Somebody, anywhere, nothing, etc + Ing/ed adjectives

In unit 4C we are looking at the determiners someone, nothing, anywhere, etc.

1. See these examples

• I can see nothing with these sunglasses.
• I can't see anything with these glasses.
• Are you going to do anything interesting tonight?
• Someone told me about it
• I went alone. Nobody went with me.
• Was anybody waiting for you at the station?
• I can't find my keys anywhere.
• They went somewhere near the mountains.
• There are people everywhere!
• Where has everybody gone?

• 2. Visit THIS LINK and practise more!!!!
• 3. NOW visit THIS page to practice on -ed/ -ing adjectives

Present Perfect +JUST, YET, ALREADY

 REMEMBER

Just is used always with the present perfect to refer to an action which has been done very recently (what in Spanish we say with the expression ‘acabo de..’) JUST always goes after have or has and before the main verb.

I’ve just seen Tom in his car
Sarah has just arrived
We have just finished the exam

FOR FURTHER PRACTICE on 'just' CLICK HERE

Already means that something happened earlier than we expected. With Present Perfect already usually goes after have or has and before the main verb.
Examples

   - We've already had our breakfast.

   - When are you going to do your homework?
   - But I've already done it!

   - Do you want a cup of coffee?
   - No, thanks. I've already had one." 

Yet means that something that we expected has happened or hasn't happened. We usually put it at the end of a sentence.
Examples

   - Has the post arrived yet?

   - Have you done your homework?
   - Not yet.

   - Haven't you got ready yet? Look at the time! 

FOR FURTHER PRACTICE on already, yet & just CLICK HERE

-ING or -ED?

Please see some examples here, they will help you understand the difference better.
To do the listening on "Travel tips to Ireland", go here (http://www.elllo.org/english/0601/T638-Ruth-Advice.htm), but make sure you HIDE the text before you listen

UNIT 4

Hello again!
If you want to revise this unit, please read these old posts of ours: present perfect, some/any/no, revision, yet/already/just.

For the different adjectives ending in -ing or -ed, go to clafoti.com. Then you can do the exercises at the end.

UNIT 4C

Complete with some/any/no/every + where/body(one)/thing

1. There’s _______________in this envelope. It’s empty.
2. There’s _________________waiting for you at the door.
3. They’ve got ___________________ to live. They are homeless.
4. There’s _________________watching TV at the moment; I’ll switch it off.
5. It’s a secret. _________________ knows about it.
6. Would you like _______________to eat?
7. Why don’t we go out ________________ for dinner tonight?
8. Eric lives __________________in Argentina.
9. Are you doing _________________ tonight?
10. Do you know ________________ from Cuba?
11. I met _________________ really interesting last night at a party…
12. Look! There’s _______________ strange in your soup!

EVERY

13. He lost ________________ in the fire: his house and all his possessions.
14. Matt is the only one at the office. __________________else went home.
15. Have you seen my glasses. I’ve looked _________________ but I can’t find them ___________________.

yet, already, just

Please watch this video to revise how to ask directions

Complete these sentences with yet, already or just .

PRESENT PERFECT

This is the presentation we used in class:

Present Perfect Nb2

and this other one will give you more practice. If you still have problems, maybe this video can help you

These other two videos give you some examples of the Present Perfect in some songs; an explanation follows, great idea!

and more songs... Sing along if you are brave!

for a more extensive explanation, go here.

FILE 4 COMPLEMENTARY EXERCISES

Here are the links to the official Oxford English File Pre-intermediate website.

Click here to practise the grammar from Unit 4.

Click here to practise clothes vocabulary and here to practise opposite adjectives vocabulary from Unit 4.

Click here to practise phrases from the Practical English section 'Lost in San Francisco'.

If you want to try to reconstruct the texts from Unit 4, click here and choose one of the texts you have read. Read the text, then take out 25%, 50% or all of the words. Try to guess which words they are by writing them in the space.

And if you want to shop for clothes in English, then go to this website for topshop (women's clothes) and this website for topman (men's clothes). They are both famous clothes shops in the United Kingdom. Can you find anything you like?

Enjoy yourself!

FILE 4

Hello!
First of all, I would like you to have a look at "el blog para aprender inglés", where there are plenty of useful links to practise grammar, pronunciation, listening, etc
They also have some activities and explanation for the Present Perfect. This explanation in Spanish is quite clarifying too, don't miss it! For more explanations and exercises, go here and here. This post from the blog from EOI Guia offers you further practice. They also have another interesting post on giving and asking for directions. I hope you find them useful.

Finally, you can watch this "Real English" video. Notice that people use the present perfect to describe what they have done TODAY (because today hasn't finished) and the past simple to talk about what they did yesterday (because it has a past time reference - 'yesterday'). See how many things you can write down that they have done today and that they did yesterday.