1. Present Perfect or Simple Past
That’s the question!

2. Look at the extract. Which tense is used?
Garfield has now been on three more expeditions. He has counted the birds in the rain forests of South America. He has planted trees in Europe and he has studied whales in the Pacific Ocean.
Present Perfect
Simple Past

3. Wrong choice It was the present perfect

4. Watch out irregular past participles
The Present Perfect
The verb …
To have +…
The past participle
Watch out irregular past participles

5. USE
Garfield has now been on three more expeditions. He has counted the birds in the rain forests of South America. He has planted trees in Europe and he has studied whales in the Pacific Ocean.
to talk about our experiences up till
NOW

6. Look at the extract. Which tense is used?
On his last expedition he was in Hawaii. He got up at 6 a.m. every morning and had breakfast. Then he went out in the boats and he looked for the whales.
Present Perfect
Simple Past

7. Wrong choice It was the simple past

8. Watch out for irregular verbs
Simple Past
Infinitive of the verb +… ed
Watch out for irregular verbs

9. USE a particular experience in the past
On his last expedition he was in Hawaii. He got up at 6 a.m. every morning and had breakfast. Then he went out in the boats and he looked for the whales.
to talk about
a particular experience in the past

10. Formation of the tenses
Present perfect Formation: the verb to have + the past participle (Watch out for irregular past participles)
Simple past Formation: infinitive of the verb + ed (Watch out for irregular verbs)
Use: to talk about our experiences up till now
Use: to talk about a particular experience in the past.

11. Exercises Now, we are going to do some exercises. EXERCISE 1
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12. Diagnostic test I think you have the hang of it…
Just to make sure, take this test.

13. How did I do? If you had less than 70% do the following exercises
If you had 70% or more  do the following exercises
EXTRA 1
EXTRA 2
SUPER 1
SUPER 2
Ready!

14. What have you done this week?
Take a seperate piece of paper and afterwards give it to the teacher, who’s going to correct it.
Imagine it’s Sunday. Fill in your diary with things you’ve done this week? (use the simple past and the simple present perfect)
B) Then find yourself a partner and try to find out what your partner’s done and when he or she did it.

15. You don’t have to write your name on top of the paper!
Evaluation
Take a sheet of paper and give at least two positives and two negatives about this way of working.
You don’t have to write your name on top of the paper!

16. To finish off, here’s the ultimate
The end
I hope now you know when to use the Present Perfect and the Simple Past!
To finish off, here’s the ultimate