Unit 3.5: present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Phones in bags, laptop & SB on table

Look at the picture and tell each other how your feeling.

At the end of this lesson:

- I know how to use the present perfect

- I can explain the difference between the present perfect and the past simple. 

Read & identify 

- 3 mins

Read the text p38, do you know and like any of these singers? 

Identify the present perfect & past simple

3.5 Present Perfect

Present Perfect: have/has ww+ed or irregular verb

An action started in the past and is relevant in the present 

I, you, we, they have taught English at this school for 20 years now.

He, she, it has worked at Albert Heijn since 2015. 

past simple

= talk about finished actions in the past. You usually say when they happened --> Last weekend I went to Amsterdam. She ate a sandwich yesterday. He slept until 12pm.

Present Perfect: have/has ww+ed or irr. verb

Time expressions: for, yet, never, ever, just, already,

and since = FYNE JAS

Another term has just started at the BRIT School.

Have you ever been in love? 

She has lived on her own since 2019.

                                              = you never say exactly WHEN.

That's the worst movie I
(ooit + zien) in my life!

They ... (verloren) the documents I sent them. Now I must send them again.

Shea ... (zijn) at the zoo
for two hours now.

3.5 Present Perfect

When do you use the Present Perfect? 

Just = something happened recently

Emily has just made dinner. 

Tino and Tina have just left the chat. 

Just is written in the middle of the PP

3.5 Present Perfect

When do you use the Present Perfect? 

Yet = hasn't happened but it probably will 

They haven't handed in their work yet.

I haven't taken down the Christmas tree yet. 

Yet is written at the end of the sentence.

3.5 Present Perfect

When do you use the Present Perfect? 

Already = happened earlier than expected

Donald Trump has already left the White House. 

Ms. Zelenecka has already checked the tests.

Already is written in the middle of the PP

Practice - do exercises 4 & 5 - in pairs

• 2. I've just updated my FB...
  3. ... I haven't found a teacher yet
  4. ... and I've already learnt all the words.
  5. I've just finished...
• 2. began           3. graduated        4. has already started
  5. hasn't changed           6. knew         7. wrote
  8. haven't had
  

Write a sentence using 'already' or 'yet about - seeing a live band.

Write a sentence using 'already' or 'yet about - writing a poem/story.

Practice - Peppels

Think of a celebrity.

 Write about their past/youth/career. 

5 sentences in the past simple.

5 sentences in the present perfect.

I know how to use the present perfect

1. Yes, I do
2. No, I don't

I can explain the difference between the present perfect and the past simple.

1. Yes, I can
2. No, I can't