Comprehension

1 Read the conversations. Complete the sentences with the right names.
1 ______________ is new at school. 2 ______________ thinks his name is stupid. 3 ______________ thinks Henry is boring and stupid. 4 ______________ is friendly. 5 ______________ wants to hide Henrys bag. MY FRIENDS ARE BULLIES 1 In the school yard Lara: Hi Fiona? Whos that boy over there. I have never seen him before. Fiona: He must be new here. 2 In class Teacher: Good morning class. We have a new boy today. His name is Henry and he has just moved to the area. Id like you all to make him feel happy. David: What do you think of that new boy? Pete: He looks like a nerd to me. Mark: Yeah, hes got a really stupid name. Lara: Hey! Whats your problem. You havent even spoken to him yet. 3 At lunch time, in the school canteen David: Hey Henry. We were here first. Henry: No, you werent. Pete: New boys go to the back of the queue. Lara: Whats the matter with you boys? Youre really cruel. 4 Later that day David: Hey, Henry has left his bag on the desk. Lets hide it. Pete: Brilliant idea. 5 At four oclock Henry: Ive lost my bag. Its got everything in it. Pete: Hee, hee. Hes still looking for his bag. David: What an idiot! Lara: Thats really stupid! David: Weve done the best thing for him today. Look! He hasnt found it yet. Lara: Ill go and tell him where his bag is. Pete: Oh will you. See you on your way home.

Grammar focus on the form

2 Complete the sentences with the missing words.
1 Henry ___________ ___________ to a new area. 2 I ___________ never ___________ him before. 3 We ___________ ___________ the best thing for him today. 4 Hey boys! You ___________ even ___________ to him yet. 5 Hes still looking for his bag. He ___________ ___________ it yet. 3 Complete the table with have /has , havent /hasnt Present Perfect Affirmative I, You, We They He, She, It Negative I, You, We They He, She, It How do we form the Present Perfect Tense? We use auxiliary verb have or has and the past participle of the main verb. Contracted forms. 1 I have never seen him before. Ive never seen him before. 2 We have arrived. Weve arrived. 3 He has left. Hes left. In negative forms we use havent (have not) or hasnt (has not) Past participle regular verbs verb + -ed / -d (visit visited; move moved) Past participle irregular verbs Past Participle Infinitive Past Simple be was /were been do did done find found found leave left left lose lost lost see saw seen speak spoke spoken moved seen moved seen

4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect. Example I have

finished (finish) my project.

4 A: ____________________________ (you and your brother /ever/ try) snowboarding? B: Yes, _________________. 5 A: ____________________________ (David and Pete / speak) to their headmaster? B: No, _________________.

1 Susan ____________ _____________ (write) two letters. 2 School ____________ _____________ (not start) yet. 3 Tom ____________ _____________ (cook) dinner. 4 I ____________ _____________ (lose) my keys. 5 We ____________ never _____________ (be) to Australia. 6 They ____________ just _____________ (arrive) 7 My friends ____________ _____________ (not see) that movie. 8 My friend ____________ _____________ (not see) that movie. 5 Rewrite sentnences 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 using the contracted forms. _______________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

8 Look at the exampe. Ask your partner about his / her experiences. Use the cues. Have you ever met a famous person? Yes, I have. see a ghost, be bullied, visit an old castle, try to write a poem, meet a famous person, travel in a balloon 9 Write three things you have never done, but you would like to do. Example: I have never been to Paris. I would like to see it one day. 1 _____________________________________. _____________________________________. 2 _____________________________________. _____________________________________. 3 _____________________________________. _____________________________________. Irregular verbs
Infinitive be break bring buy come do eat fall find give go have hear leave lose make meet see speak take tell win Past Simple was /were broke brought bought came did ate fell found gave went had heard left lost made met saw spoke took told won Past Participle been broken brought bought come done eaten fallen found given gone had heard left lost made met seen spoken taken told won

6 Read the sentences and make questions.

1 They have spoken to him. 1 2 1a ________ ________ spoken to him? 2 1 2 John has lost his camera. ________ ________ lost his camera? 3 I have found my bag. _________ _________ _________ your bag? How do we make questions?

7 Make questions and write short answers. Example: A: Have you ever bullied (you / ever/ bully)anyone? B: No, I havent .
1 A: ____________________________ (you / be) there before? B: Yes, _________________. 2 A: ____________________________ (Lara / do) her homework? B: No, _________________. 3 A: ____________________________ (Harry/ find) his bag? B: Yes, _________________.

Grammar focus on the meaning

1. We use the present perfect to talk about experiences:
1 I have never been good at maths. 2 Ive been to London twice in my life. 3 Shes written two books. 4 They have never visited their cousins in Australia. 5 Have you ever done something stupid? 6 Have you been there before? 7 We have never eaten caviar. 8 I have seen that movie twenty times. 9 I think I have met him once before. 10 People have travelled to the Moon. 11 People have not traveled to Mars. 12 Have you read the book yet? 13 Nobody has ever climbed that mountain. 14 A: Has there ever been a war in the United States? B: Yes, there has been a war in the United States.

Write sentences about what has just happened. You will have to add some words in some sentences (articles, prepositions, pronouns...)

Example They / arrive They have just arrived

1 She / have / shower __________________________________________. 2 They / leave / house __________________________________________. 3 Jack / find / keys __________________________________________. 4 The teacher / open / window __________________________________________.

5 Write five sentences about you own experiences.

We use the present perfect to talk about something that has just happened, something tha happened a moment ago.

1 They have just left the room. 2 He has just phoned his teacher. 3 Jason has just finished his lunch. 4 We have just called for help. 5 My parents have just come back from London.

Write sentences about these peoples experiences. You will have to add some words in some sentences (articles, prepositions, pronouns...)

Example Peter / travel / Moon Peter has travelled to the Moon

1 you / ever / climb / mountain __________________________________________? 2 Susan / meet / Brad Pitt __________________________________________. 3 I / read / book / two times __________________________________________. 4 A lot of people / read / Harry Potter books __________________________________________. 5 I / not speak / teacher __________________________________________.