Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
Activity 193 - Mary & Max
Present perfect x simple past
A. Read the sentences taken from a letter Max is writing Mary and try to guess whether you should complete the blanks with the simple past or the present perfect tenses of the given verbs.
2 / I ______(have) many different jobs during my life.
3 / My first job ______(be) collecting subway tokens in the subway.
4 / I ______(work) at the frisbee printing machine in my third job.
5 / In my fourth job, I ______(get - neg) paid much but ______(get) free cookies and coffee.
6 / ______(you - ever - be) hang gliding?
7 / ______(you - ever - be) a communist?
8 / ______(you - ever - be) attacked by a crow or a similar large bird. When I ______(be) nine, a crow ______(attack) me on my way to school.
9 / I ______(teach) myself to read two pages at once.
10 / I have to go now. I ______(tell - neg) you about my 7th job, in a condom factory.
11 / I ______(eat - never) sweetened condensed milk.
12 / I ______( use - never) a condom.
B. Watch the movie segment and check your answers.
C. Work in pairs.
movie segments to assess grammar goals
activity 193
Mary & Max
present perfect x simple past
answer key:
A.
1. have chosen
2. have had
3. was
4. worked
5. didn't get / got
6. have you ever been
7. have you ever been
8. have you ever been / was / attacked
9. have taught
0. haven't told
11. have never eaten
12. have never used
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