GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT

Work in pairs and explain if these life experiences are true or false for you.

I haven’t played rugby.

I have eaten sushi. I haven’t broken any bone.

I have met an actor / actress. I have been to more than 2 foreign

countries.

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Look at these sentences. Are we expressing A or B?

I have eaten sushi once. Last year I broke my left leg.

He’s been to Star Wars conferences all over the world.

He met his wife, Holly, in 1994. A) An experience that happened some time before

now but the specific time is not mentioned (because we don’t know it, or it’s not important). The experience refers to a life time that is not finished.

B) An experience that happened some time before now and we know when it happened (because it’s explicitly said or because the context tells us).

Last year I broke my leg.

He met his wife, Holly, in 1994.

Which verb tense do we use to talk about these activities?

I have eaten sushi once.

He ’s been to Star Wars conferences all over the world.

Which verb tense

do we use to talk about these activities?

Go to page 35 and complete the rules for the present perfect in activity 6b.

POSITIVE I / You / We / They + ……………………. + past

participle He / She / It + ……………………………. + past

participle NEGATIVE

I / You / We / They + ……………….………… + past participle

He / She / It + ……………………………+ past participle

What does “past participle” mean?

I have eaten sushi once.

I haven’t played rugby.

She has met a famous actress.

He hasn’t broken any bone.

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

More information and practice

Unit 14 : present perfect simple