1. The simple past, as in. I finished my work this week. is used expresses an action that started and finished at a specific time in the past. Your explanation is correct: Your week's work is finished. The present perfect, as in. I have finished my work this week. is used to express an action that took place in the past and that still informsWhere to Use Present Perfect Tense: -1. Talk about something that just happened: The present perfect tense is used to express recent events, which have just happened. In this situation time adverbs like just, already, recently, lately, not yet, etc. can be used. Example: He has done a good job. We all have completed our assignment. All Tenses Chart Present Tenses Chart. 1. Simple Present Tense. Formula: Affirmative: Subject + Base verb (with or without “s/es” for third person) Negative: Subject + do/does + not + Base verb; Interrogative: Do/Does + Subject + Base verb? Examples: Affirmative: She reads novels. They watch movies. I walk to school. Negative: He doesn’t 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
The Who – Odorono. Practice the past perfect in your ESL class with this song, Odorono by The Who. The 8 examples of the past perfect which appear in these song lyrics are: “…she’d ever sung”, “she’d seen him”, “he had stared”, “she had really looked”, “she’d failed”, “she’d felt”, “…she’d ever been
Here are some real-life examples of present participles (shaded) being used as adjectives: Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. (Author Terry Pratchett) Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.