“PRESENT PERFECT TENSE”

By: Miss. Cristina Villavicencio

Unit 3

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 #Activity 1: listening

Listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics!

Song by : U2
Title : I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking
For
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RYJh6d0l0
Fill in the missing lyrics!

I have ________________ (1) highest mountains

I have __________ (2) through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have ____________ (3)
I have ____________ (4) these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have ____________ (5) honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
Burning like a fire
This burning inside her

I have ______________ (6) with the tongue of angels

I have _____________ (7) the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I ____________ (8) in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes I'm still ___________ (9)

You _____________ (10) the bonds

And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Oh my shame
You know I believe it

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (3x)

 Present Perfect Tense

Pay attention to this song lyrics!

I have climbed highest mountain

S have/has Past Participle O

I have run through the fields

S have/has Past Participle O
Pay attention to this song lyrics!

I have crawled
S have/has Past Participle

I have scaled these city

walls
S have/has Past Participle O
 #Function
1. The present perfect expresses activities or
situation that occurred (or did not occurred)
“before now”, at some unspecified time in the
past.

Example:
a. Jim has already eaten lunch.
b. Anna hasn’t eaten lunch yet.
c. Have you ever eaten at that restaurant?
 #Function
2. The present perfect expresses activities that
were repeated several or many times in the
past. The exact times are unspecified.

Example:
a. Peter has eaten at that restaurant many
times.
b. I’ve been to that theatre for five times.
 #Function
3. When the present perfect is used with since or
for, it expresses situation that began in the past
and continue to the present.

Example:
a. Erica has lived in this city since 1989.
b. I have known Ben for ten years.
c. We have been in class since ten o’clock
this morning.
 #Forms
1. STATEMENT: HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE

Example:
a. I have finished my work.
b. The students have finished the homework.
c. Jim has been sick since last week.
 #Forms
2. NEGATIVE: HAVE/HAS + NOT + PAST
PARTICIPLE

Example:
a. I have not finished my work.
b. The students have not finished the
homework.
c. Jim has not been sick since last week.
 #Forms
3. QUESTION: HAVE/HAS + SUBJECT + PAST
PARTICIPLE

Example:
a. Have you finished your work?
b. Have the students finished the
homework?
c. Has Jim been sick since last week?
 #Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using the words in
parentheses!
1.(I, meet) I have met your husband.
2.(You, learn) ___________ English since
2000.
3.(She, fly) ___________ to Tokyo many
times.
4.(She, stand) ___________ there for
two hours.
5.(He, see) ___________ snow.
 #Exercise 2
Complete the sentences using the words in
parentheses!

1.(I, write, not) I haven’t written a letter.

2.(He, finish, not) ___________ an English
course.
3.(They, come, not) ___________ home
from school.
4.(I, call, not) ___________ Irene yet.
5.(He, see, not) ___________ snow.
 #Activity 4: oral activity
• Ask and answer questions using present perfect.
Example: be in Spain?
A: Have you ever been in Spain?
B: - Yes, I have been in Spain three times.
- No, I haven’t. I have never been in Spain.
1. be in England 5. be in Japan
2. be in Africa 6. be in Russia
3. be in Australia 7. be in Turkey
4. be in Singapore 8. be in Paris
 #Activity 4: oral activity
• Ask and answer questions using present perfect.
Example: eat at a restaurant?
A: Have you ever eaten at a restaurant?
B: - Yes, I have. I have eaten at a restaurant
many times.
- No, I haven’t. I have never eaten at a restaurant.
I usually have meals at home.
1. write a poem 5. climb a tree
2. drive a car 6. play golf
3. eat pizza 7. read Harry Potter?
4. help poor people 8. visit Eiffel tower
 #Activity 5:
Complete this table!
Simple Form Simple Past Past Participle
Meet
Have
Know
Begin
Read
Fly
Stand
Fall
Cut
Be