UNIT 5 : OUR EXPERIENCES
LESSON 3: A closer look 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Le Hong Phong secondary school

WARM-UP

Sentence puzzling!!
1. Work in 4 teams.

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2. Unjumbled the given 4 sets of words
to make 4 sentences.
3. The team with the most correct
sentences in the fastest time is the
winner.

WARM-UP

Let's check the sentences

1. Sarah has joined the camp since the
beginning of summer.
2. She has gone to Paris with her family

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since last December.
3. They haven't played for the school's
band for 4 months.
4. Have you done your homework yet?
No, I haven't.

PRESENTATION
Remember!

– We use the present perfect to
express an
action which happened at an
unstated time in the past and is
completed in the present.
Example:
He has listened to this piece of
music.
She has read an article about Cu
Lan Village.
– We also use the present perfect
to
express our experiences.
Example:
I have tried skydiving.
Have you ever taken an eco-

Form
S + have/ has + Vp.p + … .
S + haven't / hassn't + Vp.p + … .
Have/ Has + S + Vp.p + … ?

p.p: past participle

PRACTICE

1 Write the correct forms of the verbs in the table.
Verbs
Past simple Past participle
work
join
play
be
go
do

worked

worked

joined
played
was / were
went
did

joined
played
been
gone
done

PRACTICE

2

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the present perfect.

have joined that project.
1. We (join) ___________
have played a computer game at his house once.
2. I (play) ___________
has never (work) _______
worked in such an unpleasant workplace.
3. She ____
has never (be) _____
been a class monitor.
4. He ____
have gone birdwatching several times.
5. They (go) __________

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.

1. We ______ in our school's sports competition once.
A. participate

B. have participated

C. has participated

D. are participating

2. Nam ______ any photos of his village for two years.
A. has not taken

B. have not taken

C. does not take

D. is taking

PRACTICE

3

Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.

3. They ______ detective stories several times.
A. were reading
B. read
C. has read
4. I ______ never ______ that film before.
A. did; watched
B. has; watched
C. have; watched
D. was; watching
5. She ______ her cousin since she left school.
A. haven't met
B. doesn't meet
C. hasn't met
D. didn't meet

D. have read

PRACTICE

4 Write sentences about Mai's experiences, using the information
in the table.

Example:
Mai hasn't visited
a village of an
ethnic group.

PRACTICE

4

Write sentences about Mai's experiences, using the information in
the table.

1. Mai hasn't climbed a mountain.
2. Mai has seen an elephant.
3. Mai hasn't joined a tribal dance.
4. Mai hasn't taken a photo of a forest.
5. Mai has gone on an eco-tour.

PRACTICE

5

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your experiences
using the present perfect.

Example:
A: Have you visited a village of an ethnic group?
B: Yes, I have. / No, I haven't.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to use the present perfect tense.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the Workbook;
 Make 5 sentences in the present
perfect tense.

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