Present Perfect Tense

REMINDER

Transform the verb between () into a continuous present

1. Their form master (to speak to them) kindly
2. Is it raining in Limete now?
3. They (to build) roads from Kinshasa
4. I (seek) money

REMINDER

1. Their form master talks to them kindly
2.   It's raining in limete now ...?
3. They build kinshasa roads 
4. I'm looking for money ...

PRESENTATION

T. who always cleans the board in your class?

T. Is she cleaning the board now?

T. Go clean the board (give an order to a student)

T. Who cleaned the board?

P. The teacher always asks this girl to clean the board

P. No, she is not cleaning the board now

P. I cannot clean the board sir it is already cleaned

P. The same student cleaned the board

Subject announcement

What will we study today?

Subject announcement

Today we will study Present Perfect Tense 

PRACTICE

T. What course did you have before English?

T. Is the French teacher still in your class?

T. Is the French teacher still in the director's office?

T. Has the secretary opened his office yet?

T. Have you ever traveled by plane?

PRACTICE

P. We had French before English

P. No, it is not; he just left

P. No, he has not yet opened his office

P. No, I have never traveled by plane

An action that has taken place in the past; time is not mentioned

S + have / a + past game

Time creators

Right: Immediately before speaking

Already: some time before

Never: anytime

Students work in groups to prepare for the dialogue.

PRODUCTION

Think of a dialogue between a child and his father

A: Have you already done your homework?

B: Yes, I just finished them.

PERFECT TENSE

1. FORM: S + have / a + past participle

For example: She's been talking to us for a long time

Was he so tired

The past participle in regular verbs has exactly the same form as the simple past.

2. In the irregular verbs, the past participle varies
3. The negative is formed by adding "no" to the auxiliary.
4. The interrogative is formed by investing the auxiliary and the subject

USE

The perfect present is used to express

1. A recently completed action (just) you just asked me for this pen
2. Past action where time is not given or not defined, I gave instructions
3. It can be with time markers before, just, already, so for ...