PEDAGOGIC ACTIVITY

You Haven’t Seen it All! CURSO 7

Programa de Adultos

Pre:Have you Been There?

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Reading
about it questions below.

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Featured Story:
Touring “El Corralito de Piedra”

Image: “Backpacking Incan Trail - Machu Picchu Peru” by fortherock is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“ We arrived in Cartagena about a week ago, and

“Some happy tourists :)” by Honza Soukup
is licensed under CC BY 2.0 so far, we’ve had a great time. Cartagena is one
“Visiting Cartagena de Indias of the oldest cities in Colombia: almost 500 hundred
years since it was founded in 1533. It is a coastal
in Colombia, has been one of
city in the Caribbean located in the northern part
the most fun and interesting
of Colombia in South America, and it’s considered
experiences we have had as
one of the most beautiful cities in the country due
world travelers,” say Jillian and to its combination of modern and colonial architec-
Tony MacKenzie from Alberta, ture. Its tropical climate all year round makes it
Canada. a preferred place for tourists to visit its nice
They have traveled in this beaches and nearby islands. We are staying in a “Cartagena, Colombia” by szeke is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Colombian city for a week and comfortable colonial boutique hotel. We have rested, Must things to do in Cartagena:
plan to stay a little longer to enjoyed the great view of the bay, and tried the
“Before leaving the city, you must visit
enjoy everything this destination exquisite fusion cuisine that has ingredients from
San Felipe Castle and go island hopping
has to offer. During their travel, many international cultures. We have also gone
shopping: There are many places to get beautiful through Islas del Rosario. You should also
they have learned about the his- take a romantic tour around the old city
handicrafts at affordable prices. The nightlife
tory and culture of the locals. in a horse carriage: This will certainly be
is really entertaining. We have also been to some
Here’s the story they shared one of the most memorable experiences of
nightclubs where we´ve danced to the rhythm of
with us recently: tropical music, and we have even made some new your entire journey.”
friends.” Tony and Jillian MacKenzie.
Discuss the reading:
3. Visit this link and talk about other must do’s
1. What reasons in the featured story might
in Cartagena not mentioned in the reading:
persuade other toursis to visit Cartagena?
https://www.worldlyadventurer.com/things-to-do-in-
2. Have you ever been to this city? What was cartagena/
your favorite experience there?
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CURSO 7
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The following verbs are used in transportation-related expressions.

Vocabulary complete the statements below with a suitable option (more than one
Building answer is possible but you should use each verb at least once.)

go by take ride sail fly get on/off go on

1. Why don’t we _________

take bus? It’s cheaper. 6. Dad loves the sea. Every weekend he
___________
sail his boat and goes fishing.
2. ___________ the car now! You will be late
get on

for school. 7. Can you ____________

ride
a motorcycle?
3. To be honest, I don’t like to ___________.
fly
8. Look at the tickets. What time do we have
I hate traveling by plane!
to ___________
fly the plane?
4. Come on! Let’s ___________
go on a horse. It’s
9. We aren’t driving to the park. We’ll _____
go
really fun.
_______
by foot. It’s close by.
5. We are close to our destination. Get ready 10. Would you like to ________
go by the metro or
to ____________
get off the train now...
___________
take a taxi?

Listening Jillian and Tony are currently traveling in Cartagena de Indias,

Colombia. What is the main topic of their conversation?
First Listening: Listen to their conversation and number the pictures in the order you hear
them. Leave in blank the picture of the transportation they do not mention.

4 3 2 1 5

Second Listening: Listen to their conversation again and give complete answers to the
questions:
1. Why is Tony rushing Jill? 3. What is Tony’s opinion about “Chivas”?
__________________________________
they were late for take de sail to across de bay __________________________________
__________________________________ __________________________________
it's like a bus but without glass, it's nice

__________________________________ __________________________________
2. Is Jill excited about riding a “mototaxi”? 4. What other transportation means do they
__________________________________ plan to take in Cartagena?
__________________________________
No, she was worry about saferty __________________________________
horseback riding carrency

__________________________________ __________________________________
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 Language
Structure CURSO 7
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THE PAST PARTICIPLE: Affirmative and Negative

Use the Present Perfect to
Affirmative an Negative

have • Describe actions that occurred at some

I, you, we, they
‘ve traveled by plane point in the past without mentioning
+ has before the exact moment:
he, she, it
‘s
We have traveled to Colombia before.
have not
I, you, we, they It’s a beautiful country.
haven’t seen the Walled
-
City in Cartagena
he, she, it has not • Talk about past experiences.
hasn‘t
I haven’t eaten Cocido Boyacence. Is it
*Remember: good?
The Present Perfect is used for actions that started in the
past, but can still go on in the present. For example,
• Talk about a number of completed
actions in the present:
“We have visited several touristic sites during this
travel.” Jill has bought five presents. She needs
to buy some more for her friends.
The travel started a few days ago and continues in the

present. However, if the action occurred at a specific time
in the past, use the Past Simple instead:
“Yesterday we went to San Felipe Castle in the evening.”

