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HAGGIS

While Paco was in Edinburgh, he ate haggis. He didn’t like it very much but he’s open to try typical dishes of the countries he is visiting. Paco has always been a bit picky with food but he decided to open his mind when he left Spain.

Haggis is a kind of sausage made of sheep’s liver, heart and lungs, mixed up with onion and spices. Haggis’ origin probably comes from poor people wanting to use every part of an animal for food but this is not very clear. Different people have provided different theories regarding this aspect. Nowadays it’s the most well-known traditional Scottish dish.

Haggis has always been the main course of a Burns supper (25th January, when the Scottish poet Robert Burns is commemorated), and whisky is the traditional accompaniment.

For the last few decades, some shops have also created vegetarian haggis which has been surprisingly popular.

By Nick in exsilio, C. Commons

 


Read the text and identify the Past Simple and the Present Perfect Simple forms. It's easy!


Pregunta Verdadero-Falso
Read the text again and decide if these statements are true or false.


1. Paco has always been open to try new food.

Verdadero Falso


2. Poor people 'invented' haggis.

Verdadero Falso


3. Haggis is eaten on 25th January in Scotland.

Verdadero Falso
Icono de iDevice Solved exercise: regular and irregular verbs
In this topic, we have learned about the Past Simple and the Present Perfect Simple. To form these tenses, we need to know the different forms of regular and irregular verbs. Complete this table with suitable forms of these verbs from the text. Come on! You know them!
INFINITIVE
 		PAST SIMPLE
P. PARTICIPLE
SPANISH
like
      
    been
  
    made
  
visit
      
come
      
  ate    
    mixed
  
want
      
  decided
    
    provided
  
use      
  left
    
    commemorated
  
  created
    

 


Icono de iDevice Solved exercise: -ed pronunciation

Of the regular verbs above, which ones would go in which column?

liked, visited, mixed, wanted, decided, provided, used, commemorated, created

 

/t/ /d/
/Id/
     




Icono de iDevice Solved exercise: time expressions

There are some words which directly indicate whether to use a Past Simple or a Present Perfect form. What tense is used when we find these words? (Some are from the text and some are not):

  • Yesterday
  • When he left Spain
  • In 1990
  • For the last few decades
  • Last month
  • Up to now

Icono de iDevice Cloze Activity: Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Simple
Finally, complete the following sentences with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets. It's not difficult, is it?

1. Paco (go) shopping yesterday.

2. Paul (live) in Cardiff for three years.

3. Paul (leave) Edinburgh three years ago.

4. Paco and Sonia always (get on) very well.

5. Paul's family (invite) Paco for dinner.

6. Paco (buy) a book last week.

7. Paco already (see) Edinburgh.

8. Paul's mother (cook) a delicious dinner.

  

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