SOURCES OF INSPIRATION

THEME 2:

Grade 11B

Presented by Muhyeddin KADRI

Mazin Bin Gh'dhouba Post Basic School

2022 - 2023

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

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read for specific information.

distinguish between usages of the past simple & the present perfect.

use the present perfect with “for”, “since” & the past simple with “ago”.

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Unit 2: Musical Genius

piano

electric piano

drums

lute

guitar

accordion

banjo

flute

1. Do you like music?

2. Which musical style do you prefer?

3. Have you played any musical instrument? Which one?

4. Look at the photos and the title of the text on CB p.20 and guess what it will be about.

The text is about a musician called Vanessa Mae.

Read the text on CB p.20, A2 and answer the questions below:

1. Where was Vanessa Mae born?

2. What musical instrument does she play?

3. What style of music does she play?

4. How long has she been playing the violin?

5. When did she make her musical debut?

6. How many copies of her CD did she sell?

in Singapore.

the violin.

She plays the ‘crossover’ style of music; a combination of classical music, rock and pop.

Since she was five.

in 1988.

more than three million copies.

Presentation:

Find words in the text with similar meanings to the phrases below:

a. young person who has a natural ability to do sth. extremely well (title) =

b. first public appearance (L4) =

c. person’s best pieces of work (L8) =

d. try out / test (Par. 2 / L1) =

e. made available to the general public (Par. 2 / L2) =

prodigy

debut

masterpieces

experiment

released

They are waiting for tickets for the Coldplay concert.

She has lived there for about 3 months.

She saw them two years ago.

They have been waiting for two hours / since 7 o’clock.

Nina has lived in London for about three months.

Do we know when exactly, or from when till when?

Unspecified time (We don’t know exactly when the action happened.)

‘has lived’ is a verb in the present perfect.

has (‘s) / have (‘ve) + past participle

🠞 The present perfect is often used for an action that started at some time in the past and is continuing now.

Alice saw Coldplay two years ago.

Do we exactly know when that happened?

Specified time (we do know when the action happened).

‘saw ’ is a verb in the past simple.

verb + ed (with regular verbs) / past form of irregular verbs

🠞 It is  used to talk about a definite finished action in the past.

☞ Yes, we do. (two years ago)

Signal Words for the Present Perfect

three years

midnight

six months

four weeks

15 minutes

Tuesday

9 o’clock

2011

Write down 8 present perfect sentences in your exercise books about things that you have and haven't done in your lives using the verbs in the box.

Two examples have been done for you.

Production:

meet find try play see ride take visit be go eat make

e.g.: 1. I have met some of my old school friends several times.

e.g.: 2. Haven’t you found your lost phone yet?

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for your attention