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Worksheet 1
Worksheet 1
VICERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE IDIOMAS
guía para el desarrollo de clases virtuales
1. Objectives:
Learn the past participle of some common verbs in English.
Recognize the structures of the present perfect tense.
Check all the materials attached to the message sent by your teacher in order to develop
this guide and all the different activities proposed.
2. PRESENTATION:
Dear student, after developing this guide you will be able to recognize the structures of the
present perfect tense. The main idea is that you use this tense to talk about the things that have
happened along your life.
Was it easy or difficult for you to answer the two previous questions? Now check the PDF file
Topics attached to the message sent by your teacher, in order to see the grammar contents that
you will work on along this guide. You will find the structures and forms (affirmative, negative
interrogative) of the present perfect tense.
3. APPROPRIATION
After checking the PDF file Topics, start developing the next exercises for practicing the present
perfect tense.
Here is the video you watched previously, just in case you want to watch it again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_0Gz4uRKo
Remember that if you have any questions or doubts, you can ask me through email or WhatsApp.
4. EXERCISES:
Complete the chart with the correct form of the verb in past participle or infinitive.
Present Past participle
1. Know Known
2. Meet met
3. Be Been
4. fly Flown
5. Speak spoken
6. read read
7. get Got / Gotten
8. go gone
9. take taken
10. do done
11. Have had
12. write Written
13. Dance danced
14. want wanted
15. look looked
16. live lived
17. work worked
18. enjoy Enjoyed
19. rain Rained
20. Try tried
We pronounce the regular verbs within the present perfect tense in the same way as for the
past simple tense. Here you will watch a video and practice the pronunciation of those verbs,
taking into account their use for present perfect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WYJClELoc
Now, practice your listening skill with the following activities:
https://es.liveworksheets.com/bf713947jn
For the next sentences use the verb in brackets (in past participle), including the correct
auxiliary verb for present perfect (affirmative form).
Example: We have seen this movie. / We have not seen this movie.
a) I have brought my bicycle. / I have not brought my bicycle
b) You have broken the glass. / You have not broken the glass
c) He has visited his aunt. / He has not visited his aunt.
d) She has passed all her exams. / She has not passed all her exams
e) It has grown in my garden. / It has not grown in my garden.
f) We have travelled around Colombia. / We have not travelled around Colombia.
g) You have forgotten your books. / You have not forgotten your books.
h) They have chosen that picture. / They have not chosen that picture.
i) I have lost my purse. / I have not lost my purse.
j) He has broken his leg. / He has not broken his leg.
Complete the sentences with the verb given and the structures of the present perfect tense
in affirmative, negative or interrogative form:
1) Juana:
She has watched movies. She has not gone to the USA. She has not studied economics.
She has cooked dinner.
2) John:
He has bought an expensive car. He has not watched movies. He has studied arts. He has
not cooked dinner.
Watch the following video and write down in the chart below 10 uses of the present
perfect tense found along the different songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PkGR1Ikq4xk&list=RDPkGR1Ikq4xk&start_radio=1
For this activity you will choose one of the following tales (attached to the email sent by
the teacher):
1. Fish Cheeks.
2. Orange Crush.
3. How to Poison the Earth.
Then, you will record yourself reading the short story with a correct pronunciation of
each word (Pay special attention to the sentences in past perfect tense).
Finally, send to your teacher this guide and your audio recording to be evaluated.
6. REFERENCES
https://www.aprendeinglessila.com/2013/05/presente-perfecto-just-already-yet-since-
for/
https://www.esl-lounge.com
https://www.really-learn-english.com
https://www.superprof.es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WYJClELoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_0Gz4uRKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkGR1Ikq4xk&list=RDPkGR1Ikq4xk&start_radio=1