We recommend a Desktop or Laptop Computer for the best performance.

Chrome We recommend Google Chrome for the best performance.

  • Present Perfect: Extreme Sports (Listen + Speak)

    • Inachevé
    • Débutant
    • Present perfect
    • Past participle
    • Sports

    Present perfect Past participle Sports

    • Commencez la leçon!
  • Qu'est-ce qu'il y a à l'intérieur?

    Listen to the conversation about extreme sports. This is an introduction lesson to the present perfect tense. Learn the present perfect and practice it with the AI Tutor. The focus is on the past participle form of verbs.

Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on Laptop or Desktop is the best for the microphone feature.

You can use only up to 15 minutes of microphone in all other browsers. Detail

×
Trohpy
0 %
Start the Lesson!
×

Extreme Sports

The cover of the lesson

Extreme sports include skydiving, ostrich-riding, and extreme biking. Listen to a conversation about extreme sports, learn the present perfect tense, and practice it with the AI Tutor.

  • RECORDING
    HOLD DOWN AND SPEAK
    PRESS
    HIT
  • Your answer: A Suggestion
×

Extreme Sports

(1) Naomi: Listen
What are you doing this summer?

This is the present continuous, but it talks about the future. You can use the present continuous for your future plans.

(2) Arthur: Listen
I'm going [vocab word=skydiving]skydiving[/vocab]. I haven't done that before.

"go skydiving" means you jump off from an airplane. "done" is the past participle of "do".

(3) Naomi: Listen
Wow, skydiving! That's so [vocab word=dangerous]dangerous[/vocab]!
(4) Arthur: Listen
Yes, it is. But, I love the [vocab word=thrill]thrill[/vocab]. I love [vocab word=extreme sports]extreme sports[/vocab].
(5) Naomi: Listen
What extreme sports have you done?
(6) Arthur: Listen
Let's see ... I have [vocab word=climb]climbed[/vocab] a [vocab word=cliff]cliff[/vocab] without a [vocab word=rope]rope[/vocab].

"climbed" is the past participle of "climb". It's also the simple past of "climb". "Without a safety rope" means he didn't wear a safety rope.

(7) Naomi: Listen
You are CRAZY.
(8) Arthur: Listen
I told you. I love the thrill. I've also gone [vocab word=biking]biking[/vocab] in the Mount Everest.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 8849 meters tall.

(9) Naomi: Listen
Are you [vocab word=serious]serious[/vocab]?
(10) Arthur: Listen
Oh, yeah. I've gone [vocab word=snowboarding]snowboarding[/vocab] on top of the Mount Temple in Canada.
(11) Naomi: Listen
Wow ... What other crazy things have you done?
(12) Arthur: Listen
I've ridden an [vocab word=ostrich]ostrich[/vocab].

"ridden" is the past participle of "ride".

(13) Naomi: Listen
Get out of here.

This is common in spoken English. It means "You are not serious!" or "You are joking!"

(14) Arthur: Listen
I'm serious. I rode an ostrich in South Africa last year. It was a [vocab word=wild]wild[/vocab] ostrich. I [vocab word=catch]caught[/vocab] it and I rode it. Wow, they run fast!

"I rode an ostrich" is in simple past. It is a 1 time event. "rode" is the simple past of "ride". "caught" is the simple past of "catch".

(15) Naomi: Listen
Wow.
(16) Arthur: Listen
I've ridden a [vocab word=moose]moose[/vocab], too.
(17) Naomi: Listen
Don't tell me ... you've ridden a [vocab word=lion]lion[/vocab], too.
(18) Arthur: Listen
I have not ridden a lion ...! That's a great idea, Naomi! Thanks!
(19) Naomi: Listen
You are going to die one of these days, Arthur ...

This sentence is in simple future. "one of these days" means "soon".

  • RECORDING
    HOLD DOWN AND SPEAK
    PRESS
    HIT
  • Your answer: A Suggestion
×

Extreme Sports

(1) Naomi: Listen
What are you doing this summer?

This is the present continuous, but it talks about the future. You can use the present continuous for your future plans.

(2) Arthur: Listen
I'm going [vocab word=skydiving]skydiving[/vocab]. I haven't done that before.

"go skydiving" means you jump off from an airplane. "done" is the past participle of "do".

(3) Naomi: Listen
Wow, skydiving! That's so [vocab word=dangerous]dangerous[/vocab]!
(4) Arthur: Listen
Yes, it is. But, I love the [vocab word=thrill]thrill[/vocab]. I love [vocab word=extreme sports]extreme sports[/vocab].
(5) Naomi: Listen
What extreme sports have you done?
(6) Arthur: Listen
Let's see ... I have [vocab word=climb]climbed[/vocab] a [vocab word=cliff]cliff[/vocab] without a [vocab word=rope]rope[/vocab].

"climbed" is the past participle of "climb". It's also the simple past of "climb". "Without a safety rope" means he didn't wear a safety rope.

(7) Naomi: Listen
You are CRAZY.
(8) Arthur: Listen
I told you. I love the thrill. I've also gone [vocab word=biking]biking[/vocab] in the Mount Everest.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is 8849 meters tall.

(9) Naomi: Listen
Are you [vocab word=serious]serious[/vocab]?
(10) Arthur: Listen
Oh, yeah. I've gone [vocab word=snowboarding]snowboarding[/vocab] on top of the Mount Temple in Canada.
(11) Naomi: Listen
Wow ... What other crazy things have you done?
(12) Arthur: Listen
I've ridden an [vocab word=ostrich]ostrich[/vocab].

"ridden" is the past participle of "ride".

(13) Naomi: Listen
Get out of here.

This is common in spoken English. It means "You are not serious!" or "You are joking!"

(14) Arthur: Listen
I'm serious. I rode an ostrich in South Africa last year. It was a [vocab word=wild]wild[/vocab] ostrich. I [vocab word=catch]caught[/vocab] it and I rode it. Wow, they run fast!

"I rode an ostrich" is in simple past. It is a 1 time event. "rode" is the simple past of "ride". "caught" is the simple past of "catch".

(15) Naomi: Listen
Wow.
(16) Arthur: Listen
I've ridden a [vocab word=moose]moose[/vocab], too.
(17) Naomi: Listen
Don't tell me ... you've ridden a [vocab word=lion]lion[/vocab], too.
(18) Arthur: Listen
I have not ridden a lion ...! That's a great idea, Naomi! Thanks!
(19) Naomi: Listen
You are going to die one of these days, Arthur ...

This sentence is in simple future. "one of these days" means "soon".

  • RECORDING
    HOLD DOWN AND SPEAK
    PRESS
    HIT
  • Your answer: A Suggestion