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  • Present Perfect: Extreme Sports (Listen + Speak)

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Extreme Sports

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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.

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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".

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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".

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