Course Overview

Objectives
➧ Understand the difference between present perfect and past simple tenses
➧ Practice discussing personal experiences.


Grammar Focus

Present perfect
Actions with relevance to the present

Past simple
Completed actions in the past

Examples
➧ I have lived here for 5 years
vs.
➧ I moved here 5 years ago


Vocabulary

Personal Experiences

Graduated
➧ Completed your studies

Traveled
➧ Went to different places

Moved
➧ Changed your residence

Met
➧ Encountered someone


Mini Dialogue

Have you ever traveled to another country?
Yes, I have traveled to Japan.
That’s interesting! What did you do there?
I visited Tokyo and Kyoto. I went to Tokyo last spring.


Wrap-Up

Homework
Write a paragraph about a recent experience using both tenses

Example
I have recently started a new hobby. I have always been interested in painting, but I only took a class last month. I painted my first landscape last week, and I was very excited about it.