Expressions
Ordering food
I’ll have…… please
I’d like…… please
Can I have.. , please?
Checking information
Let me check that.
Let me read that back.
Let me repeat that.
Pair-work
What is your favorite type of food?
Why?
I like Italian food
because is cheesy
and delicious.
Present perfect for experiences
You can use the Present Perfect to describe your
experience.
It is like saying, "I have the experience of..."
I have been to Japan.
I’ve never been in Japan.
Present perfect
We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened
at an unspecified time before now.
The exact time is not important.
ever, never, once,
many times, several
times, before, so far,
already, yet,
yesterday, one year ago, last week,
when I was a child, when I lived in
Japan, at that moment, that day, one
day,
specific unspecific
Structure
The present perfect is formed from the present
tense of the verb have and the past participle of a
verb:
I have eaten California sushi roll.
Subject Have
Has
V. Past
Participle Complement
Verbs
1. Eat Ate Eaten
2. Drink Drank Drunk
3. Have Had Had
4. Go Went Gone
5. Do Did Done
6. Drive Drove Driven
7. Ride Rode Ridden
8. Take Took Taken
9. Be Was/Were Been
10. Hear Heard Heard
11. Speak Spoke Spoken
Simple Past Present Perfect
Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle
Verbs
1. Eat Ate Eaten
2. Drink Drank Drunk
3. Have Had Had
4. Go Went Gone
5. Do Did Done
6. Drive Drove Driven
7. Ride Rode Ridden
8. Take Took Taken
9. Be Was/Were Been
10. Hear Heard Heard
11. Speak Spoke Spoken
Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle
Structure
I / You / We
/ They
He / She /
It
Positive
I have
spoken.
He has
spoken.
Negative
I have not
spoken.
He has not
spoken.
Question
Have I
spoken?
Has he
spoken?
Examples
I have lost my key.
I have never been to Australia.
I have seen that movie twenty times.
I think I have met him once before.
There have been many earthquakes in
California.
People have traveled to the Moon.
People have not traveled to Mars.
Have you ever seen the rain?
Conversation
1. Have you ever heard hip-hop music?
2. Have you ever visited Cancún?
3. Have you ever eaten rotten cheese?
4. Have you ever been in an awkward situation?
5. Have you ever found money on the street?
6. Have you ever watched a horror movie alone at
home?
7. Have you ever seen a ghost?
Practice 1
have had
have never tried
have had
ever tried Have
haven’t
have never been
have been
ever eaten Have
Have you ever eaten oysters?
Have you ever been to a
Turkish restaurant?
Have you ever drunk soy milk?
Have you ever had plantains?
Have you ever tried blue cheese?