Lesson 43 - Present perfect 3

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Lesson 43 Simple or perfect?

• Camera on.
• Mic on mute.
• I have to see your face.

Today

• Practicing with the present perfect on verbuga.eu
• *new* present perfect or past simple?
• Quiz
• Homework time 

Goals

• You have better control over the present perfect and the irregular verbs
• You know when to use the past simple and when to use the present perfect. 

Homework check

Let's see how you did on the

homework.

Present perfect worksheet 2

• Go to verbuga.eu
• Practice for 10 minutes.

Present perfect or Past simple?

When to use which?

• I'll show you a statement (a use, signal words, grammar rule)
• Decide which of the two tenses fits the description most.

When something just happened.

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

A finished action in the past (at a specific moment).

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

An action that started in the past and is still going on in the present.

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

When an action in the past started at an unknown moment.

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

regular verbs: verb+(e)d
irregular verbs: 2nd column

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

regular verbs: have/has + verb+(e)d
irregular verbs: have/has + 3rd column

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

for, never, just, already, ever, yet, since

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

last week, five minutes ago, a year ago

1. Past simple
2. Present perfect

Past simple or present perfect

	Past simple	Present perfect
When	Finished action at a specific moment in the past	Started in the past and still going / Unknown moment in the past / Recent action
Rule	verb+(e)d	have/has + past participle
Signal words	last week, yesterday, five minutes ago, etc...	for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since
Example	Five weeks ago we saved a cat on the street.	The taxi has just arrived .

Quiz

• I'll show you a gap-fill sentence.
• Decide whether to use the past simple or present perfect. 

Yesterday, I _____ (to walk) to school.

1. walked
2. have walked

She _____ (to be) spoiled ever since she was a little girl.

1. was
2. has been

We _____ (to love) the movie Bratz! when we were younger.

1. loved
2. have loved

They _____ (never / to see) a musical.

1. never saw
2. have never seen

I _____ (to study) at Kandinsky since 2020.

1. studied
2. have studied

Get to work

• Go on Magister to Thursday's lesson (25/3/2021)
• Homework: Finish the worksheet in the attachment

Next lesson

Finish Present perfect worksheet 3