1) Discuss with your partner the following questions:
a) Is Ellie still in France at the time she’s writing the letter? How long has she been there?
b) How many times did Ellie visit Paris in the past?
c) Would you say that Ellie is more interested in sightseeing or shopping?
Is André still travelling with Ellie and Lucy?
Summerize each of the three paragraphs of the letter in a single sentence.
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Look at the examples of the Present Perfect from the letter. Match them with the uses of the Present Perfect:
We’ve been here in France for about two weeks now.
My friend Lucy is really happy because she has met a handsome French guy.
I have always wanted to visit Paris.
to talk about a past action without saying exactly when it happened
to emphasise a present result of something that happened in the past
to describe something that started in the past and continues in the present
Ask your partner using the correct tense:
about his/her travel experience with France/Paris.
about his/her dream city that they visited or they are going to visit.
about his/her love affair with a handsome stranger from another country.
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Do we use Present Perfect or Past Simple when:
Something happened in the specific time in the past.
The time of the action in the past is not given or known.
A past action has results in the present.
The past action is not linked with the present.
Complete the rules with the correct words in brackets:
We use the Present Perfect to talk about actions that (are happening now / happened in the past) and have clear consequences in the (past / present).
We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that happened in the past and (we know exactly when they happened / we only know they happened at some time before
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