STEP 2: Memories are the treasures of the heart

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STEP 2: Memories are the treasures of the heart

  Talking about achievements 

1 ⁄ What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Ex. 1

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

a Which of the achievements do you consider the best?

b Which of them were not worth mentioning in your opinion?

c What would you answer if you were asked the same question?

d Now answer the question in the title. 

(What have you done today to make you 

feel proud?)

Ex. 2

Form 3 new groups. 

Read about these people’s achievements.

a Prepare your text thoroughly. Look up difficult words if necessary.

b Think of how you are going to present the text to the members of your (old) team. Join your team again.

c Fill in the table below after your classmate has explained their text.

d Which do you find the hardest to achieve? Tick it off in the table.

3 different texts - 1 text per student

e What would you write about if you were asked to write about your biggest personal achievement?

Ex. 3

Some achievements are clearly bigger than others. Watch the video and then fill in the worksheet you will get.

worksheet per student

Ex. 4

Listen to the last person again and answer the questions.

a How exactly does he formulate his accomplishment?

b Which tense does he use?

Ex. 4

Look at these sentences taken from the texts: 

I have accomplished several things in life.

I have struggled long and hard to achieve this accomplishment.

Test-taking has always been my struggle.

From that day on, I have been known as K.O. 

b Which tense do they use?

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Ex. 4

Listen to the last person again and answer the questions.

a How exactly does he formulate his accomplishment?

I have caught them all.

b Which tense does he use?

I have accomplished several things in life.
= which tense?

1. present simple
2. present continuous
3. present perfect simple
4. present perfect continuous

Ex. 4

Listen to the last person again and answer the questions.

a How exactly does he formulate his accomplishment?

I have accomplished several things in life. 

b Which tense does he use?

the present perfect simple tense

d Complete the grammar table with the correct form of the verb to form a sentence in the present perfect simple. Then complete the rule.

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How do you form the present perfect simple tense?

1. have (present) + ing-form
2. have (present) + base form of the verb
3. have (present) + past participle

Ex. 5

Complete the grammar box below. Add your own personal example as well.

in the present

in the past

a result or consequence

 accomplishments

  experiences in your life

: ever, never, already, so far, up until/till now …: ever, never, already, so far, up until/till now …

ever, yet, so far, up to now, before, recently, lately, for + period of

time …

let's check... -->

To talk about a FINISHED action at a SPECIFIED time in the past (without any consequences in the present), we use ...

1. past simple
2. present perfect

To emphasize a past action's CONSEQUENCE in or INFLUENCE on the PRESENT, we use ...

1. past simple
2. present perfect

To talk about EXPERIENCES, we use ...

1. past simple
2. present perfect

To talk about something that BEGAN in the PAST and CONTINUES into the PRESENT, we use ...

1. past simple
2. present perfect

To describe events in the RECENT past, we use ...

1. past simple
2. present perfect

past simple

present perfect

ever

recently

in 2000

in 5 minutes ago

this week

so far

when I was a kid

recently

lately

never

just

at 8 o' clock

• finished past action

       e.g. We were friends in kindergarten.

• actions at a specified time in the past

       e.g. Mona learned how to drive at 18.

--> keywords: yesterday, last week, in 2018, at 18...

• unfinished action (started in the past and continues in the present) 

      e.g. We have been friends for 10 years.

• actions at an unspecified time in the past that have a result now   

      e.g. Mona has learned how to drive so we can ride along with her!

• accomplishments or experiences 

       e.g. I have already broken my wrist twice.

--> keywords: ever, never, already, yet, since, recently, lately,...

Past simple vs. present perfect

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remember!

Ex. 6 + 8

6. Fill in the correct form of the present perfect (simple) tense. Mind the (irregular) past participle!

8. Read a fourth extract from the novel Dry.

a Fill in the correct form of the verb. Choose between a present perfect tense or a past tense (simple or continuous).

b Answer the questions below.

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Ex. 9-10

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2 ⁄ Before I kick the bucket

Ex. 1

What comes to mind when you hear the word 'bucket list'? --> word web

bucket list

Ex. 1

Watch the video on how to make a bucket list and fill in the outline below.

Ex. 2

2 Have you ever wondered where the term ‘bucket list’ came from? Look up the etymology of the word.

a Which idiom is it linked to?

b What does the idiom mean?

c Would you categorize this idiom as formal or informal?

Ex. 2

2 Have you ever wondered where the term ‘bucket list’ came from? Look up the etymology of the word.

a Which idiom is it linked to?

to kick the bucket

b What does the idiom mean?

c Would you categorize this idiom as formal or informal?

