Grammar Recap - Unit 1: Present simple/continuous/perfect/perfect continuous

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This lesson contains 11 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 1 video.

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This looks a bit unusual! Can you guess what this close-up photo is?

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It's the stone of a peach. 

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Present Simple
Present Continuous
present perfect
Present perfect continous
I am tired
I'm always tired on Thursdays
I've just finished my homework
She hasn't done her homework
I've got to leave early as I have an appointment at the dentist
She's feeling tired today
I'm learning Chinese at the moment.
Have you ever been to London?
I am very tired as I have been working too hard.

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Re-cap of the tenses
Present Simple: Mainly used for facts, habits and truths.
Present continuous: When we are talking about activites, temporary situations and  things that are happening around now - (and future arrangements).
Present perfect: It connects the past to the present, so it is useful for talking about life experiences.
Present perfect continuous: For something that started in the past and is still continuing. We use it for things that have been going on for some time.

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Present perfect
We make the present perfect with have or has and the past participle. It connects the past to the present. We use it to talk about life experiences.
Have you ever eaten insects? 
Have you ever been on safari? 

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Present perfect
 We also use the Present perfect to give news and to talk about things that happened a short time ago and are important now.
I have written a new book.
I've done my homework.
She's put the baby to bed.

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Present Perfect Continuous
We use present perfect continuous for actions that started in the past and continue now.
Sam’s been learning Greek since last June. 
We also use it for continuous actions in the recent past that have a result in the present.
My brother’s been baking cakes. The house smells lovely! 
We can also use it to emphasise the long duration of an activity.
We’ve been looking for you all morning!

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Present Perfect Continuous Guessing Game
 Each student picks a card 
describe your situation to the class
 other students have to guess what you have been doing recently.

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worksheets available at https://busyteacher.org/23728-present-perfect-continuous-guessing-game.html 

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