In this section, you can find worksheets that combine the past simple and present perfect tenses. Once students learn a new tense, in this case probably the present perfect, review other tenses that might be confused with it so that students can learn the subtleties of each tense that they may not have noticed the first time around. These worksheets can help you conduct such reviews more efficiently and also save you time planning lessons. There are currently 120 worksheets in this section. Lets take a look at one of them. This popular worksheet has sixteen sentences that students have to complete with either a past simple or present perfect verb. It is creatively organized and includes subject matter that students may be interested in such as facts about famous people. For even more ideas on how to teach the difference between these tenses, take a look at the article posted on this page.
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This worksheet deals with the present perfect, as well as listening exercises and irregular verbs. Pre-while-post listening exercises are included. The videos can be found here: With lyrics: ...
This is a story about two burglars breaking into a house with gaps to fill in the correct tense. Verbs to be filled in are provided in brackets. Tenses in this worksheet: present simple/progressiv ...
This is a series of classroom activities to enhance conversational skills in English while learning at the same time Present Perfect and Past Simple. The time estimated for each activity is includ ...
In this worksheet you will find some practice of present perfect and simple past tense. Students have to fill in the gaps using present perfect or past simple tense. Some of my students have diffi ...
Song activity and teacher's key sheets to work on the parts of the body. This song by Rihanna is very popular mainly among youngsters but adults often enjoy listening to it too. The labels coverin ...
This worksheet contains some revision exercises with Present Perfect - rearranging the words, changing Past Simple into Present perfect using the correct time expressions, a chart with time expres ...
This test is divided into 4 section - A: Present tenses, B: Past tenses, C: Future Tenses and D: Mixed Tenses. It tests all the verb tenses in their simple, continuous, perfect and perfect conti ...
This is a PowerPoint Presentation for teaching ago, since and for. Recommended for elementary or pre-intermediate students who are asked to fill in the blank spaces by choosing the correct altern ...
Some restricted practice if additional practice is needed. This tests students' understanding of the present perfect simple and the past simple when talking about finished events and experiences a ...
This PDF contains two examples in which I conjugated a verb into many forms, creating a small story for context. A blank template is included for practice. Great for any and all levels, as it prov ...
This is a worksheet contrasting the present perfect and the past simple tense. There is a brief explanation followed by 2 activities in which students are asked to write been or gone in each gap a ...
A worksheet with exercises made to show the students the difference between the simple past and the present perfect tenses. After the teacher's explanation, the students are going to practice to s ...
Even though this activity was designed for adults, it actually can be assigned to all ages. It consists of noticing exercises for guiding students based on the Australian animation Mary & Max. ...
Even though this activity was designed for adults, it actually can be assigned to all ages. It consists of differences of using either the present perfect or the past simple based on the Australia ...
This is a worksheet for intermediate students contrasting the past simple and the present perfect. There are 2 pages with activities in which students are asked to fill in the blank spaces with th ...
This worksheet is used for making a time line. The activity will help students to be aware of the tenses and their position in the time. Time lines are useful for children to understand where the ...
Wouldn’t it be nice to see just how much your students are imaginative and creative? These photos can be used to provoke critical thinking. Pre-intermediate students can practise past tenses ...
These exercises will help you check the knowledge of the different uses of four basic grammatical tenses in English (present simple, present continuous, past simple and present perfect) so frequen ...
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Mnemonic Rhyming Groups By: Hani Al Tahrawi Learning can be fun with Mnemonics! When we were kids, rhyming songs and phrases were some of the gimmicks u ...
This is a worksheet contrasting the present perfect and the past simple tense. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in bracke ...
Students sort functions and uses of past simple and present perfect into two columns. Helps students to choose when to use the simple past and when to use the present perfect. This worksheet is d ...
I made it a couple of years ago but you can still use it to demonstrate differences between present perfect and past simple and try a similar exercise about Rihanna. It can also be used simply as ...
This is a worksheet contrasting the simple past and the present perfect simple tense. There are clear explanations followed by an activity in which students are asked to complete different senten ...
This worksheet consists of 4 exercises torevise the use of the simple past and the present perfect. The students have to choose the correct tense (ex. 1); put the verb in the coreect tense (ex. 2) ...
A worksheet contrasting the present perfect simple and the past simple tenses. There are 3 exercises in which students are asked to use the prompts to write present perfect sentences using the ad ...
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