This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is practicing the present perfect tense!
The present perfect tense is used to talk about things that happened in the past (at some undefined time) or events that started in the past but are continuing today. This makes the present perfect a really useful and common piece of grammar.
Here are 10 conversation questions to help you get started with the present perfect!
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Present Perfect Grammar
The Present Perfect tense is used to talk about actions or experiences that happened at an unspecified time in the past, or actions that started in the past and continue to the present. It is formed using “have” + past participle (e.g., have done, has seen).
Examples:
- I have visited Italy (at some point in my life).
- She has lived here for five years (she started in the past and still lives here).
We often use it with words like ever, never, already, yet, and since.
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Conversation Questions: Online Services!
- Have you ever visited a country where you didn’t speak the language? What was your experience like?
- What is something you have done recently that made you feel proud of yourself?
- Has there been a time when you’ve met someone famous or important?
- What’s the best book you have read in the past year?
- Have you ever tried a new hobby or activity that you didn’t expect to enjoy?
- What’s the most interesting thing you have learned this week?
- What’s the best advice you have ever received?
- Have you ever lost something important and later found it?
- What’s the most delicious meal you have had recently?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- Experience (Noun): The knowledge or skill gained from doing something.
- Proud (Adjective): Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you have done.
- Famous (Adjective): Well known by many people.
- Hobby (Noun): An activity you enjoy doing in your free time.
- Advice (Noun): Suggestions or recommendations about what to do in a situation.
- Lose (Verb): To misplace or no longer have something you had before.
- Delicious (Adjective): Having a very good taste.
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced response, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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