Use the following time expressions with the Present Perfect: already yet before never recently at last ever just lately Examples: Have you ever been to Great Britain? I have just found a virus on my computer. They have always lived in a big city. Josh hasn’t apologised for his behaviour yet. Bryan has never been in trouble with the law. Unspecified Time – before now: This will teach you to use the present perfect tense to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. We CAN use the present perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc. Examples of Present Perfect Tense Sentence: Common time expressions used with the present continuous are: Now, right now, at the moment, still; NOTE: Sometimes the present continuous is called the present progressive in some workbooks or lessons. Now let’s compare the two tenses together… Present Simple vs Present Continuous. Here are the sentences from the beginning of this lesson This TESOL lesson plan integrates a grammar lesson with speaking and writing skills. Level: Low intermediate. Aims: To present the present perfect tense (have + past participle) with the function of talking about past actions that relate to the present time; to present some time expressions used with the present perfect ( since, for, always, so Session 3 3 Activities A Life Story 10 Dec 2014. Practise your present perfect tense and learn some new vocabulary as we meet a famous Scottish singing superstar and find out about her life story. A. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. (Yogi Berra) B. Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. 11. not attempted. Select the one with an example of the simple present tense: A. When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. .

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