Download Unit4: Present Perfect Tense

Unit4:
Present Perfect Tense
Perfect Tense?
Perfect Present Tense
Irregular verbs
Actions that have already occurred
Actions that haven’t occurred yet
Perfect Tense
 The Continuous Tense describes an action in
progress
Example: “I was/am/will be cooking lunch.”
 The Perfect Tense is the opposite
 The Perfect Tense describes an action that
has been completed
Example: “I have cooked lunch.”
Perfect Present Tense
 The Perfect Tense can be Past, Present, or Future
 The Perfect Present Tense describes an action
completed in the past, from the present (NOW) time.
Example: “I have cooked lunch.”
 Sentence Structure:
Pronoun + Auxiliary Verb + Past Participle Verb
I
+
He +
have
+
eaten steak.
has
+
played football.
Irregular Verbs
 The Past Participle brings new
variations of irregular verbs

 Past Participles are in past tense, but
different!
 Page 152
I’ve Never Eaten Lunch with the Boss
 Let’s warm-up by practicing sentences
 Change the verb from the simple
present, to the present perfect tense
Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow?
 A. begins with a question in present
perfect tense
 B. replies with an answer in the simple
past tense
Have You Written the Report
Yet?
 Now, we’re using the same A + B
format, but using different pronouns
 I, we, you, they = have
 He, she, it = has
He’s Already Gone Bowling
This Week
 Now, we are also using:
 The simple present tense
 Abbreviations
Review: Has Timmy Gone to
Bed Yet?
 Now, we aren’t given the past participles
 We must change the verb to the past
participle
 We must use either HAVE or HAS
 We must abbreviate have/has in the negative
Let’s try and NOT use
the book for help!!! 
Pop Quiz!!!
1. Writing Test:
Complete “What’s the word?” writing
exercise.
2. Listening Test:
Listen to the story and check the
things that the person has already
done.