ACTIVITY4_ - Vanesa López Velasco (1)

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Learning objective: To practice the use of present perfect and present perfect continues as well as the time expressions for and since.
Requirements:
· Read the following e-mail and fill in the blanks with for or since.
1. Read the following e-mail and fill in the blanks with for or since
Hello Henry!
How are you? Have you finished classes yet? Well, I haven’t. Classes will be over in a month so I’ve been working on my final projects for the last few days! I’m exhausted! I wanted to use the weekend to watch that show you told me about, but I’ve been so busy that I haven’t watched anything on TV since the last time we met, and that was like three weeks ago! L I can’t blame my teachers, though. They told me about two projects since the beginning of the month, but well, you know me. I’ve been leaving things for the last minute since we were in high school. I hope I learn to organize myself better next term.
Well, I guess I’ll go and continue working. I’ve been procrastinating for the last 2 hours, and if I continue like this, I won’t finish.
Hope to see you soon!
Anne
2. Read the email again and organize the verbs in bold in the following table. 
	Present perfect
	Present perfect continuous
	Have you finished
	I’ve been working
	I haven’t watched
	I’ve been leaving
	
	I’ve been so busy
	
	I’ve been procrastinating
3. Read the following sentences and complete them with the present perfector present perfect continuous form of the verbs in parentheses and with for or since.
I’ ve been (be) on vacations since Monday.
I’ ve played (play) soccer and watched (watch) movies all day.
I’ ve been working (work) at the cinema for 10 days, and I love it!
I’ ve been already seen (see) the new superheroes movie three times since I started working here.
Have you seen Mark? I haven’t talked (not/talk) to him in a while.
4. Write an email responding to the one in exercise 1 and using all the sentences of exercise. Your email has to include sentences in present perfect and present perfect continuous as well as for and since and it has to be 350 – 400 words long. You can include sentences in other tenses too.
Hi Anne,
I'm very well, thanks for asking, how have you been these days?
Yes, I have finished my classes, I have been on vacations since Monday, it is so amazing to have free time and be able to rest, I love vacations because I have played soccer and watched movies all day.
I'll tell you a little about my last days, the truth is I've had a great time, since I've rested, I've had fun and done new things. I've been working at the cinema for 10 days, and I love it! It's very fun and entertaining, you meet many people, you help them choose their movies, drinks, sweets and snacks, there are premieres all the time. I've been already seen the new superheroes movie three times since I started working here. Also, there are always different people and unexpected things happen.
Since my vacation started, I have felt very peaceful and super relaxed, but I miss you so much and I have been thinking of many activities that we could do together when we meet again.
Courage Anne, I know you can, you just must stay focused and motivated, think that very soon you will have vacations and rest, we will also have an incredible time and you will have a lot of fun. You will have enough time to watch the program I told you about, you calm down. I have been thinking that perhaps it would be very useful for you to make a list of your activities to be carried out and prioritize the most important ones, marking deadlines to carry them out so that your activities do not accumulate. Anyway, I am sure that you will learn to organize yourself better very soon, besides that you will fulfill all your activities on time, and you will have an incredible vacation, just stay focused and do not worry too much, you will do well!
By the way, I wanted to ask you... Have you seen Marcos? I haven't talked to him in a while... Anyway, I hope he's doing great.
Good luck with your classes, I hope to see you very soon too!
Henry