Download The Present Perfect Tense (1) Unit 4

Unit 4
Tasks and Travel
The Present Perfect
Tense (1)
The present perfect tense is used to tell about something that
happened at an unspecified time in the past. To form the present
perfect, use have or has with the past participle of the main verb.
Look at these examples with eat.
I
You
We
They
A
He
s have eaten.
She s has eaten.
It
Language Objectives
Complete sentences using
the present perfect tense.
Provide the past particip
le of
common irregular verbs
.
Present perfect (unspecified time):
I have eaten there twice.
Past (specified time):
I ate there last night.
Use have/has and the past participle (see Data Bank) to complete these sentences.
The first one is done for you.
1. Carlos (be)
has been
to Chicago three times.
2. Mary and Bob (go)
to Miami often.
3. I (eat)
at that restaurant twice.
4. It (snow)
twice so far this winter.
5. Susan (read)
that book before.
6. My cousins (see)
that movie several times.
DATA BANK
been
B
eaten
gone
read
seen
snowed
Write the past participle form of the verbs below. If the verb is regular (-ed) in the past
form, it is also regular (-ed) in the past participle form. The present and past forms of
each verb are given; you fill in the past participle. Refer to pages 113 and 114 if you
need to. The first two are done for you.
1. apply / applied
applied
15. find / found
begun
2. begin / began
16. get / got
3. break / broke
17. give / gave
4. bring / brought
18. have / had
5. buy / bought
19. increase / increased
6. call / called
20. keep / kept
7. choose / chose
21. know / knew
8. come / came
22. leave / left
9. cost / cost
23. live / lived
10. decide / decided
24. lose / lost
11. do / did
25. make / made
12. drive / drove
26. meet / met
13. enjoy / enjoy
27. move / moved
14. fall / fell
28. pay / paid
SKILL OBJECTIVES: Using the present perfect tense; forming regular and irregular past participles. Introduce/review the
construction and use of the present perfect tense. Read the material at the top of the page and explain the difference between
“specified” and “unspecified.” Part A: Do the items orally together. Then assign for independent written work. Part B: See how many
past participles students can fill in without referring to pages 113–114. Then have them use these pages to complete the others.
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