Teaching present perfect
Pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of and enable students to correctly form and use the Present Perfect tense in affirmative, negative, and question forms.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of and improve Ss speaking fluency through pair and group activities using Present Perfect.
Procedure (45 minutes)
Greet students. Ask quick questions using Present Perfect: "Have you ever eaten sushi?" "Have you ever been to another country?" Write a few student answers on the board. Highlight examples without explaining grammar yet
Present the structure on the board: have/has + past participle. Show examples from the warmer. Explain uses: Life experiences (no specific time) Recent events with results in the present Unfinished time periods Include positive, negative, and question forms.
Students complete gap-fill exercises and match sentence halves (e.g., I have never... → ...been to Japan). T checks answers and corrects together.
Procedure: "Find someone who...' ." activity: Students walk around asking questions in Present Perfect (e.g., Have you ever...?). They write names of classmates who match. Share findings as a group. Materials: Worksheet with prompts.
During activities, note common mistakes on the board (without names). At the end, elicit corrections from students. Praise correct use.
