I definitely have! This is one of my favourite activities to practise present perfect and past simple. Your students ask and answer questions, but the twist is that they have to lie. Then, using their powers of deduction, they have to find out if their partner is lying. Looking for a game to practise the past simple? Try dead famous — past simple game. The student with the most correct guesses wins the game. I've done that! In this engaging present perfect and past simple speaking activity, students play a true or false game where they make present perfect statements and ask and answer Wh questions in the past simple.
Students take it in turns to pick up a card and make a present perfect statement, telling the rest of the group they have done the activity on the card, regardless of whether it's true or not, e. The group members then ask the student Wh questions in the past simple to find out the details, e. The student then reveals the answer. Each group member who guessed correctly scores a point.
The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. Molly's CV. In this present perfect and past simple worksheet, students read a CV for a person applying to be a toy tester and complete exercises using the present perfect and past simple.
To start, students read Molly's CV and write true or false next to statements about Molly. Students then read Molly's cover letter and write each verb in brackets in the present perfect or the past simple.
In the last exercise, students write present perfect or past simple questions to go with a set of answers. As an extension, brainstorm present perfect and past simple questions that a job interviewer might ask Molly when applying for a job as a toy tester.
Then, in pairs, students role-play the job interview with one student being Molly and the other student being the interviewer. Present Perfect or Past Simple? In this present perfect and past simple worksheet, students learn and practice how to use past simple and present perfect time expressions. Students start by putting time expressions into the correct category, according to whether they are past simple time expressions or present perfect time expressions.
We have two sets of fun conversation cards from our conversation questions section. Give students some scenarios and challenge to write sentences using just , already and yet. Use one of the following situations, for example, Dave has a new job and elicit some ideas. They might include:. This short and simple activity is designed to draw attention to the connection to the present moment. I often underline the word present when giving an overview of the present perfect tense. Give students this list of work problems.
Students complete the problems using the present perfect form and must explain what the connection to the present is and talk about possible solutions. Students view a slideshow of present perfect pictures and offer explanations as to what has just happened in each photo. I find that translation activities can be quite useful if you have a class of monolingual speakers.
Then I get the students to attempt to translate the sentences into English. Her English has improved since she moved to Scotland. For example, here is a German present perfect grammar-translation activity. Create engaging Jeopardy-style quiz games in minutes or choose from. Students are supposed to go through the sentences and complete the vebs in each one using the Past Participle.
For example What have you eaten today. Use one of the following. The 1 Jeopardy-style classroom review game now supports remote learning online. These PDF worksheets include present perfect exercise worksheets and present perfect activity worksheets. Its Free Easy and Loads of fun. Have you ever eaten scorpions. In this present perfect miming game students guess present perfect sentences about recent. When a student lands on a square they need to answer the question using the present perfect.
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