. Would you
like to come along? B: Well, he (be) ill.
7. The plane took o f at He (start) feeling better
11 a.m. and arrived in Listen last night.
Madrid two hours later.
8. Don’t you want to take your A Listen to Lizzie, an exchange student in Rome, Italy,
jumper o f? It’s so hot in here! talking to a friend on the phone, and answer the question.
You can put on this T-shirt. Choose a, b or c.
What is true about Lizzie?
a. to go somewhere with someone a. She’s had a good time in Rome, but is
b. to do what is necessary to keep now homesick.
someone/something safe and b. She doesn’t want to leave Rome yet.
healthy c. She wasn’t having a good time when she
c. to remove something that you are first arrived, but she is having fun now.
wearing
d. to go somewhere and get someone
who is waiting for you B Listen again and write T for True or F for False.
e. to visit (usually a person’s house) 1. Lizzie is staying in Rome for three weeks.
f. to feel excited about something
that is going to happen 2. Lizzie can’t communicate with the host family at all.
g. to leave the ground and start flying
h. to lift someone/something from a 3. Lizzie didn’t find the Borghese Gallery worth visiting.
lower place
4. The host family have bought a football shirt for Lizzie.
5. Lizzie has learnt to do skateboarding stunts while in Rome.
Speak

Talk in pairs. Discuss the following.

• Do you like travelling to new places? Why? /
Why not?
• Have you ever been abroad or to a different
part of your country?
• Where did you go?
• When did you go?
• Who did you go with?
• What did you do there?
• What did you eat? Did you try anything new?
Did you like it?
• Did you enjoy your time there?
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