1. Unit Four: Perfect & Passive Verbs

2. Table of Contents  Unit 1: Parts of Speech  Unit 2: Phrases, Clauses, and Sentence Structure  Unit 3: Simple & Progressive Verbs  Unit 4: Perfect & Passive Verbs  Unit 5: Complex Sentences  Unit 6: Overview of City ESOL Program

3. Present Perfect  Present Perfect have/has + past participle  Verb Game

4. Present Perfect: Why is it used?  Expresses a connection between the past and present. I have eaten dinner, so I am not hungry. I ate dinner, so I am not hungry. Now

5. Present Perfect: When do we use it?  Completed at an indefinite time in the past I have read The Little Prince. It is a great book! I have read The Little Prince twenty times, and I still love it! I have read The Little Prince last year. I read The Little Prince last year Now

6. Present Perfect: When do we use it?  Started in the past; continues to the present. (often times used with for or since) since = date/specific time for = length of time I have wanted to move to Veracruz since I visited there in 2000. I have wanted to move to Veracruz for many years. Now

7. Why & when do we use the present perfect? Connection between the past and present Started in the past; continues to the present Completed at an indefinite time in the past PRESENT PERFECT

8. Correct or Incorrect? 1. Since I have been a college student, I made many new friends. 2. Human beings make mistakes. Sometimes we did things we regretted. 3. I was interested in physics since high school. have made do regret have been

9. 4. The professor has given an introduction to the course yesterday, the first day of class. 5. In my opinion, voting in elections was very important. 6. Since I moved to my new house 15 days ago, I was very busy. gave is have been