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Post 6: Talking in the Present and Reviewing Past Tenses

  The main objective for this week is to use communicatively what you´ve learned about the grammar of the present tenses: Warm-up: Pronunciation Excercises 1. Remember the pronunciation of I´ve? I´ve 2. Read the lyrics of Queen´s song We are the Champions I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes I've made a few I've had my share of sand kicked in my face But I've come through We are the champions, my friends And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end We are the champions We are the champions No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions of the world I've taken my bows And my curtain calls You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it I thank you all But it's been no bed of roses No pleasure cruise I consider it a challenge before the whole human race And I ain't gonna lose We are the champions, my friends And we'll keep on… 3. How would you pronounce? He´s gone home

Post 5: Speaking in the present, cont.

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  This week we´ll continue reviewing speaking in the present. This time we´re going to go over the   Present Perfect Tenses: 1. the Perfect Tense and  2. the Present Perfect Progressive Task 1 : Watch the video to review main features of the Present Perfect. (18 minutes) Task 2 : Check the list of irregular verbs and their forms (focus on past participles) Task 3: Watch the video to review the use of the Present Perfect versus the Present Perfect Progressive (13 minutes) Task 4 : Watch the video to continue with the review of the Present Perfect versus the Present Perfect Progressive. (7 minutes) Task 5 : Go over the list of actiona and stative verbs to refresh your memory. Task 6: Do the following exercises: Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3: Write the answers to the following questions. You´ll report them during next class: a. What have you done today? Write a list of things you´ve done from the moment you woke up to now. b. What have you been doing since the beginning of 2020? c.