Still, when discussing the use of past perfect in relation to the past it is worthwhile to highlight the perfect aspect, as this may help make sense of the present perfect. When we use each, what are the keywords that accompany each tense, how to tell the difference. Creativity is great teachingenglish british council bbc. It is designed to help students understand the difference between simple past and past continuous. Past perfect worksheets for esl learners thoughtco. Others have to guess the reason using the past perfect. One example you can give that will help to illustrate the difference is. Students have to put the verbs into the correct tenses present perfect or past simple. Students start with a discussion which leads into a vocabulary task and reading activities. The lesson focuses on using the past simple and present perfect. If you like anything here and want more, please support tefltastic. This speaking activity is designed for advanced levels.
Present perfect game reading, listening and speaking activity intermediate b1 35 minutes. Show the students the picture and ask them to speculate as to what the person has been doing. Board game with speaking cues for statements using past tenses with time expressions. Past simple vs present perfect games esl activities worksheets. Jul 14, 2018 printable past perfect worksheets for online and inclass use. Present perfect and simple past activity a fun survey. You can now get all three of our pdf ebooks for under a fiver. Esl past perfect and past simple worksheet reading and writing activity intermediate b1 30 minutes. Students take it in turns to read out statements using the past simple.
Corrupt a wish esl speaking activity fun speaking activity for practicing wish and the second unreal conditional. Can be done as a noughts and crosses, a matching activity or pairwork past perfect tense uses. Present perfect with ever interactive and printable pdf esl activities, games and worksheets for teachers to use in class or online with a1, a2, b1 levels. The past perfect can be tricky to explain and even the most advanced students can be inclined to stick to the past simple instead. To discuss what constitutes creativity and identify examples of innovation in britain and. If i could help, ill give you a good past continuous speaking activity. Focus on why we use present perfect rather than past tense with students. Present perfect aspect tips and activities onestopenglish. One area that fits in very well with surveys is the present perfect and the simple past. We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events.
Get all of our questions, plus many more, in an easy to access format. Present perfect tense activities games to learn english. The verb tense activity guaranteed to improve speaking skills. Printable past perfect worksheets for online and inclass use. Bean comedy routine to bring humor into the classroom. Tefl games and gets students who are usually shy or uninvolved speaking.
Arm exercises speaking activity to wake up a sleepy class. Grammatically speaking, october 2009 grammatically speaking, june 2009. Available on amazon paperback kindle or gumroad pdf word ebook. It doesnt matter in which order we say the two events. Click on the image below or the link to download the pdf file. Thats 4,036 pages filled with thousands of practical activities and tips that you can start using today. Students begin by completing sentences with the past. When i got up this morning until i left school, id never by the time i. When the actions happened in the past are not important. Present perfect ever experience esl activities games.
Determining when to use present perfect tense and past simple tense can be tricky. The activities below are for intermediate level students and higher. This lesson is all about creativity and innovation. Nine past simple statements situations that can be explained using past perfect sentences. A speaking activity posted on 14 february 2014 by alexandra lowe in a recent post, i described having my students eavesdrop on how the present perfect tense is actually used in the world they live in. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room. Demonstrate the activity by writing the first sentence from the worksheet on the board, i. The present perfect tense is one of the most difficult tenses for learners of english. Have the students compare their sentences by reading them to each other. English grammar past perfect simple esl activities. My tutors are big on reactive teaching so im going to throw my students straight into a communicative exercise and then im going to correct them as i go and clear up any issues they have afterwards. Activity students ask and answer questions using the present perfect in order to move along the board and reach the end.
You can use it for just about anything from names to vocabulary to grammar. Students use the time cues in the pictures to write complete sentences in the the present perfect tense. Irregular verbs correct the mistakes esl amanpreet kaur gill posted on 4222016 at 00. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. Esl online past perfect breakout room activity reading, matching, listening and speaking preintermediate a2 25 minutes. Student b has the answers and corrects student a if necessary. Dec 12, 2019 with this communicative activity, you can practise the grammar with a present perfect past simple game. I have been using them with upperintermediate, advanced, fce, and cae students who often struggle with the concept of using modal verbs for something other than expressing ability or obligation deduction.
