Hello all! We are back for session 3 week 3 of Inform’s Warm Up Course! This week you learnt about present perfect and 1st conditional! Two big and important points. Present Perfect is great to talk about our experiences and to ask other people about theirs. You can tie 1st conditional in with it to talk about future possibilities!
Let’s see…
Liam: Have you ever been to Sydney?
Julia: No, I haven’t. But if I have money next month, I will go. Have you been to Melbourne?
Liam: Yes, I was there for two weeks! It was great but not long enough, if I go back, I will definitely go to the Great Ocean Road. Have you heard of it?
Julia: Yes I have, I have just seen a documentary about it. I want to go.
Liam: Wow! There are so many awesome places to visit in Australia!
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Experiences are not just travel…
Julia: Have you tried vegemite?
Liam: Ugh no, I think if I try it, I will be sick! It looks bad. Have you?
Julia: Yes I have, it isn’t so bad! What about kangaroo, have you tried that? I’m sure if you try it, you will like it!
Liam: Actually I have tried it when I went to DreamWorld, it was delicious!
Julia: Oh cool, I haven’t been to DreamWorld. Did you like it? When did you go?
Liam: Yes, it was fun, I went on a lot of rides! I visited two weeks ago.
See how Liam used past simple to give MORE details of the experience?
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One common question you will get asked or that you will ask is “How long have you been in Australia/on the Gold Coast.”
There are TWO ways to answer this correctly.
1 – I have been here FOR one month (using for we say the amount of time we have been somewhere)
2 – I have been here SINCE January (using since we say the time/date when we arrived)
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Now, a little bit on the pronunciation of present perfect. It can be tricky!
In natural speech people usually do not pronounce the H on HAVE, YOU sounds like YA, the ER on EVER sounds like A & they link all of those words together! Uh!
Slow speech: Have you ever
Natural speech: Have you ever
Did you hear the difference? Try practicing online with your teacher next class!
