Talk about an experience and a current action
Distinguish having done something before from doing it now.
Recall useful words
Choose a skill. Try recalling before revealing help. Your own review choices schedule the next practice on this device; they are not automatic assessments.
过
过 · guo · experience marker
我去过上海。
正在
正在 · zhèngzài · in the process of
我正在学习。
去年
去年 · qùnián · last year
我去年去过上海。
学习
学习 · xuéxí · study
我正在学习中文。
以前
以前 · yǐqián · before
我以前去过。
Listen for a detail
What is happening now?
Show script, meaning, and explanation
我以前去过上海。现在我正在看书。
I have been to Shanghai before. Now I am reading.
现在 and 正在看书 identify the current action.
If you use the script, this becomes supported reading. Close the script and replay the recording when you are ready.
Read a different account
王力去年去过上海。林安没去过上海。今天王力正在学习中文，林安正在看书。
Show English meaning
Wang Li has been to Shanghai, last year. Lin An has not. Today Wang Li is studying Chinese and Lin An is reading.
Who has not been to Shanghai?
Show the answer and why
林安 — 林安没去过上海 denies her experience.
Speak with a new detail
Ask whether a partner has been to a city, then ask what they are doing now.
Try without reading. Work with a partner or make a private recording and listen back. Check the message and the response to your partner; pronunciation needs actual speech.
Show one model
A: 你去过上海吗？ B: 没去过。 A: 你现在在做什么？ B: 我正在看书。
Write and revise
Write one experience sentence and one current-action sentence.
Show a model and self-review checklist
我去过上海。现在我正在学习中文。
- Use 过 for the experience.
- Use 正在 for the ongoing action.
- Do not imply an experience is happening now.
Your writing is not uploaded or automatically graded. Several responses may fit the task.
Remember for next time
过 is not an ending to add to every English past-tense verb. Here it presents an experience.
Tomorrow, recall two words and try the speaking task with a new detail. A few days later, revisit the listening without its script.
Teacher and partner guidance
Model the goal, then let the learner attempt it. Check understanding of the spoken passage with the script hidden. Use the writing checklist to discuss meaning and structure; use actual speech to observe intelligibility and interaction. These public tasks are formative and must not be reused as unseen tests.