WARM-UP VIDEO FOR PRESENT PERFECT, PAST SIMPLE, USED TO/WOULD

Instructions. Asking and narrating about experiences. We often use Present Perfect to ask about a person's experience, and then Past Simple, used to and 'd + infinitive to tell a story about that experience. Listen and fill the gaps with verbs in the right form.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

Yeah, where had he heard that! Ladies and gentlemen, in terms of lazy celebrity parenting, you Stephen have a genius thing that (1)………….. - (2)………….. it with all your children, or just one? Just the first one, because the shame (3) ………….. too much after. I mean, I (4) ………….. … (5) ………….. a lot of audiobooks… and (6) ………….. a lot of fairystories… So occasionally if I (7) ………….. really busy (8) ………….. my child to bed, and then (9) ………….. over and (10) ………….. in a CD of me reading a fairy story. And (11) ………….. play and then (12) ………….. the door. Until he (13) ………….. about seven he (14………….. every story (15………….. with“read by Stephen Mangan”. You (16) ………….. there! You (17) ………….. present!

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

Yeah, where had he heard that! Ladies and gentlemen, in terms of lazy celebrity parenting, you Stephen have a genius thing that (1) (you've done) - (2) (have you done) it with all your children, or just one? Just the first one, because the shame (3) (was) too much after. I mean, I (4) (used to) … (5) (I've done) a lot of audiobooks… and (6) (I've done) a lot of fairystories… So occasionally if I (7) (was) really busy (8) (I'd put) my child to bed, and then (9) (reach) over and (10) (put) in a CD of me reading a fairy story. And (11) (I'd press) play and then (12) (I'd just back out) the door. Until he (13) (was) about seven he (14) (thought) every story (15) (started) with“read by Stephen Mangan”. You (16) (were) there! You (17) (were) present!

Sources: 

Channel: BBC. Stephen Mangan's cunning bedtime story hack - The Graham Norton Show - BBC One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwugUmF-qAc

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