Present Perfect & Perfect
ContinuousTrainer : Kathryn Stout
Present Perfect Subject Pronoun +
Weto have (conjugated) + past participle
haveeatensalmon sushi
before.
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Have you found the hotel yet?
Where have you been?!
Has he finished his homework?
You’ve swum here before, right?
Where did you go?!
Did you swim there last summer?
Did you find it last night?
Did you finish it on time?
Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous
Action is already complete
- We’ve eaten sushi there before.
- He hasn’t enjoyed it until now.
- Haven’t you tried it yet?
*Also used for how much/many
- You’ve stolen 60,000 dirhams?!
- It has taken six years to write this book.
Action happening over a period of time
- We’ve been visiting his parents.
- A serious storm has been covering the city all day.
* Also used for how long
- Hassan has been studying English for two weeks.
- Lana has been buying clothes from them since they opened.
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
1. Have you _______ (wash) the car?
2. You haven’t _______(eat) much.
3. They’ve _______(open) a new market.
4. You’ve _________(write) it in pencil.
5. I’ve _________(break) the glass!
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple
1. Have you _______ (wash) the car?
2. You haven’t _______(eat) much.
3. They’ve _______(open) a new market.
4. You’ve _________(write) it in pencil.
5. I’ve _________(break) the glass!
washedeatenopenedwrittenbroken
InterviewsUse the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous to prepare a 5 minute presentation about your partner that introduces his/her work and personal history. Ask questions like:
- How long have you been working here?
- Where is the craziest place you have been? Why?
- What is the biggest challenge you have faced? How has it changed you?
Use these as examples to learn about your partner. Be sure to focus on the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous!
Past Simple, Past Continuous, & Past Perfect
Past Simple + Past Continuous + Past PerfectWe use Past Simple to describe the actions that have already finished. In a story, they describe the sequence of things that happen next.
He ate chicken for dinner last night.
The Past Continuous explains what happens around a past time or action.
He was watching a movie while he ate.
To use the Past Perfect, we describe things happening before a past situation.
He had eaten spaghetti the night before.
ConjugatingPast Perfect
Subject Pronoun + to have (past)+ Past Participle
I hadbeen
to Paris before I went to Melbourne.Paris (2007) Melbourne (2011)
Irregular Past ParticiplesBegin BeganBegun
Bite BitBitten
Break BrokeBroken
Buy BoughtBought
Catch CaughtCaught
Choose ChoseChosen
Come CameCome
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Do Did
Done
Draw DrewDrawn
Drink DrankDrunk
Drive DroveDriven
Eat AteEaten
Fall FellFallen
Fly FlewFlown
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
Irregular Past ParticiplesForget Forgot Forgotten
Forgive Forgave Forgiven
Freeze Froze Frozen
Get Got Got/Gotten
Give Gave Given
Have Had Had
Hear Heard Heard
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Know Knew
Known
Lose LostLost
Put PutPut
Read ReadRead
Ride RodeRidden
Run RanRun
See SawSeen
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
Irregular Past ParticiplesSell Sold
Sold
Send Sent Sent
Shake Shook Shaken
Show Showed Shown
Sing Sang Sung
Speak Spoke Spoken
Swim Swam Swum
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Take Took
Taken
Think ThoughtThought
Throw ThrewThrown
Understand UnderstoodUnderstood
Wake WokeWoken
Wear WoreWorn
Write WroteWritten
Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
Video: TED Talk
Watch the video. Pay attention to which verb tenses he uses
to describe his actions.
Video: Response1.Mark ________ (work) as a firefighter when he got a call that changed
his life.
2.Mark had already worked as a firefighter when he _______ (go) to the house.
3.When he _________ (arrive), the house had started to burn down.
4.It _________ (rain) as the crew came to the scene.
5.The other firefighter _________ (arrive) before Bezos, so he went inside first.
6.The fire chief ________ (tell) Bezos to get a pair of shoes.
7.By the time he got outside, the first firefighter ____________ (bring) out the dog.
8.In the letter, the owner ____________(write) a note that changed Bezos’s life.
Video: Response Answers1.Mark was working as a firefighter when he got a call that changed
his life.
2.Mark had already worked as a firefighter when he went to the house.
3.When he arrived, the house had started to burn down.
4.It was raining as the crew came to the scene.
5.The other firefighter had arrived before Bezos, so he went inside first.
6.The fire chief told Bezos to get a pair of shoes.
7.By the time he got outside, the first firefighter had brought out the dog.
8.In the letter, the owner had written a note that changed Bezos’s life.
QuizWrite a quiz that asks 3 questions using Present Perfect, 3 questions using Present Perfect Continuous, and 4 questions using Past Perfect.
You can use:
- Multiple choice (A, B, C)
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Short Sentences
You choose!
Cardinal NumbersNumbers that appear in normal written English (i.e. spelled out)
4 → four17 → seventeen60 → sixty1,204 → one thousand two-hundred four
NumbersCardinal vs. Ordinal
Cardinal NumbersPractice
6 → _______19 → _______94 → _______63,723 → _______
Practice
5.4 → _______67% → _______¼ → _______⅔ → _______
Ordinal Numbers numbers in sequence
Usually, these numbers add “th” to the end:
19th → nineteenth, 27th → twenty-seventh, 124th → one hundred twenty-fourth
26th → _______ 888th → _______5th → _______ 749th → ________
Ordinal Numbers irregular
Irregular Numbers:
1st → First* 2nd → Second 3rd → Third
51st → fifty-first 102nd → one hundred-second
993rd → nine hundred ninety-third
*Does not apply to 11th → eleventh
Ordinal Numbers222nd → _______93rd → _______111th → _______121st → _______1001st → _______