Look for the past participle form of the verbs in the column and find them in the
VERB word maze (they will appear in different directions). Then write the verbs on the
MAZE lines provided and practice their pronunciation.
1. Ride Ridden
-------------------- d q l f h g o n e w n q a n j
2. Give Gave
-------------------- r r z i l t w i r t j d o n e
3. Buy Bought
--------------------
4. Fly e w u x t a d e i r e w s r f
--------------------
5. See
-------------------- a v q n t k f b d k s q o l m
6. Make
-------------------- d i g u k e b a d t d y o n e
7. Eat --------------------
Ate
8. Read Read z b o u g n t z e h s w g g t
--------------------
9. Take Taken
-------------------- v y v d u l t w n g n c a d e
10. Win --------------------
Won
s g i y n r m h u n y j k r n
11. Meet
met
--------------------
12. Wear --------------------
Wore d v k p y i g a k o y c j i y

13. Spend --------------------
Spent
m a k t n u i o d s d l p v l
14. Drink --------------------
Drunk c v s r l s v x h e n u l e j
15. have --------------------
Had

16. Go Gone f s o y d p e h z e p j t n b
--------------------
17. Swim --------------------
Swum l w f t w e n e k y n e t a e
18. Get Got
-------------------- n u y e i n x a n e t t o g m
19. Drive
drove
--------------------
20. Do Done v m u g e t t l p h a d w n x
--------------------
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Interaction Programa de Adultos

Jillian and her best friend are talking about personal life experiences.
A LIFE OF Read their conversation and fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in
EXCITING the box (Past Simple or Past Participle forms). Then practice the conver-
EXPERIENCES sation in pairs.

A- Have you ever visited a foreign country, Jill?

B- Yes. I have Been
__________________ to several countries in
Europe and some in South America. Actually, last month
we returned from our last trip. We __________________
Went
to Cartagena in Colombia.
A- How nice! Did you enjoy your travel?
B- We sure did. We __________________
had a great time. Have
you ever __________________
Ridden in a horse carriage before?
A- No. I have never done that. Have you?
B- Well, we did in Cartagena and it was very nice. How about
you, Beth? Have you traveled a lot?
1. Have 7. Do A- Luckily, I can say I have, too. Last year we ______________
Spent

2. Drink 8. Eat Summer in Japan. It was an incredible experience. Have

you __________________
Ate Japanese food, Jill?
3. Go 9. Be B- I have, and I‘ve __________________
drunk Sake, too. I suppose
4. Spend 10. Ride you ______________
wore a Kimono in Japan...
A- Of course, I did! I even __________________
bought one on that
5. Wear 11. Buy particuar travel and took
________________ some nice photos
6. Take 12. Live wearing it.
B. Well, it seems we both have have________________
done pretty
exciting things in life, right Beth?
A. That‘s true, Jill. We have________________
lived great
experiences.

Language Ask questions in the Present Perfect

Structure using EVER to

THE PAST PARTICIPLE: Questions with EVER • know if someone has done something
during their lifetime until now.
YES / NO Questions Have you ever...?
ever eaten Sushi • The negative form of EVER is NEVER.
have I, you, we, they
before? Use NEVER for negative answers
? ever ridden in a like in the example below:
has he, she, it
horse carriage?
-Have you ever been to COLOMBIA...?
No, she has never ridden
Yes, I have eaten Sushi. in a horse carriage. -No, I have never been to COLOMBIA.

* Use have and not haven’t for negatives when I have never drunk Sake. Not,
you decide to use the word never in English: I haven’t never drunk Sake.
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Speaking
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HAVE YOU EVER Have you ever eaten a very strange meal? What was it?
EATEN THAT? Where did you eat it? Did you enjoy it? Would you eat it
again?

