present perfect

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Welcome class! 

Gold Experience Unit 8

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.  

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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.

KEYWORDS PRESENT PERFECT - FIJNE JAS!

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

• F   for  (+ time reference)   * S  so far
• L  lately                                      * A  already
• Y   yet                                         * U  up to now
• E  ever                                       * S  since
• R  recently                              * J  just
•                                                       (e)
• N   never 

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)

Past simple 

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)

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)

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

Keywords:

Present perfect: for, lately, yet, ever, recently, since, already, until, just

Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, a week ago etc.

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

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

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

........ to Paris yet?

1. Did they go
2. Have they been

We have known each other for three years now.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

I ...... that film yet.

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

He ..... there yesterday morning.

1. went
2. has gone

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

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

He ..... there since 2015

1. lived
2. has lived

I .... him an hour ago.

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.

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