Present perfect intro

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• Leerjaar 2

Present perfect

Goals for today's lesson: 

• To understand how the present perfect is made
• To understand when the present perfect is used
• To correctly apply the present perfect to sentences

Present perfect tense

• I have painted the front door.
• Sally has visited Rome three times.
• John has lived in London since 2020.
• We haven't heard this song before. 

All these sentences use it: 

Which two things do you think make the present perfect? 

Present Perfect

Have / Has + voltooid deelwoord

Voltooid deelwoord zijn:

• Voor regelmatige werkwoorden: ww + ed
• Voor onregelmatige werkwoorden: eigen vorm

Persoonlijk voornaamwoord met Have? Has? 

Past simple                                    Present perfect

Here the focus is on......

1 . Unfinished action/state

2. Result

3. Experience

Here the focus is on......

1. Unfinished action/state

2. Result

3. Experience

Tip

Unfinished state or action 

Often has a time mentioned "for" or "since"

I have lived in the Netherlands since 2009.

Here the focus is on......

1 . Unfinished action/state

2. Result

3. Experience

SIGNAALWOORDEN - FIJNE JAS!

• F   for - (nu) al
• Y   yet - al (in vraagzinnen)
• N   never - (nog) nooit
• E   ever - ooit

• J   just - net
• A   already - al
• S   since - sinds

 He has just finished his painting.

He has already sold the painting.

He has painted pictures since he was 10 years old.

Hoe vorm je de Present Perfect?

1. stam + ED
2. het derde rijtje van de irregular verbs
3. stam + S bij he / she / it
4. has / have + voltooid deelwoord

Welke woorden zijn signaalwoorden voor de Present Perfect?

1. never / ever / for / since
2. was / were / been
3. however / although / always
4. when / how / always

Welke zin staat in de Present Perfect?

1. My cat finally caught the mouse.
2. His cat hasn't caught a mouse since last year.
3. My dog never catches anything.
4. Did you get caught?

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present Perfect:

My boyfriend ___ ___ (buy) me some red roses.

1. have bought
2. has bought
3. have buyed
4. has buyed

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present Perfect:

___ you ever ___ (live) in China before?

1. Have.............. lived
2. Has.............. lived

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present Perfect:

The dogs ___ ___ (not - eat) anything for three days.

1. haven't ate
2. hasn't ate
3. haven't eaten
4. hasn't eaten

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present perfect
Missing words only.
I ____________ (not, to see) the new Mission Impossible film.

Vul de juiste vorm in van de Present perfect
Missing words only
You __________(to grow) since the last time I saw you.

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