Class 5 - Content – Spontaneous talks

Objective – taking part into spontaneous talks.

Problem 1: In pairs or groups of 3, you have to search for texts related to the following
topics or choose other ones. Then, you have to create a podcast and present it to the
class. The other groups need to listen and comment about what was presented. (2.5
pontos)

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Here we have a list of possible themes but you can search for another one:
1-Artificial intelligence.
2- Creativity.
3- Environment.
4- Cybersecurity.
5- Climate change.
6- Veganism.
7- Mental health.

Before you start preparing your podcast, you are going to study a language structure
which can be used during your talks.

1-Language structure – You have to start understanding the use of the present perfect
tense. To do that, you can read and study the explanation that follows and check
understanding with the teacher; you can also watch the following video class or/and
search for another video about this grammar topic on the Internet.

[Link] (very simple way to learn)

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE – FORM

POSITIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT AUXILIAR VERB VERB PAST COMPLEMENT
PARTICIPLE
I
You HAVE / ‘VE WORKED in a big company for
We five years
They
He
She HAS / ‘S DONE the activity very well.
It
 INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
AUXILIAR VERB SUBJECT VERB PAST COMPLEMENT
PARTICIPLE
I
HAVE You WORKED in a big company for
We five years?
They
He
HAS She DONE the activity very well?
It

NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT AUXILIAR VERB + VERB PAST COMPLEMENT
NOT PARTICIPLE
I
You HAVE NOT / WORKED in a big company for
We HAVEN’T five years
They
He
She HAS NOT / HASN’T DONE the activity very
It well.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - USE

1-When we talk or ask about things that have happened in the past, but we don’t say
when.
Ex.: I HAVE SEEN Harry Potter many times.
My friend is a writer. He HAS WRITTEN many books.

2- When we talk about something that has recently happened.

 Ex.: Are you hungry?
No, I’VE JUST HAD dinner.
3- when we discuss events that have been happening over a period of time but aren’t
finished yet.
Ex.: I HAVE WORKED at Fatec for eight years.
4- With “ever” (at any time in your life) and “never” (at no time in your life.
Ex.: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN to the USA?
My sister HAS NEVER TRAVELLED by plane.
5- With “already” (before you/I expected) e “yet” (until now).
Ex.: It’s only 9:00 and Anna HAS ALREADY GONE to bed. (before I expected)
Diane and Paul HAVEN’T ARRIVED yet.
6- With “for” (a period of time) and “since” (the start of the period)
Ex.: Richard HAS BEEN in Canada for six months.
Richard HAS BEEN in Canada since January.

Class 6 - Content – Spontaneous talks

Objective – taking part into spontaneous talks.

2 – Exercises – Do these exercises about present perfect.

2.1 – A customer service manager is talking about the situation in his department.
Complete the text with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets. (Business Result,
Pre-intermediate, OUP, page111)

This month ____________________ (be) a very good one for me. Three more members
of my team _____________________ (tell) me that they are leaving the company. Two
of them ___________________________ (not / find) another job yet, but they say that
the pressure of work ___________________________ (become) too much for them.
It’s true that there ______________________ (be) a big increase in their work this year
because two other customer service assistants _________________________ (already /
leave) the department and we ______________________ (not / recruit) anybody to
replace them. I _____________________ (ask) my boss several times if we can employ
some new people for the team, but each time he ________________________ (say) that
we need to reduce our salary costs. But I know we ________________________ (lose)
some business because we ________________________ (not / have) enough people to
deal with customer calls.
The situation can’t continue like this. I _________________________ (not / make) a
final decision on this yet, but I’m thinking of leaving the company myself.

2.2 – Put the verbs in parentheses in the present perfect or simple past. (American English
File 1, OUP, page 147)
A: _____________ you ever ________________ abroad? (travel)
B: Yes, I ____________________ to Peru last year. (go)
A: ______________ you ever ________________ any countries in Asia? (visit)
B: Yes, I _______________. I _________________ to South Korea a few years
ago. (go)
A: Who ________________ you ________________ with? (go)
B: My husband. It was a work trip and his company _________________ for
everything. (pay)
A: How wonderful! How ____________ you _______________ there? (get)
B: We __________________. (fly)
A: Where ______________ you ________________? (stay)
B: We ___________________ a suite in a five-star hotel. It was beautiful! (have)
A: ________________ the company ________________ you on any other trips
recently? (take)
B: No. My husband ____________________ working there a year later, so that was
our only trip. (stop)
A: Too bad!
2.3 – Do these online exercises.
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Class 7 - Content – Spontaneous talks

Objective – taking part into spontaneous talks.

3 – Speaking - Ask and answer these questions:

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1 - Where is the best place you have ever been?

2 - Who is the greatest person you have ever met?
3 - How long have you studied English?
4 - Have you ever given a public speech? What was it? Where?
5 - Have you ever received a gift you hated? What was it? Who gave it to you?
6 - What online game have you played recently?
7 - Have you ever watched a movie/series in English without subtitles? What was the
movie/series?
8 - What is the longest time you have stayed surfing the internet?
9 - What is the farthest away from home you have travelled?
10 - How long have you had your cell phone?
11 - How long have you had your present job?
12 - How long have you lived in your house?
13 - Who has helped you a lot in your life?
14 - How many times have you checked your phone today?
15 - What is something you've done this week that you're proud of?
16 - What's the coldest temperature you've ever experienced?

3.1 - Ask and answer these questions using the correct form of present perfect and
simple past.
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1-Have you ever had any problems with your boss? What was the problem? How did
you solve it?
2-Why did you choose your present career?
3-Why did you leave your last job?
4-What have you enjoyed the most in your present job?
5-What have you learnt in your present job?
6- Have you ever studied a foreign language? Which language did you study? Why did
you start learning it?
7- Have you ever forgotten an important date? What date was it? What happened?
8-Have you ever been to a very hot city? Which city was it? Did you like it? What did
you do there?
9-Have you ever been to a College congress? What was the congress about? Did you
like it?
10-Have you ever chatted or talked to an English native speaker? Who was the person?
What did you talk about? Did you have difficulty in understanding it?

Class 8 - Content – Spontaneous talks

Objective – taking part into spontaneous talks.

4 – Speaking – prepare the activity suggested in problem 1.

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Class 9 - Content – Spontaneous talks

Objective – taking part into spontaneous talks.

5 – Oral presentation – presentation of the podcast suggested in problem 1. (2,5 pontos)

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