First Listening: Second Listening:

Two friends are trying something new in a Listen to the second part of their conversation
restaurant. Listen to their conversation and and answer the following questions:
read the statements below. If the statement
is incorrect, rewrite the correct information 4 Has Steve enjoyed his meal?
on the given lines. _______________________________________
no, it's too stranger for him

1 Kathy hasn‘t eaten snakes with garlic.

_______________________________________
Kathy has eaten snakes with garlic 5 Has Kathy enjoyed hers?
_______________________________________
yes, she said it's was delicious
2 Kathy ate the snakes a month ago.
_______________________________________
Kathy ate the snakes a week ago
6 Did the couple order anything else? Why?
3 Kathy has ordered the fried brains before. _______________________________________
yes, because Steve didn't eat brain

_______________________________________
Kathy has ordered a small order of snakes Audio: Richards, J. C., L., Hull, J., & Proctor, S. (2012). Have you ever..?
On Interchange 2: English for international communication (Student’s
book 2 4th ed) [CD]. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Get in groups of three students to talk about unusual experiences. First

read the information and check the experiences you have had. Then in-
terview your classmates to complete their information and ask additional
Interaction questions in Simple Past or Present Perfect to learn more about their ex-
periences. Look at the example below:

A. Have you ever gone to a museum?

fIND SOMEONE WHO...

B. Yes, I have gone to museums before.
A. How interesting. What museum did you visit?
B. I went to the Gold Museum in Bogotá.

classmate classmate
EXPERIENCE Me
1 2
1. has lived abroad X X

2. has had a vehicle accident X

3. has traveled alone X
4. has met a celebrity X X
5. has practiced an extreme sport X X
6. has fallen in love X X X

7. has had an embarrasing experience X X

8. has gone on an excursion in the mountains X

9. has cooked a big meal for guests X

10. has lost something valuable X

11. has worked for a living X X

12. has told a big lie he/she regretted X X X

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 Vocabulary
Building CURSO 7
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THE BIGGEST, THE Look at these geographic sites and match the pictures to the names.
HIGHEST & THE MOST Then think of one of those places in your country and write its name on
EXCITING the lines.

a. River
b. Mountain
c. Desert
d. Lake 1.
Desert 2.
beach
3.
Waterfall
4.
Forest

e. Beach
f. Forest
g. Waterfall
h. Road River Lake
5.
Road
6. 7. Mountain 8.

Superlative Form of Adjectives

Have you ever heard of Sierra
Use superlatve + adjectives when Nevada del Cocuy? It is the
you want to talk about a quality that highest mountain snow peak in
makes something stand out from the Colombia. It’s also one of the most
rest of similar things in a group: beautiful natural sites for eco-
tourism in the country...

Rule Sentence
One-syllable and some Add the + est at the end of • The desert is the driest place
two-syllable adjectives the adjective: on earh.
• Bogota is the largest city in my
• ending in Y
dry driest country.
• ending in e
• ending in consonant large the largest • Death Valley in California is the
hot hottest hottest place in the world.
+vowel+consonant

Most two-syllable • Boyaca is the most interesting

adjectives and all longer interesting the most interesting region I know in my country.
adjectives expensive the most expensive • Plane travel is the most expen-
sive kind of transportation.

*There are some adjective • good • the best • Raquira’s artissans make the
forms that do not follow • bad • the worst best handicrafts for tourists.
the above rules: • far • the farthest/ • China is the farthest place I
furthest have ever visited.

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 Listening
CURSO 7
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The Silk Route: Do you enjoy bike riding? If your answer is positive, what is the
The Most Exciting longest you have ever ridden a bike? Have you ever planned on
Bike Route in the taking a long bike journey? Tell your classmates and teacher about
World your ideas. Then read the article below.

The Silk Route Bike Tour: is it the greatest

journey in the world? The company calls it
‘the longest, hardest, highest, hottest, coldest
bicycle tour in the world’. In eighteen weeks
you travel over 12,000 kilometres through
seven different countries and have the most
exciting ride of your life.
“A thousand years ago people went by camel and At night, you stay in ancient roadside hotels or in
did about twenty-five kilometres a day,” says Nate camps. A chef cooks dinner for about half of the
Cavalieri, one of the Silk Route Tour staff. “But on 133 days; on otherdays cyclists can eat in local
a bike you do twenty-five kilometres in an hour.” restaurants or shop in local markets for their food.
And along the way you see some of the most One cyclist blogged, “The best thing was the
beautiful places in the world. From Shanghai, you friendliness of the people.” And the worst things?
go across Asia, through Iran and arrive in Istanbul, “The snow and the cold in the Pamirs.”
Turkey, at the end. You travel across the deserts So is it the greatest journey in the world? Cyclist
of China and cycle the amir Highway to over and blogger Miles MacDonald thinks so. “The Silk
Route is a true expedition. It is long and difficult,
4,600 metres, across the “Roof of the World” in
but it’s such an amazing experience that you arrive
the mountains of Tajikistan. On the way there are in Istanbul a completely changed person.”
villages, markets and ancient buildings.

