1 Last summer, my family and I went on vacation* in the USA.

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1 Worksheet Jen s trip to California 1 Put the story in the correct order. We relaxed in our hotel room for an hour and then went out to eat at an expensive restaurant where they had live jazz music. After having fun in the sun, we got a rental car and drove to San Diego, where we went to a worldfamous zoo and Sea World, a really interesting marine park. 1 Last summer, my family and I went on vacation* in the USA. My parents are interested in history and old buildings, so they spent the last day of our trip in the Gaslamp Quarter, the historic district, and my brother and I went back to the beach. In the end, we had a wonderful time on our vacation. My brother has never been scuba diving because he does not like sport. So I went scuba diving alone. It was so exciting! We spent one week in California. I also wanted to go to Hawaii because my friend has been there before and really liked it, but we didn t have time. From the marine park, we drove into downtown and found a nice, comfortable hotel. First, we went to the beach, where we swam, went sun bathing and even tried scuba diving. On my next holiday, I would like to go back to California and spend more time at the beach. I have never been surfing or tried water skiing before and I would love to try it. * Vacation is American for holiday. 2 Did you understand the story about Jen s vacation? Mark T for true or F for false. 1 Jen has visited Hawaii. 2 Jen s brother has been scuba diving before. 3 Jen s parents went sightseeing in the historic part of town. 4 Jen has not visited San Diego zoo yet. 5 Jen had a great time on her vacation. 3 Answer the questions with yes, I have, or no, I haven t. 1 Have you ever been to California? 2 Have you ever been scuba diving? 3 Have you ever been to a zoo? 4 Have you ever travelled around the USA? Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. OHG, Berlin 2007, 1

2 Present perfect and simple past Present perfect Use: No specific time period Key words: in my life, already, before, ever, never, yet, not yet, just, so far, recently, lately 1) Have they finished the project yet? 2) Have you ever been to California? 3) I have been to Disneyland 2 times in my life. Simple past Use: Specific time period Key words: ago, yesterday, last week, at 3.00, at Christmas, in 2006, in September, when 1) Did they finish the project yesterday? 2) Did you go to California last year? 3) I went to Disneyland in 1999 and in Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the present perfect or simple past tense. 1 I a lot in my life. (travel) 2 I around Europe with my best friend when we finished college. (travel) 3 Ben abroad in America last summer. (work) 4 Ben abroad. (never / work) 5 We this film last month. (see) 6 We this film before. (not / see) 7 He a Havana cigar. (smoke) 8 He a Havana cigar the last time he was in Cuba. (smoke) 9 They their grandmother yesterday. (visit) 10 They their grandmother a lot lately. (visit) 5 Match the sentence halves. 1 He went a to Austria four times before. 2 I visited b one postcard so far. 3 They only sent c to California on vacation last summer. 4 I have been d one postcard last year. 5 We have only sent e Buckingham Palace yet. 6 I have not visited f Edinburgh Castle when I was in Scotland. Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. OHG, Berlin 2007, 2

3 Present perfect adverb positions Mid sentence position verb sandwich ever - never - just - already He has already seen the Tower of London. Have you ever seen the Tower of London? I have just seen the Tower of London. End sentence position before - yet recently He hasn t seen the Tower of London yet. I have seen the Tower of London recently. Have you seen the Tower of London before? 6 Make sentences with the present perfect and the correct word order. 1 you / Statue of Liberty / see / the / ever /? 2 brother / San Diego zoo / never / my / visit 3 see / four times / before / we / this film 4 children / school / start / already / our 5 they / finish / yet / homework / their /? 6 visitor / have / a / recently / you /? 7 I / before / travel / never / to India 8 arrive / your postcard / just Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. OHG, Berlin 2007, 3

4 Over to you 7 What have you already done, what have you not yet done? Complete the sentences with your own answers. 1 I have never. 2 I have already. 3 I have not yet. 4 I have before. 5 I have just. 8 Write a list of nouns, verbs and time expressions that you have learned in. Nouns Verbs Past tense time expressions e.g. Ben, taxi, hotel e.g. go, meet, stay e.g. yesterday, last week, before 9 Now combine these words and write 3 sentences in the simple past and 3 sentences in the present perfect. e.g. Ben stayed in a hotel last week. I have not met Ben before. 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _ 6 _ Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. OHG, Berlin 2007, 4

5 Answer key Exercise 1 7, 5, 1, 8, 9, 4, 2, 6, 3, 10 Exercise 2 1F; 2F; 3T; 4F; 5T Exercise 4 1 I have travelled a lot in my life. 2 I travelled around Europe with my best friend when we finished college. 3 Ben worked abroad in America last summer. 4 Ben has never worked abroad. 5 We saw this film last month. 6 We have not seen this film before. 7 He has smoked a Havana cigar. 8 He smoked a Havana cigar the last time he was in Cuba. 9 They visited their grandmother yesterday. 10 They have visited their grandmother a lot recently. Exercise 5 1c; 2f; 3d; 4a; 5b; 6e Exercise 6 1 Have you ever seen the Statue of Liberty? 2 My brother has never been visited San Diego Zoo. 3 We have seen this film four times before. 4 Our children have already started school. 5 Have they finished their homework yet? 6 Have you had a visitor recently? 7 I have never travelled to India before. 8 Your postcard has just arrived. Cornelsen Verlag GmbH & Co. OHG, Berlin 2007, 5