week 11: Mastering the Present Perfect Tense

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• HBO
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will understand the use and form of the present perfect tense. 

Have pen and paper ready!

Harry Potter

Last chapter

We use the present perfect to...

give news; "Guess what? I've won a competition"

talk about events during a period of time that is still continuing:

"I'm in Paris. I've visited a museum but I haven't seen the Eiffel tower."

We use the present perfect to...

-ask how long a situation has existed:  "How long have you been in Spain?"

With for or since to say how long a situation has existed. We use for for a period of time and since to say when it started: "We've been in Spain for a week/since Tuesday."

Forming the Present Perfect

To form the present perfect, use 'have' or 'has' (depending on the subject) followed by the past participle of the main verb. For example, 'I have studied' or 'She has eaten'.

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular verbs form the past participle by adding '-ed' to the base form, while irregular verbs have unique past participle forms. For example, 'walked' is the past participle of 'walk', and 'eaten' is the past participle of 'eat'.

Using 'Have' and 'Has'

Use 'have' with the pronouns 'I', 'you', 'we', and 'they'. Use 'has' with the pronouns 'he', 'she', and 'it'.

I've - you've - we've- they've 

He's- she's it's 

Time Expressions with Present Perfect

Common time expressions used with the present perfect include 'already', 'yet', 'just', 'ever', 'never', and 'recently'. These words help to indicate the time frame of the action.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Avoid using the present perfect with specific time expressions like 'yesterday', 'last week', or 'in 2005'. Also, do not use the present perfect when the time period is finished or known.

vertaal: We zijn drie dagen in Florence geweest.

The weather ....(not be) very good.

So we......... to a lot of museums and art galleries. (zijn geweest)

I ..........Michealangelo's David and hundreds of beautiful paintings. (see)

Ik heb een souvenir voor je gekocht.

Work time; 

-Grammar builder 6b page 134 ex 1,2,3,4

Finished? 

-work on the speaking assignment

-read Harry Potter 

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.