Present perfect tense doesn't mean that something is perfect, just that it's continuing from the past into the present. Demonstrate proper usage of present perfect verb tense with a slideshow presentation, which features a passage about Bill Gates as an example.

Concepts

the present perfect tense, verb tenses, past participles, clauses

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide the practice questions as a warm-up before the presentation, allowing learners to check their answers as the slides come up
• Have the class watch the presentation at home or in a computer lab before a grammar lesson the next day

Classroom Considerations

• Includes sound effects, which might be distracting for some learners
• Designed for English learners, but provides helpful instruction review for mainstream classes as well

Pros

• Provides a helpful list of irregular past participles
• Includes a reading passage about Bill Gates, which sparks interest in a technologically savvy class 
• Diagrams of sentences with present perfect verb tense help learners to see the event on a timeline

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a