Travel Time: Experiences and Finished Trips

Say the tense and underline the time marker before you turn each card. ✈️

Choose Present Perfect or Past Simple. Then identify the time marker.

I went to Rome yesterday.: Past Simple — yesterday
She has bought her flight ticket already.: Present Perfect — already
We stayed in Paris last week.: Past Simple — last week
He has never travelled abroad.: Present Perfect — never
They arrived at the airport this morning.: Past Simple — this morning
I have visited three countries this year.: Present Perfect — this year
My friend booked a hotel room in 2020.: Past Simple — in 2020
Have you packed your suitcase yet?: Present Perfect — yet
We have visited the museum today.: Present Perfect — today
She flew to Japan last March.: Past Simple — last March

Choosing the Right Travel Tense

Use	Form	Travel example
A finished time	Past Simple	I visited Rome last year.
Experience / unfinished time	have/has + past participle	I have visited Rome this year.
Life experience	Have/Has + subject + ever + past participle?	Have you ever flown alone?
A specific detail after an experience question	Past Simple	When did you go?

Connect time clues and travel sentences

Connect each time expression with the correct travel sentence.

yesterday: I checked in for my flight yesterday.
ever: Have you ever visited a famous landmark?
this week: We have booked our hotel room this week.
in 2020: My parents travelled to Italy in 2020.

Connect the experience with the detail

Connect each experience question with its specific past detail.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel near an airport?: Yes, I stayed in one last summer.
Have you ever lost your passport?: Yes, I lost it in 2021.
Have you ever bought travel insurance?: Yes, I bought it before my flight last year.
Have you ever visited London?: Yes, I visited the city in 2020.

Put the booking conversation in order

Put the hotel booking conversation in the correct order.

Receptionist: Good afternoon. Have you booked a hotel room?
Guest: Yes, I have booked a room for two nights.
Receptionist: When did you make the booking?
Guest: I booked it yesterday online.

Put the airport conversation in order

Put the airport conversation in the correct order.

Agent: Have you checked in online?
Traveller: Yes, I have checked in already.
Agent: When did you receive your boarding pass?
Traveller: I received it this morning.

Complete the travel sentences

I [___] the Eiffel Tower last year.
She [___] a hotel room already.
Have you ever [___] your passport?
We [___] to Greece in 2020.

Listening to Travel Plans

Listen once for the main information. Listen again for time markers. 🎧

When did Leo go to Japan?
Which two cities did Leo visit in Japan?
Which other Asian country has Leo visited?
What has Mia just booked?

Describe the Travel Photos

Describe what you see. Use one sentence with has just.

She has just arrived.

Describe what you see. Use one sentence with yesterday.

They visited the Eiffel Tower yesterday.

Travel Interview and Hotel Check-in

Talk about travel experiences

Ask and answer. After each experience answer, add one finished-time question.

Experience question	Detail question
Have you ever been to ___?	When did you go?
Have you ever stayed in a hotel?	Where did you stay?
Have you ever missed a flight?	What happened?
Have you ever travelled alone?	When did you travel alone?

Model

Teacher: Have you ever visited Spain?
Student: Yes, I have.
Teacher: When did you go?
Student: I went there last summer.

Check in at the hotel

Situation: You are a guest at a hotel near the airport. The teacher is the receptionist.

Guest	Receptionist
I have booked a room.	Have you received a booking email?
I booked it yesterday.	What is your name, please?
Here is my passport.	Yes, I have your booking.
Have you received my booking?	Your hotel room is ready.

My Travel Experiences

Write 50–100 words about your travel experiences. Include:

two Present Perfect sentences about experiences;
one specific trip;
at least two Past Simple sentences;
one finished-time phrase: yesterday, last year, or in 2020.

Useful phrases
I have visited…	I have never travelled…
I have already booked…	Have you ever been to…?
Last year, I went to…	We stayed in…
I visited… yesterday.	I flew there in 2020.

Plan

My general travel experiences
One specific trip and its finished time
What happened on that trip

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Check: grammar ✅ vocabulary ✅ clear order ✅

Key Travel Tense Points

Present Perfect	Past Simple
I have visited Spain this year.	I visited Spain in 2020.
Have you ever flown alone?	I flew alone last week.
I have already booked the hotel.	I booked the hotel yesterday.

Connect the clue to the sentence frame

Connect each time expression with the correct travel sentence frame.

ever: Have you ever visited a famous landmark?
yet: Have you packed your suitcase yet?
already: I have already checked in online.
yesterday: I booked the flight yesterday.
in 2020: We visited Korea in 2020.
this week: She has booked a hotel room this week.

For next time

Write six travel sentences:

three Present Perfect sentences with ever, never, already, yet, today, or this week;
three Past Simple sentences with yesterday, last week, in 2020, or last March.

Travel Time: Experiences and Finished Trips

Say the tense and underline the time marker before you turn each card. ✈️

Choose Present Perfect or Past Simple. Then identify the time marker.

I went to Rome yesterday.: Past Simple — yesterday
She has bought her flight ticket already.: Present Perfect — already
We stayed in Paris last week.: Past Simple — last week
He has never travelled abroad.: Present Perfect — never
They arrived at the airport this morning.: Past Simple — this morning
I have visited three countries this year.: Present Perfect — this year
My friend booked a hotel room in 2020.: Past Simple — in 2020
Have you packed your suitcase yet?: Present Perfect — yet
We have visited the museum today.: Present Perfect — today
She flew to Japan last March.: Past Simple — last March