Present Perfect and Past Simple

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• Leerjaar 3

Agenda

Warm up

Homework check

Past simple vs. Present perfect

Pactice/study for SO

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	To say that something happened in the past.
How/Form	Add –ed OR an irregular form.
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, a second ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him on the phone yesterday. She tried to close her book but a fly got caught in between the pages.

Present perfect

Present Perfect

	VB. Ethan has known Sam for three years.
	VB. I have never eaten Sushi.
	VB. We 've washed the car so now it's clean again.

Present perfect vs Past simple

We use the present perfect to talk about an experience at any time in the past. The exact time it happened is not inportant.

Have you ever tried herring?

We use the past simple to talk about a specific occasion in the past.

I talked to my friend last night.

Past simple signaalwoorden

To identify the past simple look for time expressions. Last night, yesterday, two weeks ago, in 2020, etc.

Present Perfect signaalwoorden

• always
• never
• ever
• for
• since
• how long

Pg 32. Do ex 3 and 4

Past simple vs present perfect

- make the exercises

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Present perfect

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Practice for the SO

First: mini practice test

Then: Quizlet or 

ex 1-4 on page 27(unit 2)

ex 1-4 on page 41 (unit 3)