Grammar

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION: (15 min)

a)      Give the student a clear explanation about the usage of the PRESENT PERFECT tense and its structure by showing them the following chart: And later you have to make sentences about the Grammar Explanation then you will post in the intermediate group on facebook.

THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
USE: To talk about actions or events that happened sometime in the past – it`s not important WHEN or we do not know exactly when.
STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS				NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
SUBJECT	HAVE / HAS	PAST PARTICIPLE	COMPLEMENT	SUBJECT	HAVE / HAS	NOT	PAST PARTICIPLE	COMPLEMENT
I YOU	HAVE	TRAVELED FLOWN	TO PARIS	I YOU	HAVE	NOT	TRAVELED FLOWN	TO PARIS
HE SHE IT	HAS			HE SHE IT	HAS
WE YOU THEY	HAVE			WE YOU THEY	HAVE

YES /  NO QUESTIONS
HAVE      /      HAS	SUBJECT	PAST PARTICIPLE	COMPLEMENT	QUESTION MARK
HAVE	I YOU	TRAVELED FLOWN	TO PARIS	?
HAS	HE  SHE  IT
HAVE	WE YOU THEY

       Do not use the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE when the time is specified.

b)      Give the students a quick review of the use of regular and irregular past participles of some verbs by using the following lists:

       REGULAR VERBS RULES

1-      For most verbs, add -ed

2-      For verbs ending in -e add -d  

3-      For verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant, double the final consonant

Bake - baked Study - studied Work - worked Plan - planned Cook - cooked

Travel - traveled Paint - painted Walk -  walked Stop - stopped Intend - intended

EXAMPLE:

-          I`ve baked two cakes this week.

-          Joe has worked hard on his project.

IRREGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVE	SIMPLE PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE
Be Drink Eat Fly Go Have Meet See Begin know	Was / Were Drank Ate Flew Went Had Met Saw Began knew	Been Drunk Eaten Flown Gone Had Met Seen Begun known

EXAMPLE:

-          She has eaten too much.

-          We have been to Mexico.

c)      Give the students a brief explanation of the use of the adverbs of time “STILL” and “YET.”

USE: The adverbs “STILL” and “YET” are often used in the PRESENTE PERFECT with negative sentences and they have similar meaning.

EXAMPLE:

-          I haven`t cooked dinner yet.

-          I still haven`t cooked dinner.

“STILL” comes after the subject, while “YET” comes at the end of the sentence.