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DO YOU KNOW THAT SONG?

I have paid my dues
Time after time
I have done my sentence

But committed no crime

And bad mistakes
I have made a few
I have had my share of sand

Kicked in my face
But I have come through
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TAKE A LOOK AT THAT:

Finished period

Unfinished period

Yesterday
Last year
Last week
In 2011
When I was on holiday

Today
This year
This week
This year
So far

Now
Past

Future

PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT

Past simple:

Specific
moment in
the past

Finished
time period

Past
Simple
Past

Present Perfect:
Unfinished time
period
Includes the present
or
stops right before
the present

Now
Present Perfect

Future

HOW DO WE FORM IT?

I
You
He/She/The teacher

have (has)

Past Participle

We/The class
They/The players

Lets hear your most original examples!

WHAT IS PAST PARTICIPLE?

Regular Verbs:

Irregular Verbs:

Verb + -ed

Its a different word

(same as past tense)

examples:

Dance danced danced

Be was been

Cook cooked cooked

Have had had

Watch watched watched

See saw seen

Talk talked talked

Drive drove driven

Receive received received

Get got got

Become became become

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NOW YOU TRY:

Complete the sentences using the past simple or the present perfect:
1. Sam______(arrive) in San Diego a weeks ago.
2. My best friend and I ______(know) each other for over 15 years and we
still talk to each other every day.
3. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He ______(write) over 10 stories last year.
4. I ______(see) Star Wars on the night of the premiere.
5. I ______(tell) him to stay on the path when he went hiking, but he
______(do, not) follow my advice and he hurt his leg.

6. Listen Donna, I dont care if you ______(miss) the bus this morning. You
______(be) late to work too many times. You are fired!

Now
Past

Future

CHECK THIS OUT:

For / Since
Use FOR

to talk about a period

Use SINCE when you mention the starting moment

I have owned a pet for six years.

Teddy has stopped jogging for 2 months.
Tomas has changed his car four times since 2009.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have been on holiday twice since February.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

using for or since and the verb in brackets in Present Perfect
tense:

1. My family ______(live) here ______ five years.

2. I ______(attend) this school _______ last summer.
3. I ______(not see) my relatives _______ a very long time.
4. We _______(not have) fish for dinner _______ two weeks.

5. Tracy ________(be) in England ________2001.

For period
Since staring moment

DID ANYONE SAY NEGATIVE?

I / You
He/She/The teacher

have (has) not /

Past

We/The class

havent (hasnt)

Participle

They/The players

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AND FINALLY: QUESTIONS

I
You
Have (Has)

He/She/The teacher

Past Participle

We/The class

They/The players

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LETS TRY TOGETHER:

We often use ever or never with the present perfect
Example:
I / never / be / health club

I have never been to a health club.

1. Jan / never / visit / London
2. Bella / never / drive / a car.
3. My friends / never / do aerobics / before
4. Your parents / ever / go / abroad?
5. No one in my family / ever / ride bicycle
6. I / see / the team / play / three times
7. Paul / break / leg / skiing / twice
8. How many times / you / go / to the club?

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THIS SHOULD BE EASY:

Yet, Just, Already
Form sentences using the notes.
1. Tom finish his project (not yet)
2. Sarah phone her friend (just)
3. The film on TV finish (not yet)
4. My brother swim ten lengths (already)
5. You have dinner (yet)?
6. Mary show you the gym (already)?
7. You finish having your shower (already)?

Yet comes at the end of the sentence.

Just comes between have and the past participle.
Already usually comes in mid-position.
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LETS REVISE:

We use PAST SIMPLE for:

We use PRESENT PERFECT for:

We use FOR when talking about.

We use SINCE when we talk about.

What are the give-away words for Present perfect?

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