Present perfect
I _____________ with my friends. (go on holiday)
I've never been on holiday with my friends.
I _______________ her _____ a few months. (know) (for/since)
I've known her for a few months.
I _________ you at all this week. (see)
I haven't seen you at all this week.
I _____________ about it all day. (think)
I've been thinking about it all day.
I _______ (smoke) for 16 years but I ______ (be) able to give up the bad habit. However, I _______ (start) smoking again because I _________ (feel) bad recently.
I smoked for 16 years but I was able to give up the bad habit. However, I have started smoking again because I have been feeling bad recently.
_________ you ________ lonely? (feel)
Have you ever felt lonely?
She _____________ us a few times _____ that day. (visit) (for/since)
She's visited us a few times since that day.
We _______ up in a hot-air balloon on Sunday.
We went up in a hot-air balloon on Sunday.
How long _____ you ____________ here? (live)
How long have you been living here?
A: How long have/had you been living/lived here?
B: I have lived/lived here since/for I was born.
A: How long have you been living here?
B: I have lived here since I was born.
Present perfect + yet to say that ...
Present perfect + yet to say that an expected event hasn't happened.
Name five time expressions that you can use with for.
A PERIOD OF TIME: ages, a few minutes, a week, ten years, two years.
Unfinished time periods or when we don't mention the time=
Present perfect
1 Which tense emphasises the result of an action or that an action is completed?
2 Which tense emphasises that an action is continuing or might continue?
1 Present perfect
2 Present perfect continuous.
We quickly realised/have realised that we have had/had a lot in common, and we were/have been friends since/for then.
We quickly realised that we had a lot in common, and we have been friends since then.
Talk about something that hasn't changed= Present perfect + ...
Talk about something that hasn't changed= Present perfect + still ... not.
Name five time expressions that you can use with since.
A STARTING POINT: that day, I was ten, last Thursday, then, the start of the lesson.
Past simple=
Finished time periods.
Why are you tired?
I'm tired because I have been ...
What have you been up to lately?
I have been ... (present perfect continuous)
Have we ever argued before?
- Change this sentence using never, yet, just, already, and still.
We have never argued before.
We haven't argued yet.
We have just argued.
We have already argued.
We still haven't argued.
Use for or since and give information about you using these sentences:
- (know) my classmates.
- (live) in my house.
- (study) English.
- (use) a mobile phone.
- (have) these shoes.
- I've known my classmates since the start of the term / for a few months.
- I've lived in my house since I was born / for ten years.
- I've studied English since 2006 / for ages.
- I've used a mobile phone since I was 13 / for f¡ve years.
- I've had these shoes since last week / for a few weeks.
Say five things you've done from your bucket list and when you did them. (use the correct tenses at all times)
Say five things= Present perfect.
When you did them= Past simple.
Write explanations using dirty/happy/late + your own ideas.
My son is dirty because he's been playing in the mud.
I am happy because I've been taking care of myself lately.
I am late because I've been studying all night.
Say two things for each question
What did you do last week?
What have you done recently?
What have you been doing today?
(use the correct tense)
What did you do last week? Past simple
What have you done recently? Present perfect simple
What have you been doing today? Present perfect continuous