English Grammar Basics: Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous w/ TED Talk

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Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous Trainer : Kathryn Stout

Transcript of English Grammar Basics: Present Perfect & Perfect Continuous w/ TED Talk

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 → _______