Real English Lesson 51 Have Done vs Did

What’s your name?  Ada Sanchez.

What have you been doing today, Ada?  Working, I have been working to payroll for medical agency. 

What did you do yesterday?  I went to church and went to a birthday party.

 

Have you been to Europe?  Yes, I have been to French, Du Bois.  I lived there for one summer. 

For a whole summer?  What did you do there?  I lived with family and just practiced French.  Great!

 

What have you done this morning?  I’ve been following my wife and shopping all this morning. 

What did you do yesterday?  I sat around and watching TV, I didn’t do very much at all.  Watched KU little basketball, that’s about it.  Like basketball, huh? 

What did you do yesterday?  My wife and I went to Charleston, South Carolina, really had a good day.  

 

What have you done this morning?  I picked up my two nieces; we are from New Jersey, which is the State next toward New York State, and we had lunch, and we came to New York and we here in Radio City to city Christmas show.  Oh, I heard that’s great.  Yeah. 

What did you do yesterday?  What did you do yesterday?  Well, I took Christmas tree down, did a little shopping, did little laundry and I cooked for my parents.

 

Good afternoon!  What’s your name?  Cathy Colleen.  Cathy, what have you done this morning?  What have I done this morning?  Went out have breakfast and came here, New York.  Great!

What did you do yesterday?  Yesterday, I stayed all day because I was sick.  Hope you feel better.  A little better, not much.

 

When did you meet your wife?  I met my wife, uhm three years ago. 

Do you have any children?  Yes, I do, I have two children.  This is my son Chad.  Hi chad, how are you?  Good!

 

Could you introduce us your wife?  Yeah.  Hi, hello.  This is Loren.  Hi, what’s your name?  Loren.  Great!  What have you done this morning, Loren?  Packed, had breakfast, now we‘re shopping.  Ok.  What did you do yesterday?  I was sick in bed.  I hope you feeling better today.  Yes, I am.  Thank you.  

 

Hi, what’s your name?  Bernadette.  What have done this morning?  I got up an went up to passport office trying to get an emergency passport, and I’m waiting here for someone to pick me up.  That’s it.  Ok, great.  Turn this way little bit, so they can see your beautiful face. 

 

What have you done this morning?  A lot of reading… a lot of reading.. what did you do yesterday?  A much of the same, it was work.  Oh, a lot of work.  A lot of work! 

What did you do yesterday?  I went to a Hard Rock café, and I went to a disco birthday party, and banked all day yesterday. 

 

What’s your name again?  Marie Hal.  Hi Marie, what have you done this morning?  Well, we have got up and we have bagels for breakfast, and we ate quickly and left Riverton, New Jersey for New York City.  What did you do yesterday?  Yesterday was kind of a relaxing day, post holiday, family kind of day.  Everybody stayed home and kind of enjoyed each other. 

 

Hello, what’s your name?  My name is Maria.  Hi Maria.  What have you done this morning?  Nor much.. I tried to take a tour of New York, which wasn’t very good one so we got off the bus.  Well that was smart.  What did you do yesterday?  Well, we arrived from Boston, I arrived from Boston and my sister arrived from Russia.  Great!  Can you speak any foreign languages?  Yeap, I speak somewhat French, I speak Spanish, English.  Great!  Russian, that’s my native language. 

 

What did you do when you left school?  Well, I continued teaching, studying, and teaching … great!

 

When did you two meet?  You mean here or in general?  In general.  We were born together.  This is my womb mate.  So you are twins?  Yes.