Part One
Ask your partner to guess a number or length of time connected to your past and present with “How long have I been…ing?” and “How many … have I …?” When your partner guesses with “(I think) you have been… ing for … minutes/ hours/ days/ weeks/ months/ years” or “(I think) you have… one/ two/ a hundred/ a thousand…” give them clues to how they need to change their answer with the Useful Language below.
Possible topics
House
Clothes
Studies
Job
Hobbies
Travel
Useful language
Much much more/ less
Much more/ less
Quite a lot more/ less
A little bit more/ less
A tiny bit more/ less
Part Two
This time, give your partner a length of time or number connected to your life until now and see if they can make the correct sentence.
Example dialogue
A: “12”
B: “You have had 12 girlfriends”
A: “No, try again”
B: “You have fallen off your bike 12 times”
A: “No, but getting closer. It’s connected to travel”
B: “You have been to 12 countries”
A: “Well done. That’s correct”
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