Unit 13
4 Complete these sentences with present perfect verb forms.
Example: I have taken (take) the fish as my pay. 1 The fox _________ (give) the fish to his mate. 2 The foxes _________ (eat) all the fish. 3 The two otters _________ (go) back into the water again. 4 They _________ (not catch) any more fish yet. 5 They _________ (begin) to argue again. 6 The school of fish _________ (swim) away. 7 Most people _________ (never see) an otter. 8 Our teacher _________ (tell) us a lot of stories about animals.
5 Ask each other four questions in the present perfect tense.
Have you ever seen a whale?
Have you ever been to the ocean?
Write sentences about what your partner tells you. Example: Jason has been to the ocean, but he has never seen a whale.
Look at the information in the table. Make sentences about what each student has done. Example: Brianna has visited another country twice. Name of student Visited another country
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Won a race Climbed a mountain
Brianna
Twice Never Often
Never Once
Often
Carl
A few times
Xavier
Many times
Never
Kris Once or twice Many times W rite three sentences about things you have done often, and three about things you have never done . 7 Most years
• Exercise 5: To use the present perfect in a real life context, conduct a class survey. Agree on three or four activities and find out how many students have done them. Ask, e.g. Who has travelled in a plane? • Exercise 6: Remind students to use the past participles of verbs like visit . DA Allow some students to answer Exercises 6 and 7 orally.
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