Module 4: Services
Summary: Tourism
Key points
- Tourism words: boom, amount, progress, comfort, to experience, to achieve.
- Present perfect = have / has + past participle.
- Use it for experiences (ever, never), changes, and news (just, already).
- Use the past simple with a finished time: yesterday, in 1990, ago.
- Thanking: That’s very kind of you / That will be very nice of you ▸ You’re welcome.
- Some nouns and verbs change stress: a PROgress / to proGRESS.
Rules to remember
Form
I have visited / She has seen / They haven’t booked / Have you ever been…?
Experience
Have you ever ridden a camel? – No, I have never ridden one.
Change and news
Tourism has grown a lot. The new hotel has just opened.
Present perfect vs past simple
I have been to Djerba twice. ≠ I went to Djerba last summer.
Irregular participles
be–been, see–seen, eat–eaten, go–gone, make–made, take–taken, ride–ridden, swim–swum.
How to do it
- Look for a finished time word: if there is one, use the past simple.
- Otherwise choose have (I, you, we, they) or has (he, she, it).
- Add the past participle (-ed or irregular).
Example
Maria came to Tunisia in 1990; since then she has visited it many times.
Common mistakes
- *I have visited Tozeur last year.* ▸ I visited Tozeur last year.
- *Have you ever ate octopus?* ▸ Have you ever eaten octopus?
- *That’s very kind for you.* ▸ That’s very kind of you.
Key words
Summary written by سكولار for quick revision: it does not replace the lesson and its exercises.