1V - grammar unit 7

Grammar Focus:
the Present Perfect


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Grammar Focus:
the Present Perfect


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Slide 1 - Slide

What grammar do you need to know?
  • Present Perfect with ever/never
  • Present Perfect with just/already/yet

Slide 2 - Slide

Comparison between the forms
Present simple: to talk about regular activities, states and permanent situations, and preferences: I have breakfast at 7 o’clock. 

Present continuous: to talk about activities and events taking place at the moment of speaking, and temporary situations: The manager is talking to the customer.

Past simple: to talk about activities and events that started and ended in the past: Yesterday we played tennis in the garden.

Present perfect: to talk about actions and events which ended in the past but we don’t know or it’s not important when exactly they happened: I have never swum there.

Slide 3 - Slide

When do we use the Present Perfect?
  • We use the Present Perfect to talk about actions and events which ended in the past but we don’t know or it’s not important when exactly they happened.

- Kate has swum in the ocean.
- Have you ever travelled by plane?

Slide 4 - Slide

Present Perfect: how do I make it?
  • We form the Present Perfect with the auxiliary verb (hulpwerkwoord) have/has and the past participle (voltooid deelwoord) form of the main verb.

- Example in Dutch: Ze zijn naar huis gegaan.
- Example in English: They have gone home.

Slide 5 - Slide

Present Perfect: spelling rules
  • Regular verbs: you use the past form of the verb with -ed, just like we practised with the past simple. (she has walk-ed)

  • Irregular verbs: here you need to look at the irregular verbs list. The last row is the past participle (swim-swam-swum): She has never swum to the other island.

Slide 6 - Slide

1. What is the past participle of the verb to buy?
A
buyed
B
buying
C
buied
D
bought

Slide 7 - Quiz

2. What is the past participle of the verb to work?
A
working
B
work
C
worked
D
workeed

Slide 8 - Quiz

Present Perfect: never and ever
  • Lastly, we often use ever and never in the Present Perfect.
     
  • We use ever in questions: Have you ever been camping?

  • We use never in negativesOur teacher has never taken us on a school trip.

Slide 9 - Slide

When do we use ever?
When do we use never?
questions
negatives

Slide 10 - Drag question

Comparison between the forms
Present simple: to talk about regular activities, states and permanent situations, and preferences: I have breakfast at 7 o’clock. 

Present continuous: to talk about activities and events taking place at the moment of speaking, and temporary situations: The manager is talking to the customer.

Past simple: to talk about activities and events that started and ended in the past: Yesterday we played tennis in the garden.

Present perfect: to talk about actions and events which ended in the past but we don’t know or it’s not important when exactly they happened: I have never swum there.

Slide 11 - Slide

3. What form is used here: I have been walking home.
A
past simple
B
present perfect
C
present continuous
D
present simple

Slide 12 - Quiz

4. What form is used here: I had a dog when I was younger.
A
past simple
B
present perfect
C
present continuous
D
present simple

Slide 13 - Quiz

5. What form is used here: I have never sung a song by Queen.
A
past simple
B
present perfect
C
present continuous
D
present simple

Slide 14 - Quiz

Let's practice now!
Use the words in the box to make the present perfect form!
Don't forget to use a dot (.) at the end of the sentence.

Slide 15 - Slide

1. (I / study / French)

Slide 16 - Open question

2. (She / eat / octopus)

Slide 17 - Open question

3. (They / never/ go / to Scotland)

Slide 18 - Open question

4. (She / not / meet / my mother)

Slide 19 - Open question

Let's make exercises together!
Please go to page 117 of your Focus book
and make exercises 1-3.

Slide 20 - Slide