📐 Unit 9 · Grammar

Unit 9 — Friends & Films

Present perfect with for/since · already, just & yet · could/couldn't — three lessons, full worksheets, instant feedback.

9A
Present perfect with for and since
Grammar 1 · Grammar 2
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9A · G1 · Ex 10 / 8
Complete the questions
Complete the questions with the correct present perfect form of the verbs in the box. be · have (x2) · know · live · own · study · work
1How longyour house?
2How longyour cat?
3How longat your job?
4How longEnglish?
5How longyour car?
6How longin California?
7How longMelania?
8How longmarried?
9A · G1 · Ex 20 / 16
Complete with for or since, then match
Complete the sentences with for or since. Then choose which question (1–8) from Exercise 1 each sentence answers.
aI've had ita few months.→ matches Q
bI've worked at BlendI was 25.→ matches Q
cWe've known each otherabout ten years.→ matches Q
dI've owned iteight years.→ matches Q
eI've been marriedthe 14th April 2014.→ matches Q
fI've studied itSeptember last year.→ matches Q
gI've had Snuffles2016.→ matches Q
hI've lived herea long time.→ matches Q
9A · G1 · Ex 3
Ask and answer
Work in pairs. Practise asking and answering the questions in Exercise 1 with your own true answers.
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9A · G2
Find someone who... (class survey)
Work in groups of five. Take turns to interview the other members of your group. For each topic below, ask the present simple question and then the present perfect question with how long (e.g. Do you play tennis? How long have you played tennis?). Write your classmates' names and answers in the table.
Who…Student 1Student 2Student 3Student 4
1 plays tennis?
2 has a pet?
3 studies French?
4 uses social media?
5 lives in a flat?
6 works in an office?
7 lives in the countryside?
8 has a best friend?
Now decide:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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9B
already, just and yet
Grammar 1 · Grammar 2
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9B · G10 / 16
Write sentences with already, just and yet
Write full sentences using the prompts and the word in brackets. Use the present perfect.
1They / get married (just)
2I / not buy anything (yet)
3They / leave their house (already)
4He / close his suitcase (just)
5The boy / eat all of the chocolates (just)
6The woman / not find a job (yet)
7They / buy a new house (just)
8The man / not learn to ski (yet)
9She / finish university (already)
10The man / turn on the water (just)
11We / speak to the doctor (already)
12They / not book a DJ for the party (yet)
13You / finish your tea? (yet)
14I / be on a trip to Italy (just)
15He / not arrive home (yet)
16We / pay for the TV (already)
9B · G2 · Part A
Imagine you are a famous actor
Complete the information about your imaginary acting career, using already, just and yet where you can.
Film starYour answer
Name
Years acting
Married? How long?
Cities/Countries you've worked in
Somewhere you haven't worked yet, but would like to (and why)
Your past films
Your most recent film
What you're working on now
Something you want to do in the future
Advice for new actors
Part B — Interview notes
Now imagine you work for a film magazine. Interview a partner (in role as their actor) and complete the notes.
InterviewerNotes
What's your name?
How long have you been an actor?
Are you married? How long?
Where have you worked?
Where haven't you worked yet but would like to? Why?
What films have you been in?
Which film have you just finished?
What are you doing next?
What haven't you done yet? What plans for the future?
What advice for someone who has just decided to become an actor?
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9C
could, couldn't
Grammar 1 · Grammar 2
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9C · G1 · Ex 10 / 8
Complete the conversation — twin brothers
Complete the conversation with could or couldn't and the verbs in the box. communicate · dance · make · play · remember · ride · sing (x2)
Ben: Do you remember how we used to spend all day outside when we were young?
Jack: Yeah, we 1 in the garden for hours and not get bored. What happened to us?!
Ben: We got old! Remember when we were ten and we 2 in our own language?
Jack: Yes, I don't know how we did it! And we wore the same clothes, so mum 3 which one was you, and which one was me! I love having a twin brother!
Ben: That was really fun! Now it's easy, because we wear different clothes.
Jack: There was also that summer when I 4 a bike and you could. I was really angry with you!
Ben: Yeah, you were! But I 5 you laugh.
Jack: That's true. You were funny! You still are.
Ben: I remember that you 6 really beautifully. I always wanted to sing like you, but my voice was horrible.
Jack: No, you 7, but you 8 — you were great at that!
Ben: Yeah, I was quite good then. But not now!
9C · G1 · Ex 2-3
Practise & discuss
Work in pairs and practise the conversation in Exercise 1. Then discuss: was your childhood similar to Ben and Jack's? Why/why not?
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9C · G2
Could/couldn't board game
Play in groups of four with two teams (A/B). Team A's goal is to get across the board from left to right; Team B's goal is from top to bottom. When a player chooses a square, he/she must make a sentence using could/couldn't and the word on the square, e.g. I could read when I was four. If the sentence is correct, the team wins the square and crosses it out. Sentences can be personal, true or about other people you know. The team to connect their path first wins.
playthrowridesingbake speaktravelcooksleepmake readdancewalkusebuy writeswimeatbookspend time
Try a few sentences here
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