Nick / learn / English / since he entered college.
Nick has learnt English since he entered college.
Sarah studying hard lately to get into Harvard.
Sarah has been studying hard lately to get into Harvard.
What have you done?
tell us sth funny/embarrassing that you've done. your friends will decide is it funny or not and you can get the point.
take / Mike / a / year / gap / before / entered / he / . / Harvard
Mike had taken a gap year before he entered Harvard.
How do you form a negative past perfect sentence? write an example on board! :)
Subject + had + not + verb in past participle / third form
ex; Mike hadn’t handed in his homework before the deadline.
bought / Jack / a new sofa / his / for / apartment. stylish / It / looks / quite /.
Jack has bought a new sofa for his apartment. It looks quite stylish.
George / studying a lot lately.
George has been studying a lot lately.
How long had you two known each other?
Discuss with your partner about the question & what perfect tense is this?
called / Laurie / the / cleaners / after / throw / had / she / party / a huge / in / house / her / .
Laurie called the cleaners after she’d thrown a huge party in her house.
How do you form an interrogative past perfect? write an example on board! :)
Question word + had + subject + verb in past participle / third form
ex: How long had you two known each other?
Leonardo DiCaprio / starred / a lot of / in / movies / good /.
Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in a lot of good movies.
Mark / tidy / the house for an hour. He looks really tired now.
Mark has been tidying the house for an hour. He looks really tired now.
Have you ever eaten fried scorpion?
Your peer will decide if it's weird enough or not.
Jacob / known / had / Jessica / asked / for 5 years / he / before / her / out / on a first date.
Jacob had known Jessica for 5 years before he asked her out on a first date.
WHEN SHOULD YOU USE PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE?
Make an affirmative sentence using Present Perfect Progressive.
WHEN YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE DURATION OF AN ACTION THAT HAS STARTED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES INTO THE PRESENT.
ex: I’ve been studying for finals all week long.
our / We / increased / revenue / 4 times / month / this / .
We have increased our revenue 4 times this month.
Icha / talk / four hours. I'm sick of her.
Icha has been talking for four hours. I'm sick of her.
Has you been eating?
Guess which perfect tense is this and answer the question.
Present Perfect Continuous.
already / Lucie / had / finish / her / when / her / Mike / to / offered / help / essay / with / the research.
Lucie had already finished her essay when Mike offered her to help with the research.
Nancy had already written her essay when her teacher told her not to do it.
Which perfect tense is this?
Past perfect.
Make your own affirmative past perfect.
skipped / Mike / not / a single gym / training so far.
Mike hasn’t skipped a single gym training so far.
The lecturer / is / checking / our mid-exam / ?
Has the lecturer been checking our mid-exam?
Tell your peer the most dramatic movie you've ever watched.
Your peer will decide if it's dramatic enough or not.
My mother / felt / selling / had / bad / the house / about / because / she / owned / it more / for / than ten years.
My mother felt bad about selling the house because she had owned it for more than ten years.
500 points special mission!
Make everyone in the group can get the point by being the fastest person to write sentences using;
Ever / Never / Just / Already / Yet
use all of them!!