GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Present perfect or past simple

WRITING AN EMAIL

Write an email about a game you played recently.

- Plan your email. Make notes about the game and what you liked or disliked about it. Include adjectives and emoticons to describe how you felt.

- Write the email, using the one of the book to help you.

- Check your writing.

WRITING

 


 
PLAN
Imagine you are on holiday. Make notes about:
- Where you are and how you feel.
- What you've already done.
- What you're doing now. 
- What you haven't done yet.

WRITE 
Write two short paragraphs based on your notes.

CHECK
Check your writing. ( present perfect, other verb tenses, really and a bit +  adjective)

LET'S TALK ABOUT TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

Interview a classmate about transport and travel. Ask him/her the following questions:

TRAVEL
- Have you ever been abroad? Where did you go?
- Where do you usually go on holiday? What do you like about it?
- Where do you usually stay when you're on holiday?
- How often do you go on holiday? With whom? ...

 

  TRANSPORT
- How do you get to school? 
- How far do you live from here?
- How often do you use public transport?
- What do you think is the safest kind of transport? Why? ...




 

PROJECT

In groups of 3 people search the Internet about an important museum in the world you would like to visit. Create a PADLET with the information you need and present it to your classmates.



Requested information:
- Name of the museum
- Where is it and what type of museum is it.
- What can you find in it.
- Explain in detail at least 4 important exhibits from the museum and include a photograph of each one.

PRESENT PERFECT EXERCISES

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GRAMMAR: Present Perfect

How many times have you taken me to the airport so far this month?
How many times did you take me to the airport last month?

FINISHED TIME: SIMPLE PAST
UNFINISHED TIME: PRESENT PERFECT

Reading: Who was Buffalo Bill?

Who was Buffalo Bill?

A night at the museum

In pairs, answer the following questions:

1. What was President Roosevelt sitting on during the movie?
2. What happened to the exhibits if they escaped from the museum when the sun came up?
3. Throughout the movie, did Larry have his job threatened? Explain
4. What was the position that Larry had in the museum?
5. Was Larry married at the present time?
6. What did the monkey steal from Larry?
7. What kind of museum did Larry work in?
8. What was the name of the game that the dinosaur liked to play?
9. When the T-Rex was thrown something, he behaved like a dog. What was the object he was thrown?
10. Why was Jed, the cowboy, angry about his guns?
11. What was the specific word the stagecoach horses were trained to stop for?

Now, choose a historical character appearing in the movie and search some information on it, then write a brief comment in your blog and include a picture.

Sacajawea, Theodore Roosevelt, Easter Island Moai, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Columbus, Attila the Hun, The Wild West, The Roman Empire, The Aztecs, Stagecoach horses, American Civil War.

an e-mail to a friend

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e-mail

Grammar: Will vs Going to

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exercises

Writing an informal letter

Writing task

Imagine that it was your birthday yesterday and you're writing to thank a relative for their birthday present and tell them about your birthday party. Decide what present they bought you and think of three plans for your party. Write an informal letter to your relative to thank them and tell them about your plans. Write three paragraphs.

Watch the video and create your blog

How to create a blog