Lesson number 28

Wednesday, 9th January 2008

Summary:

• Present perfect vs. simple past.

Exercise 3

a). 1- They/live/in Moscow/eight yeares.

-->They have lived in Moscow for eight yeares.

2-He/know/Paul/a long time.

-->he has know Paul for a long time.

3-I/work/ for UNICEF/1998

-->I have worked for UNICEF since 1998.

4-He/be/in hospital/six days.

-->He has been in hospital for six days.

5-She/have/a car/February.

-->She has had a car since February.

b). 1-How long have they lived in Moscow?

2-How long has he know Paul?

3-How long have I worked for UNICEF?

4-How long has been in hospital?

5-How long has she had a car?

Present Perfect vs. Simple Past

-->Present Perfect:

->The actions are unfinished or they have just finished at the moment;

->Time adverbs often used: For, Since, Just, Yet, Never, Ever.

--> Simple Past

->The actions are finished abd complete;

->Time adverbs often used: yesterday, last, ago, ...

Lesson number 27

Tuesday, 8th January 2008

Summary:

• Exercises of Present Perfect vs. Simple Past.

How long/For/Since

--> How long (há quanto tempo...?)

E.g. How long has class C listened to English classes?

--> For (há X tempo/ indica um período de tempo)

E.g. Classe C has listened to English classes for almost four years.

--> Since (desde determinada altura/ indica uma data precisa)

E.g. Class C has listened to English classes since 2004.

Exercise 1

1. For five minutes.

2. Since 3 o'clock.

3. For two weeks.

4. Since 1st January.

5. Since 2004.

6. For three years.

7. For a long time.

9. For six hours.

10. Since the beginning of the lesson.

Exercise 2

1. I have had this bag since January.

2. He has studied English a long time.

3. We haven't live in Japan ten years.

4. She has been here since 3 pm.

5. She hasn't played the guitar for six months.

Lesson number 26

Wednesday, 12th December 2007

Summary:

• Auto-evaluation.

Lesson number 25

Tuesday, 11th December 2007

Summary:

• Hand out and correction of the written test.

Lesson number 24

Wednesday, 5th December 2007

Summary:

• Verbs Make and Do.
• Present perfect tense.
• For and Since.
  

NGOs:

AMI--> International medical assistance;

UNICEF--> United nations international children's emergency found;

FAO--> Food and agriculture organisation.

Present Perfect:

-->I have learned English for 4 yeares-> To talk about situations that we don't know the exact time.

-->She has taken her driving license-> To talk about past situations, that we don't know the exact time.

-->Class C has had 2 classes so far -> To talk about recent past situations.

Form:

have / has (not) + past participe.

--> I have lived in Loureiro sice 1980.

--> She hasn't read the book jet.

--> Have they cought the bus?

Lesson number 23

Tuesday, 4th December 2007

Summary:

• Introducing unit 4: Solidarity;
• Talking about NGos;
• 'Red Nose Day'-reading.

Lesson number 22

Wednesday, 28th November 2007

Summary:

• Vocabulary games.