Exercise 2 In pairs. Use the following patters to make up your own conversations.

I.

I. A: Have you been to … (yet)? seen watched read B: No, why? No, I haven’t. Not yet.

I have, actually. I was there last week. I went there a few days ago.

 

 

II.

A: What’s it like? Is it any good?     B: Oh, it’s great amazing quite good wonderful a nice place fantastic absolutely brilliant   I (really) liked it. I liked it a lot. I liked it very much. I loved it. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Oh, it’s awful terrible disgusting (a bit of) a rip-off a (really) horrible place     I didn’t like it at all. I didn’t like it a bit.

It’s all right if you’re into that kind of thing.   It’s OK, I suppose.

 

III.

A: It’s (well) worth a visit. visiting. seeing. You should go and see it. read it.   B: Oh, right. Sounds great. nice. good. interesting.

It’s not worth visiting. seeing. the entrance fee. I’d give it a miss if I were you. In your place I’d give it a miss.   Oh, right. Sounds horrible. terrible awful Doesn’t sound like my kind of thing.

 

IY.

A: Thanks for telling me. Thanks for letting me know.
I’ll go there when I get the chance. (I think) I’ll go and see it as soon as I have the chance. (I guess) I’ll do it tonight.   B: I’m sure you’ll like it. love it. enjoy it	I think I’ll give it a miss, then. I guess

 

Exercise 3. Listen to the song

Brighton in the Rain

I've never been to Athens and I've never been to Rome

I've only seen the Pyramids in picture books at home

I've never sailed across the sea or been inside a plane

I've always spent my holidays in Brighton in the rain.

 

I've never eaten foreign food or drunk in a foreign bar

I've never kissed a foreign girl or driven a foreign car

I've never had to find my way in a country I don't know

I've always known just where I am and where I’ll never go.

I've read travel books by writers who have been to Pakistan

I've heard people telling stories of adventures in Iran

I've watched TV documentaries about China and Brazil

But I've never been abroad myself; it’s making my feel ill.

I've studied several languages like Hindi and Malay

I've learnt lots of useful sentences I've never been able to say

The furthest place I've ever been was to the Isle of Man

And that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan.

 

I've never been to Athens and I've never been to Rome

I've only seen the Pyramids in picture books at home

I've never sailed across the sea or been inside a plane

I've always spent my holidays in Brighton in the rain.

http://muzda.ru/mp3/Brighton+in+the+rain/

http://eslcommunity.org/video/2013/05/brighton-in-the-rain-lve-never-been-to-athens-present-perfect-experience/

Exercise 4. Close the text of the song. Fill in the gaps and complete the song lyrics with the Present Perfect Tense of the verbs listed below (verbs may be used more than once). Listen to the song again and check your answers.

be	drive	drink	eat	go	have	hear	kiss
know	learn	read	sail	see	spend	study	watch

I’ve never (1) _ _ _ _ to Athens and I’ve never (2) _ _ _ _ to Rome.

I've only (3) _ _ _ _ the Pyramids in picture books at home.

I've never (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ across the sea or (5) _ _ _ _ inside a plane.

I've always (6) _ _ _ _ _ my holidays in Brighton in the rain.

I've never (7) _ _ _ _ _ foreign food or (8) _ _ _ _ in a foreign bar.

I've never (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ a foreign girl or (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ a foreign car.

I've never (11) _ _ _ to find my way in a country I don’t know.

I've always (12) _ _ _ _ _ just where I am and where I’ll never go.

I've (13) _ _ _ _ travel books by writers who have (14) _ _ _ _ to Pakistan.

I’ve (15) _ _ _ _ _ people telling stories of adventures in Iran.

I’ve (16) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TV documentaries about China and Brazil.

But I've never (17) _ _ _ _ abroad myself. It’s making me feel ill.

I've (18) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ several languages like Hindi and Malay.

I've (19) _ _ _ _ _ _ lots of useful sentences I’ve never (20) _ _ _ _ able to say.

The furthest place I’ve ever (21) _ _ _ _ was to the Isle of Man,

and that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan.

 

PRESENT PERFECT

 

I. Present Perfect образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола to have и страдательного причастия, то есть по формуле

have

+ Participle II

has

Part II является неизменяемой частью.

В вопросах глагол have ставится перед подлежащим. В отрицаниях not ставится

после глагола have.

 

Напр.: We ’ve been herebefore.

Have you been here before? – Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.

He hasn’t been here before.

You haven’t been here before, have you?

 

II. Present Perfect выражает действие, предшествующее настоящему, но связанное с ним. Это настоящее время; нам важно то, что в настоящем есть результат. Используя Present Perfect, мы говорим, благодаря какому именно прошлому действию мы сейчас имеем такой результат.

 

Напр.: She’ s written a book. – Она написала книгу. (Результат – Есть книга.

Можете прочитать её. И т.п.)

She ’s read thisbook. – Она прочитала эту книгу. (Результат – Она знает

её содержание. Не нужно ей дарить эту книгу. И

т.п.)

 

Present Perfect употребляется:

 

1) если не указано, когда в прошлом совершилось действие

They ’ve left.

2) если указан период времени, который ещё не закончился, то есть включает и настоящий момент, напр.: today, this week, this year и т.п.

I ’ve seen two good films this month.

 

3) с такими словами, как just (в значении «только что»)

lately

recently

since

He ’s just come.

Have you seen her since you left school?

She hasn’t called us lately.

 

часто со словами ever

never

yet

already

 

 

Have you ever been to London?

I ’ve never seen her.

He hasn’t given an answer yet.

Have they arrived yet?

She ’s already finished her lunch.

 

4) в конструкции “It’s the first / second, etc. time …”

It’s the first time I ’ve done it.

It’s the third time he ’s been here.

 

III. Обратите внимание!

 

1) She’ s been to the cinema. – Она ходила в кино (но уже вернулась)

She ’s gone to the cinema. – Она пошла в кино (и ещё не вернулась)

 

2) Слово yet употребляется только в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях. В отрицаниях оно значит ещё (нет), в вопросах – уже.

В утвердительных предложениях уже будет по-английски already. Already используется в вопросах, только если вы хотите выразить удивление, поскольку что-то совершилось раньше, чем ожидалось.

 

3) Мы используем Present Perfect со словом just, только если оно значит только что.

I ’ve just seen her.

I just saw her, we didn’t talk.