Monday 23 October 2023
Present perfect with time adverbials
We often use the present perfect with adverbials which refer to the recent past:
recently, just, only just.Scientists have recently discovered a new breed of monkey.
We have just got back from our holidays.
or adverbials which include the present:
so far until now up to now |
Have you ever seen a ghost?
Where have you been up to now?
A: Have you finished your homework yet?
B: No, so far I've only done my history.
After a clause with the present perfect we often use a clause with since to show when something started in the past:
I've worked here since I left school.
I've been watching that programme every week since it started.
Make up 3 sentences in Present Perfect with time adverbials and post them below.
Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap
Read the article and answer the questions:
1) What is the women's strike in Iceland about and what categories of society does it include?
2) What are the demands of the strikers?
Post your answers in the commentary section below.
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Have been and have gone
We use have/has been when someone has gone to a place and returned:
A: Where have you been?
B: I've just been out to the supermarket.
A: Have you ever been to San Francisco?
B: No, but I've been to Los Angeles.
But when someone has not returned, we use have/has gone:
A: Where's Maria? I haven't seen her for weeks.
B: She's gone to Paris for a week. She'll be back tomorrow.
Make up 3 sentences with have been /have gone and post them in the commentary section below.
Standing up for Palestine is also standing up to save the west from the worst of itself
Read the article and comment on it:
1) How do you feel about the western values after reading the article? Do they really exist?
2) How did the people in Europe react to the events in Gaza?
3) What is your opinion regarding the ongoing conflict?
Angelina Jolie receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards
Watch the interview and answer the question: What problem does Angelina raise in her acceptance speech?
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