The followup questions then come in the past simple and you have to try to determine whether your partner is a big fat liar. Past perfect simple and continuous speaking practice. It is not easy to form the tense correctly as you need the verb have or has and the past participle. One of the most versatile activities is this memory circle one. Esl conversation questions present perfect continuous. Activity after watching the video ordering of events. Moreover, the usage is very specific and many students feel that they could do with the past simple tense only. Past perfect aspect tips and activities onestopenglish. It is also great to get them talking and using roleplay activities. Past perfect kims game another game that can be played with the same pieces of paper as the business english alibi game above is for one student to move around the pieces of paper showing the sequence of events in the day and for the other person to spot and explain the changes, e. In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 38, students identify, and practice using, the past simple and past perfect. The concept of the past perfect is easier to grasp than that of the present perfect see teaching tip for present perfect partly because the event is usually clearly in the past.
Miniconversations present perfect simple this is a fun, communicative grammar activity for the entire class. Past continuous speaking activity esl teaching ideas. Present perfect board game language point present perfect tense aim to practise the present perfect tense and develop fluency. Eavesdropping is a great activity for speaking, listening, and writing. It is a challenging grammar topic, so getting students speaking can be difficult. Student a starts by reading the first sentence half to student b. Discussion questions, esl textbooks, grammar, icebreakers, pathways 2 textbook, q. A fun present perfect and simple past activity one of my favourite things to with my university students in korea are surveys.
The worksheet contains a number of situations your students were presumably involved in a day before. Along with communicative grammar practice, students will also be able to discuss appropriate and inappropriate social behaviors and participate in a role play on how to react politely to an inappropriate behavior. Tell the students to write explanations in the past perfect tense for saying the things shown on their worksheet. English grammar past perfect continuous esl activities. Skills for success 3 listening and speaking, touchstone 3, world english 2 by larry pitts. May and might modals of probability must necessity numbers.
Student b looks at the picture and answers the question using past perfect. This activity can also be used to contrast the past perfect and past continuous. Write these two sentences on the board and see if students are clear as to the difference in meaning. In this post, i am describing activities where students practice using past modal verbs for speculation and deduction. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future e. Preintermediate intermediate lesson plan written by. This is a present perfect exercise for english language learners to practice using since or for. This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the differences between the past simple and the past perfect tense. Nov 28, 2015 the present perfect tense is one of the most difficult tenses for learners of english. Student a asks student b the question at the top of picture a.
Esl present perfect activities and games esl activities. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past we ate out yesterday. Theyre excellent for getting students up out of their seats, moving around the classroom and talking to a wide variety of people. Can be done as a noughts and crosses, a matching activity or pairwork past perfect tense uses analysis and examples. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect grammar chart. Explain that we want to know some information from a past event that might have an impact on a decision or discussion we are having in the present. The verb tense activity guaranteed to improve speaking skills by ellen baker dubois published november 1, 2017 updated january 31, 2020 heres the logical, efficient hack to teach your english students how to differentiate between past and present tenses and help them to. With this communicative activity, you can practise the grammar with a present perfect past simple game.
May 18, 2017 a good speaking activity to practice past simple or just conversation using prompt questions. Past perfect esl activities worksheets games teach this. Hand each student one situation, give the class some time time to think it over and ask. Mar 29, 2016 in this post, i am describing activities where students practice using past modal verbs for speculation and deduction. Go through old newspapers and find pictures of people doing things, or visibly showing emotions. The past perfect is usually dealt with after the present perfect. There are a number of bizarre situations that your students are involved in that they have to explain what happened and why they were in this situation. In this activity the teacher creates situations for the students to get plenty of practice with the form and meaning of the past perfect. Your students must lie when they answer the present perfect questions, whether they have done the action or not. So its my second observed class tomorrow and ive prepared the following lesson plan to teach present perfectpast simple to the same group. Preparation make a copy of the board game for each group of three or four. Use it to practice idioms, phrasal verbs, and more. A very creative activity suggested by penny ur to practise the present perfect can be equally used to practise the present perfect continuous.
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