Unit 3.5: Grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome AMGM2

- Please take your seat

- Put your phone and earbuds in your bag

Start reading your book

New book rule

Forgot your book once -->

No problem but do watch out.

Forgot your book twice -->

Come meet me after your last class and read for an hour.

Class rules

Try to speak as much English as you can

Be quiet when someone is speaking 

Be nice and have respect for each other 

Five free minutes if the teacher decides it's okay

No homework --> you study at home

No laptops or phones without permission.

Today's planning

• 10 minutes of reading
• 3.5 Present Perfect

At the end of this lesson

You can use the Present Perfect with just, yet and already.

Think about these questions:

1: What is the Present Perfect?

2: What do the words just and already mean?

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. 

3.5 Present Perfect

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

Time expressions: since, ever, never, yet, already and just

To this day, I have never been the imposter 

Have you ever been in love? 

I have lived on my own since 2019.

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? 

Use just when something happend 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?  

Use yet when something hasn't happened but it 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?

Use already when something happend earlier than expected

Donald Trump has already left the White House. 

I have already stopped by the grocery shop so you don't need to go.

Already is written in the middle of the PP

Write a sentence using the present perfect + just

Write a sentence using the present perfect + already

Write a sentence using the present perfect + yet

Office forms: practice

Think of a celebrity.

 Write about their past/youth/carreer. 

5 sentences in the PSimple. (verb + ed/ irr verb)

5 sentences in the PPerfect (have/has + verb + ed/irr verb)

Write this in Word and email your doc.

I know how to use the present perfect

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

Reflect

You can use the Present Perfect with just, yet and already.

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