Solutions Intermediate Unit 2 lesson B

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

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- Lesson 2B 

- past simple vs. present perfect explanation

(Goal: to understand both tenses and being able to use them when needed.)

RECAP Present Perfect

What do you remember
about the Present Perfect?

regular verb: infinitive + ed

irregular verb: 3rd row of irregular wordlist (page 136 wb)

When do you use a present perfect? 

- You use the present perfect if something has started in the past but is still going on in the present..

I have lived in Groningen since 1998 (so you still live there)

-To talk about experiences or events of which the result is still noticeable.

I can't find my keys. I have lost them. 

Look! She has broken her leg.

So far, I haven’t heard from him.

I have never been to London.

Solutions page 21

- let's get started together on assignment 2/3/4/5/6/7 

on page 20 of your student's book.

- explanation of past simple vs present perfect

-practise past simple & present perfect

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

Difference present perfect and past simple

• The past simple is used when the action ended in the past and there is no connection to the present.
  
• The present perfect is used when there is a link to the past and the action is still going on in the present

When do you use the past simple?

Activities/events which happened in the past and have ended in the past. Often a time reference is mentioned.

 for the first time has ended)

regular verbs : infinitive + ED       

 I walked to school yesterday.

Irregular verbs: 2nd row in the irregular wordslist (page 136 wb)

He went to school yesterday.

When do you use a Present Perfect?

* events which started in the past but the effect is still noticeable in the present

* experiences in the past (date is not important)

Examples:

I can't run, I have broken my leg. (your leg is still broken today)

I have known my boyfriend for 5 days. (you still know him)

I have been to London six times. (Date is not important, you might go again)

Keywords:

Present perfect: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since 

(FYNE JAS)

Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, an hour ago etc.

Fill in past simple or present perfect.
Jack .........(finish) work an hour ago.

I ..................(be) a teacher since 2010.

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

We have known each other for three years now.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

I ...... that film yet.

1. didn't see
2. haven't seen

........ to Paris yet?

1. Did they go
2. Have they been

He ..... there yesterday morning.

1. went
2. has gone

....... her for three years.

1. I didn't see
2. I haven't seen

He ..... there since 2015

1. lived
2. has lived

I .... him an hour ago.

1. saw
2. have seen
3. have been seeing
4. didn't saw

Homework

Homework Solutions

-Study past simple & present perfect

-Finish assignments 2/3/6 on page 22 STUDENT'S BOOK

- Finish grammarbuilder 2.1 on page 129 Student's book

- Finish assigments 2B in your workbook