📚 Vocabulary Deep Dive
a2 (Past Simple vs Present Perfect Story)
🎯 Learning Priorities
Focus on these words based on their importance for understanding the text:
to go to see a place or person for a period of time
📝 “She has visited fifteen countries in her life.”
the year before this one
📝 “Last year, she visited three new places.”
during all the time from birth until now
📝 “She has visited fifteen countries in her life.”
to go from one place to another, especially to distant places
📝 “Emma loves to travel.”
to get knowledge or skill in a subject or activity
📝 “Emma has learned so much from travelling.”
feeling sure about your abilities or that something will happen successfully
📝 “She has become more confident with languages.”
before now or before a particular time
📝 “She has already booked her flight to Japan.”
an exciting or unusual experience, especially a journey
📝 “Last month, Emma started planning her next adventure.”
feeling very happy and enthusiastic about something that is going to happen
📝 “She is very excited about it.”
to become different or make something different
📝 “But travel changed her completely.”
nervous and uncomfortable with other people
📝 “Before her trips, she was very shy.”
to arrange to have or use something at a particular time in the future
📝 “She has already booked her flight to Japan.”
to keep money instead of spending it, usually for a future purpose
📝 “She saved money for two years for this trip.”
until now
📝 “She has lived an exciting life so far.”
not at any time; not ever
📝 “She has never been to Asia before.”
📖 Complete Vocabulary Reference
All vocabulary items organized by theme:
Travel Action Verbs
Core verbs describing Emma’s travel experiences and movements
to go from one place to another, especially to distant places
📝 “Emma loves to travel.”
to go to see a place or person for a period of time
📝 “She has visited fifteen countries in her life.”
to travel by plane
📝 “In September, she flew to Portugal.”
to remain in a place as a visitor or guest
📝 “She stayed in Lisbon for one week.”
to arrange to have or use something at a particular time in the future
📝 “She has already booked her flight to Japan.”
Personal Development Vocabulary
Words describing Emma’s growth and changes through travel
feeling sure about your abilities or that something will happen successfully
📝 “She has become more confident with languages.”
nervous and uncomfortable with other people
📝 “Before her trips, she was very shy.”
to become different or make something different
📝 “But travel changed her completely.”
to get knowledge or skill in a subject or activity
📝 “Emma has learned so much from travelling.”
Travel Planning Vocabulary
Words related to preparing and organizing trips
an exciting or unusual experience, especially a journey
📝 “Last month, Emma started planning her next adventure.”
to keep money instead of spending it, usually for a future purpose
📝 “She saved money for two years for this trip.”
feeling very happy and enthusiastic about something that is going to happen
📝 “She is very excited about it.”
to think about and decide what you are going to do
📝 “Last month, Emma started planning her next adventure.”
Time Expressions
Key phrases that signal when actions happened, crucial for Past Simple vs Present Perfect
the year before this one
📝 “Last year, she visited three new places.”
during all the time from birth until now
📝 “She has visited fifteen countries in her life.”
before now or before a particular time
📝 “She has already booked her flight to Japan.”
not at any time; not ever
📝 “She has never been to Asia before.”
until now
📝 “She has lived an exciting life so far.”
🎮 Practice Activities
Tense Choice
Choose Past Simple or Present Perfect based on the time expression
Collocation Matching
Match the verbs with their common collocations from the story
Adjective Choice
Choose the correct form: -ed or -ing
Time Expression Sorting
Sort these time expressions: which take Past Simple and which take Present Perfect?
Word Family Completion
Complete the table with different word forms