Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

Welcome

To do:

1. Take attendance
2. Check homework 
3. Formative: Irregular Verbs
4. Grammar Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
5. Recap

Lesson goals:

At the end of this lesson, you ...

- are aware of how well you know the irregular verbs;

- know the difference between the past simple and the present perfect;

- know when to use the past simple and when the present perfect. 

Check homework

• Formative Test: Irregular Verbs 1- 115 (base form, past simple, part participle, translation)
• Study: grammar 3.6 Reflexive pronouns (notes + CB, p108)
• Study: grammar 3.5 + 4.2 Present perfect (notes + CB, p.107 + 113 + 114)
• Do: eDition Unit 3 - Lesson 4: Exercise 32 + 33

Formative: irregular verbs

socrative.com > login > student login > Wait for groupcode

2 types of questions:

* to do - ? - done - doen                --> did

* doen                                                     --> to do, did, done

Present Perfect

Form:

has/ have + verb +ed

has/ have + 3rd form

Present Perfect

Form:

Present Perfect

Form:

have/ has + past participle

past participle:

regular verbs: verb + ed         They have walked.

irregular verbs: 3rd row          He has gone. (to go, went, gone) 

Present Perfect

When do we use the present perfect?

Present Perfect

The present perfect is used:

1.     When something has happened in the past and it’s not                            important when it happened.

                               

                     She has given me a great idea.

Present Perfect

The present perfect is used:

2.     When something has just happened or is about to                             happen.

                              

                              I have just closed the window.
                              I haven’t had my breakfast yet.

Present Perfect

The present perfect is used:

3.     When something started in the past and is still continuing.

                              

                    I have been here since eight o’clock this morning.

Present Perfect

The present perfect is used:

4.     When something happened in the past and you can still                 see  the result

                              

                    I have done my homework. Here it is.

Present Perfect - Signal words

Do you remember the signal words?

Recently = expecting a response

Present Perfect - Signal words

FYNE       (For, Yet, Never, Ever)

JAS          (Just, Already, Since)

BAS         (Before, Always, So far)

RUS         (Recently, Until, Still)

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

Form:

regular: verb + ed

irregular: 2nd form

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

+           He went home.

-

?

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

+           He went home.

-           He didn't go home

?

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

+           He went home.             verb + ed / 2nd form

-           He didn't go home.      didn't + verb

?           Did  he go home?          Did + verb

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

When:

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

When:

Something happened in the past and it is important when it happened.

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple

Signal words:

yesterday

last night

in 2015

this morning

five minutes ago

when I was young

Recently = expecting a response

Past Simple vs. present perfect

Step 1: Look for signal words

Step 2: What kind of sentence? Affirmative, negative, question

Step 3: Remember the grammar rule

Recently = expecting a response