Learning English

Achieving my goals

Have you ever moved to a different country? What's the most interesting thing that has happened to you since you moved?

The six students you saw in Activity 1 also answered this question. Read their answers and have a look at how they use the present perfect to talk about their experiences. If you really need help, you can listen to their answers as well.

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What's the most interesting thing that has happened to you?

Melissa
I think the most interesting thing that has happened to me since I've moved here is me having this opportunity to learn English and be able to speak and write this language.

Javier
I think that the most interesting thing for me was that I meet new, nice friends. And I'm sure that will be forever.

Arta
Since I moved to the UK, I improve a little bit my English, I've bought a house in here, and I start a job.

Jie
Yeah. I think the most interesting thing is weather. The weather I find strange. And it's rainy all the time, foggy. Like four seasons a day.

Maryam
The most interesting things are the freedom, peace and the opportunity to achieve my goals.

Kinga
To learn English and went at the O2 Arena to see my favourite popstars and travel around Europe and around the UK.

To do

Now you've read what the students said, how much can you remember about what they said? Try the activity to make sentences about what they've done.

End of Session 3

That's the end of this session. We hope you enjoyed hearing about the ESOL students' different experiences of life in the UK. You've heard all about their lives and how long they've lived in this country. They used for to talk about how long they have been here and since to say what their life has been like since the day they arrived.

Join us in Session 4, where we'll read about people who have moved to different countries to live and work. And you'll have the opportunity to see and hear the present perfect being used in a news report.