present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome class! 

JRO1 

The Present Perfect

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Make the present perfect:
(My mom and dad/live/in/this house/for 10 years)

Make the present perfect:
(she / have / her dog / since she was eight)

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

Make the present perfect:
(I / not / hear / that song / yet)

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 - FYNE JAS!

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

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

• J   just 
• A   already
• S   since 

Speaking activity Present Perfect

Have you ever?

• In a minute, I will put you into (random) groups of 4
• Take turns in the group to make good questions with the prompts on the next slide
• Use each prompt only once
• Take turns asking and answering. Use a group member's name in your question. For example: 'Maurits, have you ever eaten an insect?'
• Answer in full sentences and give details
• Help and correct each other, in the nicest possible way! Be polite please!

Take a photo of a famous person

Drink or eat something very disgusting

Buy flowers for your mum

Break a vase

Break an arm or leg

Lie about a bad grade

Stay at home during the summer break

Have an argument with a friend

Cry during a romantic movie

Act in a play

Swim in a river

Cover your eyes during a horror movie

Sing on a stage in public

Touch a snake

Fall out of bed

Cheat in a test

Eat something strange

Sleep in a sleeping bag

Go to Africa

Cook for your parents

Travel alone

Win a race

Fly in helicopter

Paint a wall

Buy something very expensive

Make a cake

Lose money

Wear glasses

Speak to a foreign person

Give money or food to a homeless person

Spend Christmas abroad

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

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)

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)

Keywords:

Present perfect: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since,

Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, an hour 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

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

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

1. Did they go
2. Have they been

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.