Session 15

 

3rd February 2025 

chilly, cloudy 

Monday 

Present Perfect  Simple versus Past Simple

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/present-perfect-or-past-simple/

Textbook 

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1. Marcia is at Auckland Buskers Festival.

2. He is well-known because he plays a lot of instruments. 

3. The newest instrument is the banjo . 

4. Today he has played for 7 hours. 

5. He plays jazz, blues, rock and country. 

6. He has never played a violin or a cello. 

mouth organ = muzicuta 

recorder = tip de flaut 

 flute = flaut 

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two or three hundred  YEARS AGO

thousands OF YOUNG PEOPLE

30 METRES TALL

70 % DISADVANTAGED / DISABLED 

70 METRES

40 YOUNG SAILORS

 15 EMA'S AGE

200 FEET

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Krista : caring , talented , calm 

Steff : sociable, easy -going , positive , inspiring 

Toni : shy, hard- working , active 

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to bring together = a aduce impreuna 

to sign up = a te inscrie la (un curs / conferinta ...)

to look up to somebody = a privi cu admiratie / a respecta 

to set up = a infiinta 

to get on with = a se intelege cu ...

to pass on their knowledge = a transmite cunostintele lor 

to count on =  a se baza pe ...

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS 

have + been + V-ing 

- cand punem accent pe perioada desfasurarii actiunii 

Ex : She has been studying for 4 hours now. 

- cand o actiune s-a terminat recent , dar are un rezultat vizibil 

Ex . I am red in the face because I have been jogging . 

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1. I have studied / have been studying for 5 years . 

2.  I have had two mobile phones since I was 12.

3. She has been studying every evening for the exam next week .

4. He has had 3 different teachers this year . 

5. We have taken 4 exams in the last month . 

6. I have been reading a lot since SEptember . 

Homework 

words x 2 

 contexts - Present Perfect simple / continuous - questions ; negations