Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous + TED Talk Lesson
- 1. Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous Trainer : Kathryn Stout
- 2. Present Perfect Subject Pronoun + We to have (conjugated) + past participle have eaten salmon sushi before.
- 3. ????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ??? ? ?? ??? ??? ? ? ?? 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
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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!
- 6. 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! washed eaten opened written broken
- 7. Interviews Use 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!
- 8. Past Simple, Past Continuous, & Past Perfect
- 9. Past Simple + Past Continuous + Past Perfect We 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.
- 10. Conjugating Past Perfect Subject Pronoun + to have (past) + Past Participle I had been to Paris before I went to Melbourne. Paris (2007) Melbourne (2011)
- 11. Irregular Past Participles Begin Began Begun Bite Bit Bitten Break Broke Broken Buy Bought Bought Catch Caught Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Do Did Done Draw Drew Drawn Drink Drank Drunk Drive Drove Driven Eat Ate Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
- 12. Irregular Past Participles Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgive Forgave Forgiven Freeze Froze Frozen Get Got Got/Gotten Give Gave Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Know Knew Known Lose Lost Lost Put Put Put Read Read Read Ride Rode Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
- 13. Irregular Past Participles Sell Sold Sold Send Sent Sent Shake Shook Shaken Show Showed Shown Sing Sang Sung Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle Take Took Taken Think Thought Thought Throw Threw Thrown Understand Understood Understood Wake Woke Present Simple Past Simple Past Participle
- 14. Video: TED Talk Watch the video. Pay attention to which verb tenses he uses to describe his actions.
- 16. Video: Response 1. 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.
- 17. Video: Response Answers 1. 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.
- 18. Quiz Write 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!
- 19. Cardinal Numbers Numbers that appear in normal written English (i.e. spelled out) 4 → four 17 → seventeen 60 → sixty 1,204 → one thousand two-hundred four
- 21. Cardinal Numbers Practice 6 → _______ 19 → _______ 94 → _______ 63,723 → _______ Practice 5.4 → _______ 67% → _______ ¼ → _______ ⅔ → _______
- 22. 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 → ________
- 23. 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
- 24. Ordinal Numbers 222nd → _______ 93rd → _______ 111th → _______ 121st → _______ 1001st → _______