Lesson 20: Unit 79 - Present Perfect Tense

About this lesson

In this lesson you will master the Present Perfect Tense and learn how to form it with 'have/has' + past participle. You will understand its two main uses: a completed action that matters for the present moment, and an action that began in the past and continues up to now. You will practise questions, negatives and the short forms ('I've', 'she's', etc.) through an authentic text — a letter from Meg to her friend Chris from Tokyo. You will learn to distinguish the Present Perfect from the Simple Past and to apply it correctly in context.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Form the Present Perfect with 'have/has' + past participle
• Understand the two main uses of the Present Perfect
• Ask questions and form negatives with 'have/has'
• Use the short forms I've, she's, we've, etc.
• Distinguish the Present Perfect from the Simple Past
• Understand the use of 'for' with a period of time up to the present moment

Lesson vocabulary

• have been I have been in India.
• have written I'm sorry I haven't written earlier.
• have happened So many things have happened.
• have learnt I have already learnt some unusual things.
• have stopped Many young families have stopped living in traditional houses.
• have moved They have moved to modern Western-style flats.
• have met I have met a lot of interesting people.
• have given up I have given up smoking.
• have visited I've also visited beautiful temples.
• have grown Japanese population has grown a lot in recent years.
• haven't had time I haven't had time to visit many places of interest.
• past participle The past participle of 'write' is 'written'.
• slide They don't push their doors, they slide them from side to side.
• tatami They eat and sleep on the floor, on special straw mats called tatami.
• get on well We get on really well, and I'm happy.

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