Ex. 2

2 Have you ever wondered where the term ‘bucket list’ came from? Look up the etymology of the word.

a Which idiom is it linked to?

to kick the bucket

b What does the idiom mean?

to die

c Would you categorize this idiom as formal or informal?

Ex. 2

2 Have you ever wondered where the term ‘bucket list’ came from? Look up the etymology of the word.

a Which idiom is it linked to?

to kick the bucket

b What does the idiom mean?

to die

c Would you categorize this idiom as formal or informal?

This is clearly informal language, slang even.

Ex. 3

Learn some more English idioms.

a Look at the images and see if you can find the right idioms.

First try without any help, then use an online resource if necessary.

b Derive the meaning of each of the idioms.

Use Google to figure out which idiom is pictured!

to push up daisies

to be on cloud nine

to be as happy as a clam

to bite the dust

to cash in (on)

to seize the day / carpe diem

to bite the dust

to seize the day/carpe diem

to be as happy as a clam

to be on cloud nine

to push up daisies

to cash in

to cash in on

to be dead

to be extremely happy and excited

to fail or to come to an end (to die)

to be very happy and excited

to make the most of every day

to take advantage of a situation

to die

Ex. 4

We all have a limited amount of time to live life to the fullest.

Can you make the right idiomatic expressions related to time?

Ex. 4

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Ex. 4

Ex. 5

Use an online dictionary to look up words that are often used with ‘list’. (use a pencil!)

 = werkwoord      = zelfst. nw.       = bijvoeglijk nw.  = voorzetsel       = uitdrukking

Ex. 5

Use an online dictionary to look up words that are often used with ‘list’. 

Ex. 6

Fill in expressions from exercises 4 and 5 in the sentences.

a First watch the video and meet Edie Simms, 102 years old.

b Now fill in the expressions and collocations in the sentences below. Don’t forget to change tenses or pronouns.

At the blessed age of 102 Simms knew (1) ___.

That’s why she contacted the local police station to arrest her, something she had always wanted to experience. 

At the blessed age of 102 Simms knew (1) her days were numbered.

That’s why she contacted the local police station to arrest her, something she had always wanted to experience. 

The local police had never ever received a request like that, and they

agreed to arresting her, something she could (2) ___.

The local police had never ever received a request like that, and they

agreed to arresting her, something she could (2) strike off her list.

Simms was (3) _____ that she didn’t _____ .

Simms was (3) happy as a clam / on cloud nine that she didn’t

bite the dust.

‘I’ve been lucky so far that (4) ______. But at my age’,

she said, ‘there is not so much time left, I have seen many of my friends and relatives pass away in the past years. It may sound like a cliché, but the rest of my life is (5) ______.

‘I’ve been lucky so far that (4) time is on my side. But at my age’,

she said, ‘there is not so much time left, I have seen many of my friends and relatives pass away in the past years. It may sound like a cliché, but the rest of my life is (5) like sand through the hourglass.

I’m really delighted that I’m getting this chance before I (6) ____, because I can’t (7) ____. 

I’m really delighted that I’m getting this chance before I (6) cash in / push up daisies, because I can’t (7) turn back the hands of time. 

I have had the opportunity to do so many things in my life but being arrested was (8) ____’, Simm said.

I have had the opportunity to do so many things in my life but being arrested was (8) top of the / high on the list ’, Simm said.

Ex. 7

Look at the bucket list below.

a Tick off the things that you have already done.

b Highlight the things that you would like to do.

How many points have you already 'earned'?

Ex. 8

Watch Andrew talking about his bucket list.

a What kind of bucket list is this?

b How did he come up with this idea?

c How did he do that?

d Which team do you think will get most points, blue or red?

Ex. 8

a What kind of bucket list is this?

A summer bucket list, all activities that you should do before summer ends.

b How did he come up with this idea?

c How did he do that?

d Which team do you think will get most points, blue or red?

Ex. 8

a What kind of bucket list is this?

A summer bucket list, all activities that you should do before summer ends.

b How did he come up with this idea?

He had been working at his computer all summer, and he wanted to get out and do something.

c How did he do that?

d Which team do you think will get most points, blue or red?

Ex. 8

a What kind of bucket list is this?

A summer bucket list, all activities that you should do before summer ends.

b How did he come up with this idea?

He had been working at his computer all summer, and he wanted to get out and do something.

c How did he do that?

2 teams of 3, each team was given a summer bucket list with 45 tasks to complete. Certain tasks were worth 1 point, while others were worth 2, 3, 5 or 10.

d Which team do you think will get most points, blue or red?

d Which team do you think will get most points, blue or red?

blue team

red team

Ex. 9

Now watch the second part of the video.

a Which of the challenges would you like to try?

b Did you guess right?

c What was the point of making the video?