English Guide Eighth Grade

English Guide Eighth Grade Name________________________________________ Grade_________________________ Topic No 1: Present perfect Aim: To understand and communicate ideas using present perfect. 1. Reading comprehension Read the following text and... More

English Guide Eighth Grade
Name________________________________________ Grade_________________________
Topic No 1: Present perfect
Aim: To understand and communicate ideas using present perfect.
1. Reading comprehension
Read the following text and develop the activities.
An Old Colonel
I think I have had a very interesting life. I'm 73 now and I don't work anymore. I was in the army for 51 years. I retired
when I was 69. I have been to so many countries that I can't remember all of them. I've been to Australia six or seven
times and to South Africa three times. I have also been once to Russia but I didn't like it at all: much too cold for me!
They say that love is the greatest thing and I agree. I've been married four times but never for more than five years. I don't
think women really understand me!
I've never been on television, but I've been on the radio once. It was a programme about life in the military about twenty
years ago. I met the Prime Minister on the same day. Less