past simple vs present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

LESSON GOALS 

At the end of this 45-minute lesson:

- the students are able to explain the difference between the past simple and the present perfect

- the students are able to create sentences in the past simple and present perfect

(- the students worked and practiced together on a groupassignment)

WHAT WILL WE DO TODAY?

 Introduction: General explanation (11:15 - 11:20)

-Further explanation and showing examples (11:20 - 11:30)

Collaborative exercise (11:30-11:40)

Individual exercise (11:40 - 11:50)

 What did you learn? Recap (11:50 - 12:00)

What did you learn? Sneak preview (11:55 till 12:00)

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1. Tara ... (go) to he cinema yesterday.

2. I ... (live) in Gouda for 29 years.

3. Valentijn ... (visit) Dalton College
two weeks ago.

4. Floor ... (travel, not) to Japan yet.

5. Tristan ... (work, not) in a supermarket last year.

I haven't eaten breakfast yet. 

I studied English in Rotterdam last year.

Guus has already bought Playstation5.

Azra wrote a lovely letter yesterday.

Present perfect 

Past simple

Collaborative task

Step 1: Make the present perfect vs past simple exercise in your mentor team. 

Step 2: Underline in each sentence the signal word(s)

Step 3: Explain to each other why it must be the present perfect or the past simple 

Individual exercise

Decide which of the following options suits you the best:

A) Practice ONLY PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

B) Practice ONLY PRESENT PERFECT REGULAR VERBS

C) Practice PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE 

Are you done? Try to make the following exercise:

D) PAST SIMPLE IRREGULAR VERBS

Note! Hand in the work that you have made.

Congratulations! You have almost finished this lesson!
Is the above sentence written in the present perfect or past simple?

Present perfect vs Past simple:

In 2023 Niek __________ (become) a Dalton student.

1. became
2. has become
3. have become
4. has became

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

(-) Felien ... (to bring, not) her lunch yet.

1. hasn't brought
2. brings
3. didn't bring
4. brought

Could you write down a signal word that belongs to the past simple?

Could you write down a signal word that belongs to the present perfect?

Write two (2) things that you have learned today.

I know the difference between these two tenses (present perfect vs past simple)

Yes.

I need some extra practise.

Not yet.

This is the end of the lesson.
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