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How to Teach the Present Perfect Simple Tense - ESL Lesson Plan

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How to Teach the Present Perfect Simple Tense - ESL Lesson Plan

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  1. VS5.1 – Present perfect simple (I have played) ESL Lesson Plan I he/she/it we/you/they have played has played have played

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  3. Which tense is used in each sentence? She has cleaned the kitchen. The kitchen is dirty. She is cleaning the kitchen.

  4. Present perfect simple We use the present perfect simple for an action in the past with a result now. Action: They left the house. Result: They are not at home now. Helen and James have left the house. Past Present

  5. Action in the past with a result now Action: Steven locked the door. Result: The door is closed now. Steven has locked the door. He has locked the door Past Present

  6. Which tense is used in each sentence? John has gone out. John is at home. John is going out.

  7. What has happened? Match the pictures to sentences. A B C 2 1 3 They have watched a movie. Jared has taken a shower. It has stopped raining

  8. Present perfect simple subject has / have verb 3 subject has / have verb 3 I have worked you have done he has finished she has played it has rained we have joined they have started

  9. Present perfect simple – regular verbs verb 1 verb 2 verb 3 work worked worked live lived lived clean cleaned cleaned watch watched watched start started started finish finished finished rain rained rained

  10. Practice the present perfect simple booked worked traveled cleaned 1. Alex has booked a table for us at the restaurant. 2. Carole has ____ for three hours this morning. Now, she is on a break. 3. John and Rachel have ____ all over France, and they are going to Paris again next year. 4. I have ____ the house, and now I am free to meet you for a coffee.

  11. Practice the present perfect simple 5. It has ____ all morning and we can’t go on a picnic. We’ll eat lunch at home. lived started rained finished 6. Yes mum… I have ____ my homework. So, can I go outside and play with my friends? 7. Jacquie has ____ her cooking course. She goes to class once a week. 8. Marcia and Paul have ____ in Brazil for 10 years.

  12. Practice the present perfect simple painted helped joined cooked 9. Rosie has helped us prepare dinner this evening. I can’t wait to try the lasagne! 10. Isaac ____ the three bedrooms and he wants to finish the kitchen and bathroom by the end of the week. 11. Did you hear? Darcy ____ a yoga club because she wants to get fit before summer. 12. William ____ breakfast for all of us! Come and get it!

  13. Practice the present perfect simple 13. We ____ two times this year. And now we must move again because I have a new job in another city. 14. Yes! I ____ all of the Godfather movies. They are fantastic films. 15. Jack ____ to the weather report on the radio and it is going to be sunny tomorrow. Let’s go to the beach. 16. Please call Jacob. He ____ you three times today but you were not at home. watched listened moved called

  14. Present perfect simple – irregular verbs 1 verb 1 verb 2 verb 3 buy bought bought hear heard heard pay paid paid say said said sleep slept slept understand understood understood spend spent spent

  15. Practice the present perfect simple heard paid said bought 17. Let’s go… Timothy has paid the bill so we can leave now and go to a club for a drink. 18. I ____ it to you at least ten times! Why don’t you listen to me when I speak? 19. We ____ a new washing machine because the other one was ten years old and broke down. 20. It’s a great song but I ____ it many times before. It’s not very new.

  16. Practice the present perfect simple understood spent left slept 21. It’s fine. I ____ the problem and now I will try to solve it. 22. Our little baby ____ three hours this afternoon so I don’t think she is going to sleep much tonight… 23. James? No, I’m sorry but he ____ the office. Please call him tomorrow after 9am. 24. Greg can’t come to the concert because he ____ all his money on a new computer.

  17. Practice the present perfect simple verb 1 verb 2 verb 3 be was/were been become became become speak spoke spoken see saw seen forget forgot forgotten fly flew flown wear wore worn

  18. Practice the present perfect simple been become spoken seen 25. I __________ excited about it all week! I cannot wait to go to the party tomorrow night! 26. This year my lessons __________ more difficult and now I have to study more. 27. They __________ to her and now she has promised not to do it again… 28. Taylor __________ the new horror movie and she thinks it’s excellent.

  19. Practice the present perfect simple 29. Jane ____ the letter and she will post it tomorrow. 30. This year Tristan ____ from Istanbul to Sydney four times… and he must go there again next week. 31. Dan ____ the same hat every time I have seen him this year! Doesn’t he have another hat? 32. Ooops… I ____ my car keys. I left them on the kitchen table. flown worn written forgotten

  20. Remember: present perfect simple We use the present perfect simple for an action in the past with a result now. Action: They left the house. Result: They are not at home now. Helen and James have left the house. Past Present

  21. What has happened? form a sentence: stolen caught broken rained B A

  22. What has happened? form a sentence: stolen caught broken rained A B

  23. Complete the sentences 33. I have bought a new computer game. Do you want to play it with me? 34. Can you lend me $50? I ___ to bring my wallet. 35. Do you know Andrew and Sarah? I ___ them to the party on Saturday night. 36. I want to learn French this year so I ___ to join a class at night school. I start next week. forget decide invite buy

  24. Complete the sentences 37. ‘Have you seen the new James Bond film?’ ‘Yes, I ___ it. It’s fantastic!’ 38. ‘John, can you please bring my credit card?’ ‘No, sorry, I ___ the house and I am on the highway.’ 39. ‘Why are you so angry today?’ ‘I ___ seven days this week and I have to work all next week too! 40. ‘Why didn’t you call me last night?’ ‘Because I ___ my telephone. I need to buy a new one. work leave see break

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