27 Dresses: Present Perfect

Let's go on working with Present Perfect . Watch the following movie segment from Claudio Azevedo's blog and do the activities.

27 Dresses: Present Perfect

You will hear the following words/sentences. Make sure you understand them.

Harnessing          Flaws                Cashews                             Weird                            Sneakers              Gross                 He would rather spend his time… 

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/search/label/present%20perfect

Talk to a partner:

1. Have you ever had insomnia? How often does it happen? 2. What do you do when you just can't sleep? 3. What makes you lose your sleep? 4. When you can't sleep, do you insist on trying to sleep or do you get up and do something else until you fall asleep?

 

II. Look at the activities below. Check the ones you usually do when you have a hard time to fall asleep.

	read a magazine		read a book
	use the computer		moisturize your hands with cream
	work out		clean the stove
	speak to yourself out loud		talk to your sister (or someone else)
	dance		eat

III. Watch the movie segment and check what the main character has done during her insomnia.

IV. Now write sentence in the present perfect tense saying what she has (not) done during the whole night.

Ex:

1. She has read a magazine.

2. She hasn't read a book.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8