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Food and Drink- Present Perfect Bluffing Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Experiences with food and drink speaking, with useful words for talking about eating and drinking, and a Present Perfect Simple for experiences grammar presentation.

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Food and Present Perfect you must say yes bluffing game

Ask a yes/ no Present Perfect question about food and drink, using the words and/ or topics on the next page to help if you like, for example asking “Have you ever eaten in Pizza Express?” or “Have you ever bought live fish?” Your partner must answer “Yes, I have”, even if that is not true, i.e. they are not allowed to say “No, I haven’t” even if that is the case. Ask three questions about that experience, then guess if their “Yes, I have” answer was true or not. Then take turns doing the same thing.

Do the same, but this time only using suitable time expressions other than “ever” such as those below.

Time expressions for use with Present Perfect

  • in the last three years/ in the last two hours/ in the last…
  • recently
  • since I last saw you/ since you left university/ since you woke up this morning/ since…
  • this month/ this week/ this year/ this…
  • today

 

Grammar presentation

Why are all the time expressions above suitable for use with Present Perfect (= has/ have + PP)? What do they have in common?

Why do expressions like “two years ago” and “last year” have to go with Past Simple, not Present Perfect? How are they different from the times above?

What are the Past Participle forms of all the verbs below (“been”, “done”, etc)?


Vocabulary and topics to ask yes/ no Present Perfect questions about

  • (name of an animal/ fish/ famous chef/ food/ brand/ ingredient/ restaurant)
  • (nationality) food/ restaurant
  • (number of people)
  • (part of an animal)
  • amazing
  • at home
  • bake
  • burn/ overcook
  • buy
  • catch
  • complain
  • cook (with/ for)…
  • diet
  • disgusting/ revolting/ yucky
  • drink
  • eat
  • get drunk
  • get food poisoning
  • grow
  • have breakfast/ have lunch/ have dinner/ have a snack/ have…
  • leave
  • make (your own)
  • overeat
  • pay
  • pickle
  • picnic
  • raw…
  • read
  • refuse
  • roast
  • ruin
  • serve
  • share
  • skip
  • spit out
  • strange/ weird/ odd
  • study
  • think about
  • try
  • undercook
  • unhealthy
  • use… (in cooking)
  • visit
  • watch/ see
  • work
  • your own…

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