Present Perfect Tense - Full Lesson PowerPoint & Activities!

A full lesson presentation (PowerPoint) teaching how to use the present perfect tense.

The present perfect tense is made from the word ‘has’ or ‘have’ plus the past participle of the verb. It is used to:

• Talk about past experiences & places we have been,
• Talk about things which happened in the past but the effects of which are still true now etc.)
• Talk about very recent events

The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity reviewing difference between ‘has’ and ‘have’ plus answer slide & explanation slides
√ Review slides, activities & answer slides - reviewing other uses for present perfect tense (to talk about past experiences & places we have been, to talk about things which happened in the past but the effects of which are still true now etc.)
√ Review slide, activity & answer slides - reviewing use of ‘not’ with present perfect tense (hasn’t, haven’t)
√ Input slides teaching how to use the present perfect tense to talk about recent events
√ Two consolidation activities (question and answer, drawing review activity)
√ Input slide - use of ‘just’ when using the present perfect tense to talk about recent events
√ Consolidation slide - use of ‘just’
√ Differentiated questions (3 levels) plus answer slides & explanations
(blue = tricky; easiest difficulty, orange = very difficult; middle difficulty, red = super duper hard; most difficult
√ Consolidation activity - irregular past participles activity & answer slide
√ Plenary - spot the slip-up activity, hint slide & answer slide

This lesson is designed specifically for Cambridge Stage 6, unit 1 teaching content but can be suitable for any English lesson teaching the present perfect tense.

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.