Present Perfect Lesson 1

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• Leerjaar 3

Present Perfect

Chapter 7 grammar

What are we going to talk about?

Past simple

Present perfect simple

Present perfect continuous

Let's see what we remember

What's the Past simple tense of these verbs? What's the past participle? Which are regular and which are irregular?

Move - moved - moved 

Write - wrote - written

Live - have - be - give - eat - meet - move - work

How does the past simple work again?

Talk to your partner and in 4 minutes, figure out an explanation for the past simple without using your book and answer the two questions:

What is the past simple form?

When do I use the past simple?

What words tell me that I should use the past simple?

Use Present Perfect Simple

1. The present perfect tense is used to describe something that happened in the past, but the exact time it happened is not important. It has a relationship with the present.

I have done my homework = I finished my homework in the past. It is not important at what exact time, only that it is now done.

I have forgotten my bag. = Exactly when in the past that I forgot it is not important. The important thing is that I don't have it now.

As we do not use exact time expressions with the past perfect, we cannot say:

I have done my homework yesterday

In this case we use the past simple tense:

I did my homework yesterday.

Use

We do not use exact time expressions with the past perfect, we cannot say:

I have done my homework yesterday.

In this case we use the past simple tense: I did my homework yesterday. 

Use

2. Recently completed actions:

He has just played a game.

3. Something that began  in the past and still continuing 

We have lived in Canada since 1986.

Form

have / has + past participle (verb + ed / irregular) 

I have lived in Hoorn since I was little. 

We have owned that painting for three years.

She has known her best friend since kindergarten.

They haven't done their homework.

How long have you lived in Hoorn? 

How long have you owned that painting? 

Have you done your homework?

Have you cleaned your room?

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Activity

Use the verbs on the paper to make questions. For example: see

"Have you ever seen a mountain in real life?"

You have three minutes to make your questions. After this, you will get a few minutes to ask your partner. However, there's a catch! Your partner is allowed to lie to you and it's up to you to figure out if he or she is lying. For every question, you're allowed to ask two follow-up questions to see if you can figure out if your neighbour is lying to you!

Present Perfect Continuous use

1. ACTIONS THAT STARTED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE IN THE PRESENT

She has been waiting for you all day (= and she's still waiting now).

I've been working on this report since eight o'clock this morning (= and I still haven't finished it).

They have been travelling since last October (= and they're not home yet).

2, ACTIONS THAT HAVE JUST FINISHED, BUT WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE RESULTS

She has been cooking since last night (= and the food on the table looks delicious).

It's been raining (= and the streets are still wet).

Someone's been eating my chips (= half of them have gone).

Present perfect continuous form

The present perfect continuous is made up of two elements: the present perfect of the verb 'to be' (have/has + been), and the present participle of the main verb (base+ing)

She has been swimming

She has been / She's been running.

She hasn't been running.

 Has she been running?

Hasn't she been running?

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One last note

To change an active present perfect simple sentence into a passive present perfect sentence you use the present perfect continuous. 

For example:

People have translated her books into 60 languages. 

Her books have been translated into 60 languages.

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Now what?

P. 45, 46 and 47 WB