Present Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome class! 

Prepare! 2nd Edition Unit 13

The Present Perfect

Past simple + Present perfect

Lesson goal: At the end of this lesson you know when to use  the past simple or present perfect in a sentence.  

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 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 The Hague since 1988 (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.

KEYWORDS PRESENT PERFECT - FYNER HASJ!

If these words are in a sentence you have to use the present perfect

• F   for  (+ time reference)
• Y   yet
• N   never 
• E   ever 
• R   recently

• H   how (long) 
• A   already
• S   since 
• J   just

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

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

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

Make the present perfect:
(We / never/ hear /that song/before)

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 girlfriend for 5 days. (you still know her)

I have been to Miami six times. (Date is not important, you might go again)

When do you use the past simple?

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)

Keywords:

Present perfect: for, yet, never, ever, recently, how long, already, just, since

Past simple: when, ago, last, date, yesterday

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

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

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

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

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

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

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

1. didn't see
2. haven't seen

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

1. Did they go
2. Have they been

....... her for three years.

1. I didn't see
2. I haven't seen

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

1. went
2. has gone

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

1. lived
2. has lived

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

1. saw
2. have seen
3. have been seeing
4. didn't saw

Do you need some extra explanation? If so, send a chat to your teacher.