S2 Present Perfect

Present perfect

tense

Pre lesson

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What is a past
participle and
how do we
form it?

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Past participles:

1. finish → finished
2. sign → signed
3. be → been
4. move → moved
5. waste → wasted
6. hear → heard

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Past participles:

7. try → tried
8. run → run
9. equip → equipped
10. chat → chatted
11. drink → drunk
12. write → written

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How do we form
the present
perfect tense?

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank with present perfect tense.

I

(sign) up to volunteer for the Green Week.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank with present perfect tense.

Sienna can’t go to the cinema because she

(not finish) her homework.

Open Ended

Form a yes/no question using the following words and Present Perfect tense.

Doughlas/ turn off/ the tap

Open Ended

Form a wh-question using the following words and Present Perfect tense.

countries/ how many/ be / to

Fill in the Blanks

Tom has been my friend

2019.

Fill in the Blanks

Jason has been my friend

4 years.

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Yes, he has.
No, he hasn’t.

Has Douglas turned the
tap off?

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Present perfect tense

1. Past events that have a result in
the present

e.g. Florence can’t receive any

messages because she has lost
her phone at the beach.

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Present perfect tense

Compare…

1.

John has been to Ocean Park
before.

2. John went to Ocean Park last month.

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Match the time words with the definition

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to say something is finished

We use already …

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We use ever ...

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usually in questions

•
to ask if someone has done
something in the past

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Have you ever tried
bungee jumping or
skydiving?

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We use just …

•
to say something happened not
too long ago

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Pass me a towel please!
I’ve just knocked over
a glass of milk.

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We use never …

•
to say something has not
happened at any time in the past

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Although Jessica has
never planted a tree, she
is doing it very well.

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We use yet …

•
in questions

•
to ask if something you expected
has happened

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in negative statements

We also use yet …

•
to say that something you
expected has not happened
up to now

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We use since …

•
to say when a past action started

•
to say that an action has
continued until now