Class version: Everyday. Everyday uses shorter language, shorter reading and more support for adult situations. Go further offers longer turns and less support. Choose the topic and depth separately from language level; an advanced speaker may prefer concrete situations. Both keep the same speaking purpose; Go further adds one related language extension to practise in the conversation. The original recording is unchanged; use the adapted reading if the recording is too demanding. These versions are teaching choices, not certified CEFR levels.
Language focus: Present Perfect Simple & Continuous. I let the student speak first, show support if needed and return to one or two useful phrases at the end.
A flexible 50-minute plan: catch up 8 · get ready 5 · discover 5 · conversation 17 · challenge 13 · take home 2. I aim for roughly 80% student speaking; this is not measured automatically. I choose two weekly questions and follow up. I select the conversation rounds that suit this adult learner; completing every question is not the goal. I finish with the short oral transfer task. If a recording is too demanding, I use the adapted reading and one short replay, not the full recording as a test. The 20 surprise questions are optional.
Use the Get ready stage for the Spanish reference, then let the learner complete the self-check in Your challenge. In conversation, prioritise the meaning and the learner’s real examples. The simple and continuous can sometimes both be natural (for example, I have lived / have been living here for years); teach the difference in focus, not as an absolute rule. The continuous is normally avoided with state verbs such as know, like and own. Have the learner explain why a result, quantity, experience, ongoing state or activity is in focus.
Have you ever …? · I’ve never … · I’ve been …-ing for / since …
I’ve never tried surfing, but I’ve been learning to swim for two years.
“Let me think…” · “One thing that comes to mind is…” · “For example…” · “The best part was…”
Optional vocabulary: experience · something that has happened to you · duration · how long something lasts · result · what an action has produced.
Conecta una acción o situación pasada con el presente. Usamos el simple para destacar resultados, cantidades, experiencias o estados; el continuous para enfocar una actividad y su duración o sus efectos recientes.
B1–B2 grammar reference. Source date: Grammar checked October 2026. My adapted summary. Original resources are linked below.
Next time: I start next time with the take-home discovery. If we did not reach the challenge, I continue there.
Clear this class’s answers, choices and activities, and return to Catch up. Saved session history stays unchanged.