Present perfect vs simple past

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Have you EVER wondered…?

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Definite time VS. Specific time

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Have you EVERwondered…?

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Which sport(s)…

Gives you a new view of the city?Is more enjoyable than water-skiingMakes you look at things differently?Do you do on water?Makes you laugh so much that you can’t stop?Needs no equipment?Came from France?Uses the wind?

In which sport do you…

Do nothing?Start very high up?Steer with lines?

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INDEFINITE AND SPECIFIC TIME IN THE PAST

Free running started in 2003 in Paris. It has become wellknown.

Indefinite: you don’t know exactly when it happened.Specific: You know the moment or it is possible to know it

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DEFINITE AND SPECIFIC TIME IN THE PAST

E.G.

Kite-surfing ¿When did it start? Is it popular now?

Kite-surfing started in France in the 1980s and has recently becomevery popular worldwide

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GRAMMAR PRACTICEComplete with the present perfect or simple past of the verbs

_____________ you ever _____________ (try) snowboarding?

Yes, _____________ (have) a chance last Winter. It _____________ (be) a lot of fun.

__________ your parents ever __________ (let) you drive their car?No, because we don’t have one! My dad __________ (have) a motorcycle for a while, but he __________n’t__________(let) me rideit.

__________you ever__________ (do) something that you regretted?

You mean something I __________ (feel) bad about afterward? Yes, once I __________ (steal) some chocolate from a store. It __________ (be) a long time ago. But I __________ never __________ (forget) it.