PRESENT PERFECT SKETCH

Truth or Dare

100

Truth: "The Lie Detector"

• Challenge: Share 3 present perfect "facts" about yourself (2 true, 1 lie).
  Example: "I’ve eaten bugs. I’ve met a celebrity. I’ve never used a smartphone."

• Class guesses the lie → +100 pts per correct guess (team loses 50 pts if fooled!).

200

Dare: "The Human Whiteboard"

• Challenge: Team writes a verb in past participle on a teammate’s back with their finger.
  Example: "SLEPT"

• +300 pts if the player guesses correctly.

• –100 pts if they’re wrong AND they must act out the sentence!

300

Dare: "Participle Charades"

• Challenge: Act out a past participle verb (e.g., "fallen," "broken," "written") without speaking.

• Team has 30 sec to guess → +200 pts if correct

• Fail? Do 10 "grammar squats" while yelling irregular verbs!

400

Dare: "The Time Traveler"

• Challenge: Pretend you’re a time traveler! Use since/for in a crazy story:
  Example: "I’ve lived since 1702! I’ve worn this hat for 300 years!"

• Most creative = +400 pts

• Boring? -200 pts + speak in "Old English" for 1 minute (thee/thou!).

500

Dare: "Time to sing"

Teams create a 4-line RAP using present perfect + for/since. 5 MIN

Past Perfect

100

Question: Combine using since:
"They started the project. It was September."

• Heads: Steal 200 pts from any team! 😈

• Tails: Give 200 pts to your rival team! 😱

200

Question: Fix the word order:
"Have you ever to Japan been?"

"Have you ever been to Japan?"

300

Question: Correct the sentence (2 errors):
"She have spoke to the manager yesterday."

"She has spoken to the manager." (Remove yesterday—present perfect doesn’t use specific past time markers.)

400

Question: Identify the irregular verb error:
"I have did my homework already."

"I have done my homework already."

500

Question: Correct all errors (3):
"We has live here since ten years and have make many friends."

"We have lived here for ten years and have made many friends."

"Flip a Coin" Challenges

100

Double or Disaster

• Heads: Answer a 400-point question (e.g., "Fix this: 'She have lived here since 5 years.'").

  • Success: +400 pts!

  • Fail: No penalty (but no points).

• Tails: Random penalty!

  • Lose 200 pts OR sing a song using 3 present perfect verbs!

200

Grammar Roulette

• Heads: Get a FREE 200 pts + a bonus: "Say any present perfect sentence correctly."

• Tails: Spin the "Punishment Wheel":

  • Option 1: Teach the class the difference between for/since in 20 sec.

  • Option 2: Do 5 squats while saying "I’ve exercised since this game started!"

300

Steal or Share

• Heads: Steal 300 pts from another team!

• Tails: Donate 200 pts to the team with the lowest score (or lose 100 yourself).

400

Verb Lightning Round

• Heads: Get an easy 100-pt question (e.g., "What’s the past participle of 'see'?").

• Tails: Face a "Triple Threat":

  • In 30 seconds:

    1. Say a sentence with for.

    2. Say a sentence with since.

    3. Name an irregular verb + participle.

  • Success: +300 pts!

  • Fail: –150 pts.

500

Verb Speed Round

• Heads: Say 5 irregular past participles in 20 seconds → +300 pts.

• Tails: -200 pts! 🎤

Past Perfect

100

Question: Correct the error:
"We has studied English for months."

"We have studied English for months."

200

Question: Choose the correct verb form:
"I _____ (read) this book three times."

have read

300

Question: Explain the difference:
for vs. since in the present perfect.

for + length of time (e.g., for years); since + starting point (e.g., since 2020).

400

Question: Translate to English using present perfect:
"¿Has estado en España alguna vez?"

"Have you ever been to Spain?"

500

Question: List 5 irregular verbs with all three forms (base, past, participle).

Example:

• be / was/were / been

• go / went / gone

• write / wrote / written

• take / took / taken

• speak / spoke / spoken

Conversation Challenges

100

Task: Role-play!

Two people of your team need to roleplay a conversation of 2 min using the Present Perfect.

200

Task: Flip a coin!

• Heads: "Ask your teacher a WH- question (How long...?)." (+200)

• Tails: "Answer 3 irregular verb forms in 10 sec." (–200 if wrong)

300

Task: "Two Truths, One Lie" (Present Perfect Edition).

• Example:

  1. "I’ve never eaten sushi."

  2. "I’ve lived here for 10 years."

  3. "I’ve met a famous person."

• Class guesses the lie!

400

Question: Explain why this is incorrect:
"She has worked here since five years."

Use for with durations (for five years); since requires a starting point (since 2019).

500

Task: "Grammar Rap"

Teams create a 4-line rap using present perfect + for/since. 5 MIN

Example: "I’ve studied English since last year,
My skills are sharp, my mind is clear!"