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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th

Fecha: 11 al 17/03 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 8

Tema: Present Perfect Tense and simple past

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Students will be able to use the Simple present Perfect tense and simple past.

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Exploración use the Simple present Perfect tense.

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Conceptualización

Simple Past – Present Perfect SimpleForm chart

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Modelación

Present PerfectWe use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that

started in the past and continue to the present. Usually we use it to say

'how long' an action or state has continued with 'since' and 'for'. Often,

we use stative verbs in this situation:

I’ve known Karen since 1994.

She's lived in London for three years.

'Since' and 'For'

We use 'since' with a fixed time in the past (2004, April 23rd, last year,

two hours ago). The fixed time can be another action, indicated with

the past simple (since I was at school, since I arrived):

I've known Sam since 1992.

I've liked chocolate since I was a child.

She's been here since 2pm.

We use 'for' with a period of time (2 hours, three years, six months):

I've known Julie for ten years.

I've been hungry for hours.

She's had a cold for a week.

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Finished Actions

1: life experience 

(we don't say when the experience happened, just sometime in the past)

I have been to Tokyo.

She has lived in Germany.

They have visited Paris three times.

We have never seen that film.

Have you ever read 'War and Peace'?

2: a finished action with a result in the present (focus on result)

I’ve lost my keys (so I can’t get into my house)

She's hurt her leg (so she can't play tennis today)

They've missed the bus (so they will be late)

I've cooked dinner (so you should come and eat)

3: with an unfinished time word (this month, this week, today, in the

last year)

I haven't seen her this month.

She's drunk three cups of coffee today.

This week they've been shopping four times.

Note: We can’t use the present perfect with a finished time word:

(NOT) I’ve seen him yesterday.

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Exercise 7Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

A: (you / play / already) __________________________ the new computer game?B: No, not yet. I only (buy) __________________________it yesterday and I (have / not) the time yet.A: (you / go) __________________________ to the cinema last night?B: Yes. I (be) __________________________ there with Sue and Louis. (you / be) __________________________ to the cinema recently?A: I last (go) __________________________ to the cinema two weeks ago.B: So you (see / not) __________________________ the new action film yet.

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A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) __________________________ it?B: Oh, I really (love) __________________________ it. But Sue (like / not) __________________________ it - too much action!A: But why (you / take) __________________________ her with you? She (tell) __________________________ me last week that she (hate) __________________________ action films.B: I think she has an eye on Louis. She (try) __________________________ to flirt with him all the time. So he (can / concentrate / not) __________________________ on the film.

Bibliografía

I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty Schrampfer Azar.

II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.

III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.