Recap past simple and present perfect

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Recap: Past simple and present perfect

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Translate the words into English!

1. publiek

2. vermaken

3. hoewel, ondanks

4. zoals

5. dwaas, onnozel

6. verhaallijn

7. nastreven

8. uitbrengen

• Go to page 170 in your workbook

• Translate the words into English in your notebook

Next:

1. Make a sentence in the past with one of the words you have translated

2. Make a negative sentence about something that happened in the past.

3. Make a question about something that happened in the past

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Learning objectives 

1. I can understand when to use the present perfect.

2. I can explain the difference between the present perfect and the past simple.

Assignment – Present Perfect & Past Simple

You are going to watch a video: Your Planet – Environmental News.

While you watch, write down all the verbs you hear.

• Write at least 8 verbs

• Listen carefully: is it past simple (for example: worked, went)
  or present perfect (for example: has worked, have gone)?

Write the verbs in your notebook.

Past simple

verb + ed example: 

watched TV 

When? the action is over

Past Simple

Interrogative sentences and negative sentences

• You lived in Amsterdam. verb + ed

• Did you live in Amsterdam?Did + verb

• You didn’t live in Amsrerdam. Did + not + verb

Do the worksheet about the past simple

1. Work on the worksheet alone.

2. Pay attention to negative sentences, questions, and irregular verbs.

3. Finish the worksheet quietly in 6 minutes.

Present perfect

HAVE / HAS + past participle 

(= verb + ed OR 3rd form irregularverb)

voltooid deelwoord 

Example: I have worked

When? 

To indicate a connection between past and present

How do you make the 'present perfect'? ...... /....... + ....... = present perfect

Past simple tense 

present perfect

It refers to a finished short action in a time that is now over.

It refers to a past event that is still relevant in the present.

It refers to an action from a moment in the past until now.

Present perfect

We have talked a lot lately.

Past simple

We talked yesterday.

Peter ______ football yesterday.

A

played

B

has played

C

D

Last year we ______ to Italy.

A

went

B

have gone

C

D

I have never visited Greece.

A

never visited

B

have never visited

C

D

I _______ lost my key, so I can’t open the door

A

lost

B

have lost

C

D

Do activity 1

1. Do the worksheet about the past simple and the present perfect.

2. Look for clues in the sentence:

   • Is it finished in the past? → Use past simple.

   • Did it start in the past and is it still happening? → Use present perfect.

3. Choose the correct tense (past simple or present perfect) for each sentence.

Do activity 2

1. Do the worksheet about the past simple and the present perfect.

2. Look for clues in the sentences:

   • Action finished in the past → use past simple.

   • Action started in the past and is still happening → use present perfect.

3. Circle the correct option to complete each sentence.

Do the writing task

1. Write your name on the worksheet

2. Write sentences in the past simple and the present perfect.

3. Write 4 sentences in the past simple.

4. Write 6 sentences in the present perfect (use have/has + past participle).