Listen to this bike rider’s further interview about his travel and complete the questions with
the superlative forms.

1. 2.
I. What was the coldest place I. What was the hottest
you visited? place
J. It was in the mountains in Kyrgyzstan. J. Well, it was Turpan, China. I think it
There was lots of snow, too. was over fifty degrees centigrade.

3. 4.
I. And what was the worst I. What was the longest you’ve
place? traveled in one day?
J. That’s an impossible question. I can’t J. One day we travelled about a hundred
say. We met many fantastic people. and fifty kilometers in western China.

5. 6.
I. What was the most I. What was the most
amazing you saw? exciting of the journey?
J. My favorite building was the Bibi- J. Arriving in lstanbul after twelve
Khanym Masque in Uzbekistan. thousand kilometers. A-ma-zing!

Text & Audio: Eales, F., & Oakes,S. (2011). The Silk Route Bike Tour. On Speak Out Elementary (p.70). Essex: Pearson Education.

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about it CURSO 7
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Visiting Colombia: What is a stereotype? What kinds of stereotypes do you think

travelers have about Colombia? Do those stereotypes represent
What to Expect on the reality of life here? Do stereotypes affect tourism? How?
Your First Travel Have you ever considered other people’s opinions to decide on
visiting a country?
Read and discuss this excerpt from a traveler’s blog. What do
the words and phrases in bold mean?
So you’re planning your first visit to Colombia, and you don’t know what to ex-
pect? Despite the stereotypical misrepresentations of a country, which has been
historically portrayed in media as a very violent place-to-be, there are numer-
ous reasons that make this country a great destination for any world traveler;
therefore, you can’t base your desicion only on stereotypes.
Unlike many other countriers, you are allowed to enter the country without
a visa. However, you must have a passport, which is the only legally accepted
identification for tourists in the country, and you are supposed to carry it with
you at all times during your stay. Depending on the places you decide to visit,
there is a great variety of activities that will keep you busy and entertained.

Certainly, transportation will not be a problem: Every city has a good offer of vehicles to
move around, but if you feel more comfortable driving one yourself, you can also rent a car.
As long as you have a valid driver’s license from your country of origin, you don’t need to
have one issued in Colombia. Whether you like adventure, urban life, nightlife or historic
touring, there will be something to satisfy your expectations in every city you visit, and you
could find some tour plans online that might help you save some money and time. Howev-
er, you should learn about the customs, culture, and do’s or don’ts in the cities you intend
to visit ahead of time to avoid encountering difficulties. One thing is for sure, though: You
shouldn’t leave South America without making a stop in Colombia: the doorway to a conti-
nent where you will surely have the most memorable traveling experiences.

Language
Structure
Modals are auxiliary verbs that have particular attributes in
Modals to Express Degrees of the sentence. We can use them to express different attitudes
Necessity & Posibility towards the actions we are descibing. Look at these examples:

ATTRIBUTE MODAL VERB(S) SAMPLE SENTENCE

Prohibiltion Mustn’t / Can’t You can’t base your desicion on stereotypes.
Obligation (necessity) Must / Have to Travelers must have a passport.
Advice Should / Shouldn’t You should learn about the customs here.
Expectation (Be) supposed/expected to You are supposed to carry your ID.
Suggestion Could / Might You could find some good tour plans online.
Lack of Obligation (Not) need to/have to You don’t need to have a license issued here.
Possibility Can You can do lots of interesting things.

An international friend has announced a visit for the first time in your city.
TRAVEL What suggestions would you give him/her? Get in pairs and elaborate on some
ideas using all of the modal verbs in the chart at least once. Share your work
ADVISORS with the whole class.
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Think of a place in Colombia that you would like to advertise in a

Writing travelers’ blog or website. Preferably, it should be a place you are
familiar with, so you can speak from experience.
Write a description of the place as if you were touring there in that moment; the activities a
tourist can enjoy while visiting and the do’s and don’ts for newcomers. Include an image in
the blank square. This is a graded activity. Grading criteria will be discussed with your teacher
in class.

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AN
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