Present perfect been and gone

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Teaching notes and key

Level: elementary/pre-intermediate (A2/B1).

Aims:
to understand the difference between been and gone
to practise the present perfect
to revise country names.

Timing: approximately one and a half hours.

You will need:
optional: the accompanying PowerPoint slides, also downloadable from
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picture, flags or objects from various countries (or the ones in the PowerPoint)
optional: the four accompanying audio files, downloadable from
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a copy of the worksheet (below) for each student, with the quiz questions and the
Which countries transcript separated
a photo of an imaginary student (or the one on p.3 below).

Task 1 Lead-in

Review some country names by looking at pictures, flags or objects from countries
around the world (or slide 1 of the PowerPoint) and inviting the students to tell you
where they are from.

Task 2 Quiz

1. Ask students to write the numbers 1-20 in their books. Explain that they are
going to hear 20 quiz questions. All the answers are names of countries.

2. They should listen to the quiz and try to write down the correct countries. Play
recording 1 or read out the clues on p.4 below.

3. Get the students into small groups and invite them to compare their answers.

4. Give a copy of the quiz questions to each group and have them read the clues,
discussing and amending any answers.

5. Students then listen to the answers (recording 2) and see which team got the
most correct.

6. So students can check their spelling, and see where the countries are on a world
map, you could display slide 3 of the PowerPoint.

Task 3 Which countries have you visited?

1. Keep the students in their small groups.

2. Put up the following prompts on the board or display slide 4 of the PowerPoint:

Ive been to
Ive visited
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Ive seen many times / a few times / once / twice
I havent been to
Ive never been to

3. Add the question Which countries have you visited? and clarify that it means in
your life until now.

4. Now get them to discuss this question.

5. Students listen to recording 3 and write down the countries that the speaker has
visited.

6. They could listen a second time with a copy of the transcript to check answers
and spelling.

7. Draw students attention to the weak form of been, /bn/. The word is normally
pronounced this way unless it appears at the end of the sentence or is stressed
for particular emphasis.

Task 4 Find someone who

1. Give students a couple of minutes to check vocabulary and to add their own ideas
at the bottom of the sheet.

2. The students should then mingle and find a person who has been to one of the
places listed, by asking them Have you been to ?

Task 5 Been or gone?

1. Illustrate the difference between been and gone by inviting an imaginary student
to leave the room on an errand:

a. Show students a photo and tell them, This is Joe. He is a student here.

b. Pretend you are talking to Joe and say, Joe, could you take this to the
office, please?

c. Put the photo outside the classroom and say to the class, Joe has just gone
to the office.

d. Bring the photo back and say, Joe has just been to the office.

2. Check comprehension using questions like:

Sally has gone to Spain. Is she in England now? (No.)
Sally has gone to Spain. Is she in Spain now? (Yes.)
Pete has been to the doctors. Is he at home now? (Yes.)

3. Students complete the worksheet with been or gone.

4. They can then listen to recording 4 and/or look at slide 5 of the PowerPoint to
check their answers.
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This is Joe.
He is a student here.


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Worksheet

Country quiz

1. This country shares a border with Yemen and it is by the Arabian Sea. The
capital city is Muscat.

2. This country is long and narrow. It is on the west coast of South America
and its capital city begins with the letter S.

3. This island in the Caribbean is known for its rum and music. The capital
city is Kingston.

4. The highest mountain in the world is in this country on the Chinese border.
Its capital city begins with the letter K and the country is north of India.

5. This country is the third largest in Europe. It is famous for its wine, cheese
and cinema.

6. This country consists of several small islands in the Mediterranean, three of
which are inhabited. It is near the Italian island of Sicily.

7. This island nation is north of Indonesia. The largest of its islands are called
Luzon and Mindanao.

8. This country is in the north of Europe. There are many volcanoes, hot
springs, glaciers and geysers. Its flag is blue with a white and red cross on
it.

9. This country is between Afghanistan and India. Its largest city is Karachi,
but that is not its capital.

10. This is the second largest country in the world. The Rocky Mountains and
Hudson Bay are found here.

11. The Mekong River flows through this country, which borders on Vietnam to
the east. Its capital city starts with the letter V.

12. This countrys flag is light blue and white, with a yellow sun in the centre.
The Pampas can be found in this South American country.

13. This country is next to the International Date Line. It is a Pacific island
state made of several islands and it has a yellow bird on its flag.

14. This country became independent in 2002. Its capital city is Dili and it is
situated north of Australia.

15. This West African country has a rainforest climate. Its capital city is
Monrovia and its president is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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16. This country is found on the Adriatic coast, northwest of Greece. The river
Drin and Ohrid Lake are found here.

17. This countrys flag is white with a blue cross on it. It shares a border with
Russia and is found north of Estonia. There are many forests and its capital
city begins with the letter H.

18. This Mediterranean country is very small and is completely urban. Nice, in
France, is very near.

19. This tourist country is made of many islands and it can be found in the
Indian Ocean. Its capital city is Male.

20. This countrys flag is very similar to the Dutch one, and this country shares
borders with Belgium and Germany. It also shares a border with France and
it has a population of 509,074.

Good luck!

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org accessed Friday 20
th
July 2012.






Which countries have you visited?


Ive been to quite a few countries in Europe. Ive been to Ireland thats
where my aunty lives so Ive been there a few times and of course England
thats where Im from. Ive been to Spain and Portugal. Ive visited
France three times and Ive been living in Italy for ten years. I worked in
Kosovo for, er, six months, so during that time I visited Serbia and Bosnia,
Macedonia and Montenegro. Ive also been to Greece a couple of times. Out
of Europe I havent visited many countries at all. Ive only been to India and
Brazil. I havent travelled that much, but I hope I will in the future.

Have you noticed how been is sometimes pronounced bin?



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Find someone who

Name
has been to India many times.
has been to the supermarket this month.
has been to the dentists recently.
has been to the Acropolis in Greece.
has been to the bank this week.
has been to a crazy party this year.
has been to the USA more than five times.
has been to the carnival in Rio.
has been to a farm in the past year.
has been to an aquarium.
has been to an antiques auction.
has been to Switzerland.
has been to Kiribati.
has been to
has been to
has been to
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Been or gone?

The verb go has two past participles, been and gone.



go and not return = go and return =



Remember that been is also the past participle of the verb be.

1. Wheres my pen .............................. ? It was here a minute ago.

2. My husbands ................................ to Rome. I really miss him.

3. Ive ............................... to India several times this year.

4. Wheres Peter? Has he ............................... out already?

5. Your shoes are disgusting! Where have you .............................. ?

6. Ive ............................... tired all morning. I think Im getting the flu.

7. Have you .............................. a good boy?

8. Theres nothing left in the fridge and even the tinned peas have ......................
We really need to go shopping.

9. Have you .............................. to the cinema recently?

10. Marios ................................ on a business trip. He wont be back until
Thursday.


Say the sentences out loud. Try to pronounce been correctly.

Listen and check.

Now write your own sentences.