1.5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome

- put your phone + earbuds in your bag
- take your books + laptop out

- start reading your English book

(ebooks - PDF via studiewijzer)

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/grammar-video-about-present-perfect - add this to Magister Agenda - students watch it prior to class

Expectations

- use English as much as possible - mistakes? No problem!
- be active and participate in the class
- laptops half-closed when not in use - no gaming!
- listen to the person who has the floor
- raise your hand if you would like to say something
- homework = study; but sometimes - watch a video/read a little
- didn't finish work in class? = homework!

At the end of this lesson...

you can use the present perfect continuous and the present perfect simple

= talk about things that have been in progress & things that have been achieved.

Friends activity

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How are we going to do it?
Open the link and turn down your volume!
I will play the video with volume on the big screen. We start the video and around the same time, questions should pop up. Answer the question on your laptop, then we answer it on the big screen too.

Present Perfect - remember:

FYNE JAS:

for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since

Continuous: for & since

I ........ (have) the same computer for 3 years.

1. have
2. 've had
3. 've been having

I ........ (know) my oldest friend since 5th grade.

1. have known
2. know
3. knew
4. have been knowing

Answer with a full sentence:
How many times have you opened Instagram/TikTok/Snapchat... today?

I ....... (decorate) the house all summer long and there's still more to do.

1. decorated
2. 've decorated
3. 've been decorating
4. decorate

Answer with a full sentence:
For how long have you been reading your current English book?

SB, p.10 - do ex 7 & 8. - As needed, refer to the Grammar Focus or Reference

Write down 1 of the questions you created in ex 8 and your answer to it.

So, when we use the present perfect continuous vs pp simple?

Do you feel like you have mastered the present perfect simple vs continuous?

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Need more explanation?

English written explanation of PP continuous:

written explanation of PP simple:

Dutch video explaining PP continuous:

English video explaining PP continuous:

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Need more practice?

Go to MEL and practice under assignments: 1.5

Easier practice pp continuous vs pp simple - choose the correct answer

Medium difficulty - write your answers

Write a short story

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Instructions

Complete these questions first:

    What is his / her name?
    What is __________ about them? (e.g. strange / unusual / nice...)
    What was their --problem last year?
    What happened?
    Why have they become so __________ ?
    How many __________ have they -__________ ?
    Who have they been __________ recently?
    What have they been __________ for the last five years?

Then, answer the questions - be creative! The answers should link the questions together so that it gives you the basis for your story.

Lastly, use the information to write your final story! You can add more info, flash the story out.

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