Real English ESL - Lesson 57 - Exercise 5

Lesson 57 - Exercise 5 - The Present Perfect

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Pure Present Perfect: The interviewer asks "Have you ever travelled abroad?"
Vocabulary: 1 - ever (adverb): at any time
2 - abroad (adverb & adjective): out of one's own country, in a foreign country. Example: the USA is "abroad" for an Englishman, and England is "abroad" for an American.

Record. Click on the red button and speak into your microphone. When you are finshed, click on
"Stop".

. Then click on Play

(listen to yourself). Compare: Listen to yourself again. Listen to the teacher. Record again!

The interviewer's first question is "Have you ever travelled abroad?" What is Marie Louise's first answer? (look at the "balloon") Type it!
1. Yes, I have.
2. Yes, I have been abroad.
3. Yes, I did.
What is the interviewer's first question? Type it!
1. Have you ever travelled abroad?
2. Have you ever been abroad?
3. Did you ever go abroad?
What's the interviewer's second question?
1. Where have you been?
2. Have you ever travelled abroad?
3. Where did you go?
Where have Marie-Louise and Al been? Click on all the correct answers.
1. England
2. France
3. Italy
4. Germany
5. Austria
6. Switzerland
7. Australia
8. Spain
9. Portugal