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7 Experiences

Grammar 1 Past simple vs present perfect

A. Read the passage and answer the questions. B. Are these sentences true for you? Change any
details to make them true.
1. What are some of the stressful holiday
situations this blogger has had? 1. I’ve stayed in a four-star hotel.

2. Why did the writer not have a hotel room one 2. Last summer, I went on holiday with my family
night? to the mountains.
3. Have you ever had a staycation? 3. I’ve been to France twice.

4. I didn’t go to the beach on my last holiday.

C. Write present perfect or past simple.

1. We use the to talk
Hi friends! Big news! I’ve decided to have a about experiences in general and the
“staycation” this year. Boring, right? Staying home to describe a particular
instead of going off to see the wide world! I’m sure experience.
you’re all asking the same question: why have I 2. We use the to say how many
decided to spend my vacation at home?
times we’ve done something.
Well, over the last three years, I have made big trips 3. We use the when we say
to Vietnam, Nepal and New Zealand, as well as lots exactly when something happened.
of short city breaks to places like Paris, Amsterdam, 4. We sometimes use words like ever, never and
Berlin and Vienna. It’s been great! I’ve seen wonderful always with the .
sights and have had fantastic experiences. But along
with the excitement, there was also a lot of stress. D. Complete the sentences with the correct form of
I’ve missed planes and lost my passport. Wild dogs the verbs in the boxes.
have chased me, mosquitos have bitten me and
jellyfish have stung me. One time I forgot to book my always love
hotel and didn’t have a room for the night. And I’ve go ever take
never forgotten the argument I had with my friend have to
on one holiday. It was terrible – although it’s never never enjoy
happened again, and we’re still the best of friends. not be
see
I’ve never really thought about having a vacation teach
at home before, so I’m working on some wonderful
staycation plans. I’ll let you know what they are in My best holiday ever
my next post!

The best trip I 1 was a few
years ago when I 2 to the
Netherlands with my parents. We
3 animals, and one day my
mum 4 an advert saying they
were looking for people to help clean birds
after an oil spill in the area. We
5 do some training to find
out how to clean the birds properly, and they
also 6 us how to feed them.
It definitely 7 your typical
holiday, relaxing on the beach – but I
8 doing that anyway!

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