1. Wednesday 19th April 2017
WALT: understand and use the present and past perfect.

2. The Past
This is when an event has already happened.
I walked across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I shouted to my brother in the playground.
I ran down the lane with the dog.

3. The Present
This is when an event is actually happening.
I am walking across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I am shouting to my brother in the playground.
I am running down the lane with the dog.

4. The Future
This is when an event has not taken place yet.
I will walk across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I will shout to my brother in the playground.
I will run down the lane with the dog.

5. Look at each of these sentences and decide what tense it has been written in.
Past
We went for a walk.
Future
George will rush into school today.
Past
City beat United 6-0 last week.

6. Forms of the past tense
The simple past tells us something has started and finished in the past. They use a past participle verb.
I ate two cakes.
The present perfect suggests either that an action has been completed – ‘perfected’ – or that an action that started in the past now continues in the present
I have eaten all the cakes and now I feel sick
The past perfect is used to refer to something that occurred earlier than the time being considered, which is already in the past
By the end of the party, I had eaten all the cakes and felt very sick.

7. Grammar Activity to do in your exercise books

8. Activity: Change these sentences from the simple past tense into present perfect tense.

10. Write a paragraph using the photograph
Write a paragraph using the photograph. Use the simple past at least three times and present perfect at least three times.