Europe, past and present

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Europe, past and present
Main Subject
ELT
Key stage
B1 Lower intermediate
Category
Grammar: Past tenses
Resource type
Complete lesson
Skills
Speaking
Skills
Writing

Students brush up their knowledge of EU history and compare and practise the uses of the present perfect and past simple with for/since/in.

They then go on to practise the two tenses in a variety of different contexts, including:

  • complete and incomplete tasks on a to-do list
  • holiday experiences.

The resource uses a 'test, teach, test' approach and ends with a gap fill task to assess students' learning.

 

Exercise 1

Look carefully at these sentences and decide if they are grammatically correct (C) or not (N).

  1. Spain joined the European Union (EU) in 1987.
  2. Hungary has been a member of the EU since 2004.
  3. Spain is a member of the EU since 1987.         
  4. Hungary has joined the EU in 2004.
  5. Turkey hasn't joined the EU yet.

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