LESSON 3 – A

GOOD JOB

3 ES O –

20 1 5 - 1 6

This surgeon / never perform /heart transplant

Cashier /worked /2001

Cleaner / break / expensive vase

Firefighter / put out / fires

A lawyerA truck driver

A career

PRONUNCIATIONFirstSinceLawPoliticsCareer

WORD ORDER• TIME EXPRESSIONS-

• BEGINNING OR END OF SENTENCES• ADVEBS OF FREQUENCY

• BEFORE THE MAIN VERB• AFTER VERB TO BE

FORM

PRESENT PERFECThave+ past participle

• What is a past participle?• How well did you do last year in irregular

verb exams?

THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE SIMPLE PAST

ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST ARRIVE TO THE PRESENT

MAY CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE

My teacher has written three plays (Why is this a present perfect?)

Action started Action finished Present

Shakespeare wrote many wonderful plays (Why is this a simple past?)

PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST?

TO TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE

• HAVE YOU EVER… ? (in question, it means “at any time in your life”)

• I HAVE NEVER… (an experience I have not had)• I HAVE ALWAYS… (since I can remember

HAVE YOU EVER …

This is your experienceCould you tell us about it?

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO…

I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED

I HAVE JUST…. - ACTIONS RECENTLY COMPLETEDArrived to school

YET – QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVE SENTENCESHave you washed the dishes YET? – I haven’t washed the dishes

yetYET has Future Connotations (I will wash them in the near future)

ALREADY – AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCESI HAVE ALREADY WASHED THE DISHES – (I washed them half an

hour ago.)

UNCOMPLETED ACTIONS AND EVENTSFOR AND SINCEI have lived in Barcelona for ______________ PERIODS

OF TIME (3 MONTHS, 2 YEARS…)I have lived in Barcelona since ___________ POINTS

IN TIME (September, 1960, six o’clock, August…)

EXPERIENCES

Go abroad Go diving

Have an accident Go dancingHave an exotic meal