Exploring the Present Perfect Tense

Exploring the Present Perfect Tense

Learning Objective

Understand the usage and formation of the present perfect tense.

What do you already know about the present perfect tense?

What is the Present Perfect?

The present perfect is used to describe actions that happened at an indefinite time in the past or have relevance to the present.

Formation

The present perfect is formed with 'have' or 'has' + the past participle of the main verb.

Keywords

Words like 'already', 'yet', 'ever', and 'never' are often used with the present perfect tense.

Interactive Question 1

What is the correct form of the present perfect tense for the verb 'to eat'?

Interactive Question 2

Complete the sentence: 'I ____ (never/visit) Paris.'

Practice Exercise

Provide a set of sentences for students to rewrite in the present perfect tense.

Conclusion

Summarize the key points of the lesson and encourage students to practice using the present perfect tense.

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.