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Welcome class! 
Present Perfect / Past Simple

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Welcome class! 
Present Perfect / Past Simple

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Make the present perfect:
(I / go / to the library today)

Slide 4 - Open question

Make the present perfect:
(you / keep a pet for three years)

Slide 5 - Open question

Make the present perfect:
(you / eat Thai food before?)

Slide 6 - Open question

Make the present perfect:
(we / not / hear that song already)

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When do you use a present perfect? 
- You use the present perfect if something has started in the past but is still going on in the present..
I have lived in Groningen since 1998 (so you still live there)

-To talk about experiences or events of which the result is still noticeable.
I can't find my keys. I have lost them. 
Look! She has broken her leg.
So far, I haven’t heard from him.
I have never been to London.

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KEYWORDS PRESENT PERFECT - FIJNE JAS!
If these words are in a sentence you have to use the present perfect
  • F   for  (+ time reference)
  • Y   yet
  • N   never 
  • E   ever 

  • J   just 
  • A   already
  • S   since 

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Difference present perfect and past simple
  • The past simple is used when the action ended in the past and there is no connection to the present.
  • The present perfect is used when there is a link to the past and the action is still going on in the present

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When do you use the simple past?
Activities/events which happened is the past and have ended in the past. Often a time reference is mentioned.
Examples:
I broke my leg in 2014 (6 years ago, and you are better now)
I met my boyfriend last winter (last winter, the day you saw him for the first time has ended)


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When do you use a Present Perfect?
* events which started in the past but the effect is still noticeable in the present
* experiences in the past (date is not important
Examples:
I can't run, I have broken my leg. (your leg is still broken today)
I have known my boyfriend for 5 days. (you still know him)
I have been to London six times. (Date is not important, you might go again)

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Keywords:


Present perfect: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since,


Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, an hour ago etc.

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Fill in past simple or present perfect.
Jack .........(finish) work an hour ago.

Slide 14 - Open question

I ..................(be) a teacher since 2010.

Slide 15 - Open question

We sang that song yesterday.
A
Past Simple
B
Present Perfect

Slide 16 - Quiz

We have known each other for three years now.
A
Past Simple
B
Present Perfect

Slide 17 - Quiz

I ...... that film yet.
A
didn't see
B
haven't seen

Slide 18 - Quiz

........ to Paris yet?
A
Did they go
B
Have they been

Slide 19 - Quiz

He ..... there yesterday morning.
A
went
B
has gone

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....... her for three years.
A
I didn't see
B
I haven't seen

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He ..... there since 2015
A
lived
B
has lived

Slide 22 - Quiz

I .... him an hour ago.
A
saw
B
have seen
C
have been seeing
D
didn't saw

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