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Unit 11: The bucket list
The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’

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  1. 1Nice to meet you!
  2. 2What to wear
  3. 3Like this, like that
  4. 4The daily grind
  5. 5Christmas every day
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  10. 10Sunny's job hunt
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  15. 15From Handel to Hendrix
  16. 16What's the weather like?
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  21. 21Welcome to your new job
  22. 22Beyond the planets
  23. 23Great expectations!
  24. 24Eco-tourism
  25. 25Moving house
  26. 26It must be love
  27. 27Job hunting success... and failure
  28. 28Speeding into the future
  29. 29Lost arts
  30. 30Tales of survival

Session 3

Practise your present perfect tense and learn some new vocabulary as we meet a famous Scottish singing superstar and find out about her life story.

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

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Activity 3

Pronunciation workout

Limber up!

To talk about life using the present perfect try out this pronunciation workout where you get to listen and repeat some key words and phrases. Make way for Sophie.

 

ነቲ ድምጺ ስምዕዎ

ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ኣርእይዎ ነቲ ቅዳሕ ጽሑፍ ሕብእዎ

Hi it's Sophie here with a pronunciation workout. It's a chance for you to listen and then repeat.

When talking in the present perfect, the ‘a’ sound in have or has is not usually pronounced strongly. It uses the Ə (‘uh’) sound -  more like the vowel sound in butter, and not the vowel sound in cat.  So, have sounds like /hƏv/ and has sounds like /hƏz/. Come on, let's say it together…

I have been to London… I have been to London… [pause]

She has learnt to speak English… She has learnt to speak English… [pause]

You can contract the words 'I have' to 'I've' – I've been to London.  I've been to London. You try it now… [pause]

And 'she has' or 'he has' becomes 'she's' or 'he's' – She's learnt to speak English. She's learnt to speak English. You try it… [pause]

In the negative form – 'have not' is usually contracted and pronounced haven’t – and 'has not' is usually said as hasn’t. Note, the ‘a’ sound is strong, as in cat.

Have you got that? Now repeat after me…

Haven't…         I haven't been to London… I haven't been to London… [pause]

Hasn't…           She hasn't learnt to speak English….   She hasn't learnt to speak English… [pause]

When speaking in the present perfect we often use the words 'ever' and 'never' – and it's good to know how to stress these words. Repeat after me…

Never… never…  I've never been to London. I've never been to London… [pause]

She's never eaten Indian food… She's never eaten Indian food. [pause]

Ever… ever… Have you ever been to London? Have you ever been to London? [pause]

Has she ever eaten Indian food? Has she ever eaten Indian food? [pause]

How did you get on? Well done. Bye for now.

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End of Session 3

Did you enjoy that? That's it for Session 3. By now you should have a better understanding of present perfect but if not, don't worry, there's still time to practise in Session 4 when we hear about more life experiences – and talk about our own!

ናይ ስዋስው ክፍሊ

ምሉእ መወከስ ስዋስው ተመልከት

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ምሉእ መወከስ ማህደረ-ቃላት ተመልከት

መራገፊ ማእከል

ትሕዝቶ ናይ ሓድሽ ትምህርቲ