Showing posts with label present perfect continuous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label present perfect continuous. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Here is a Kahoot Quiz I found on the present perfect and present perfect continuous.  (original HERE and my duplicate here--create, play).

I used it in my own class as a controlled when teaching a lesson on the present perfect and present perfect continuous, and it worked well. 

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Present Tense Verbs using "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke

(TESOL Worksheets--Verb Forms General)
Google: docs, pub
[Notes: I was teaching out of a textbook (Close-up C1 p.10) that required reviewing all 4 aspects of the present tense in one lesson (present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous).  The textbook did not provide any context, so I was searching for some song that would illustrate all 4 aspects.  In the end, I couldn't find a song that had all 4 aspects in it.  (If someone can think of one, please let me know.)  But this song had 3 out of the 4 aspects, so I figured it was close enough.  Plus it's really slow and easy to listen to and has a beautiful melody, so I think it's good to use in the classroom.  (I had previously used it as a TESOL Songsheets.)]

A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (1964)



I was born by the river in a little tent 
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since 
It's been a long, a long time coming 
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 


It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die 
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky 
It's been a long, a long time coming 
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 


I go to the movie and I go downtown
 somebody keep telling me don't hang around 
It's been a long, a long time coming 
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will 


Then I go to my brother 
And I say brother help me please 
But he winds up knocking me 
Back down on my knees 


Ohhhhhhhhh..... 


There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long 
But now I think I'm able to carry on 
It's been a long, a long time coming 
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Present Tense Verbs
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present  Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
















Find verbs in the song matching these descriptions.  Which verbs are they:
1. These verbs describe a condition that started in the past and continued until now.  The speaker imagines this as a state that is always true, all the time.
verb name:
examples: 


2. These verbs describe how the speaker is feeling now.
verb name:
examples: 


3. These verbs describe an action that started in the past and continues until now.  The speaker imagines this as an action that he repeats or continues over and over again.
verb name:
examples: 


4. An indefinite experience in the past.  From what the speaker has said, we know it’s sometime in the past, but we don’t know exactly when.
verb name:
examples: 


5. These verbs describe habits or things that happen repeatedly.  They are not necessarily happening exactly now, but they’ve happened often before and will happen again.
verb name:
examples: 



Answers:
Present Tenses
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present  Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous
I know,
I’m afraid,
I go to the movies,
I go downtown,
keeps telling,
I go to my brother,
I say,
He winds up, 
I think,
I’m able

It’s been a long time coming,
It’s been too hard living,
There’ve been times
I’ve been running

Other forms
going to future
will future (simple)
imperatives
Infinitives (simple)
Past simple
a change gonna (is going to) come
yes it will
brother help me please,
don’t hang around
to die
was born (passive),
I thought,
I couldn’t last
Answers:


Find verbs in the song matching these descriptions.  Which verbs are they:
1. These verbs describe a condition that started in the past and continued until now.  The speaker imagines this as a state that is always true, all the time.
verb name: Present Perfect
examples: It’s been a long time coming, It’s been too hard living


2. These verbs describe how the speaker is feeling now.
verb name: Present Simple
examples: I know, I’m afraid, I think, I’m able


3. These verbs describe an action that started in the past and continues until now.  The speaker imagines this as an action that he repeats or continues over and over again.
verb name: Present Perfect Continuous
examples: I’ve been running 


4. An indefinite experience in the past.  From what the speaker has said, we know it’s sometime in the past, but we don’t know exactly when.
verb name: Present Perfect
examples: There’ve been times


5. These verbs describe habits or things that happen repeatedly.  They are not necessarily happening exactly now, but they’ve happened often before and will happen again.
verb name: Present Simple

examples: I go to the movies, I go downtown, keeps telling me, I go to my brother, I say, He winds up,

Sunday, March 08, 2020

Scrambled Sentences: Present Perfect Continuous

(TESOL Worksheets--Present Perfect ContinuousAny Grammar Point)
Sample 1 Google: docs, pub
Sample 2: drive, docs, pub

The specific example linked to above is for the present perfect continuous, but the general activity can be used for any grammar point.
Students are given a sentence in the target language in which all the words are out of order.  The students have to write the sentence in the correct order.  (For example, present perfect continuous: “We / painting / have / been / house / the”, which the students must unscramble as “We have been painting the house.” )

Unscramble the sentences below:

1. We / painting / have / been / house / the


2. in / been / has / the / pool / She / swimming


3. have / drinking / been / They / afternoon / coffee / all


4. morning / been / sleeping / all / have / We


5. exercising / been / gym / has / He / in / the


6. in / been / have / park / the / walking / They


7. been / have / grandma / letter / my / I / writing / to / a


8. You / time / reading / that / for / long / book / a / been / have

Answer Key

1. We have been painting the house
2. She has been swimming in the pool
3. They have been drinking coffee all afternoon
4. We have been sleeping all morning
5. He has been exercising in the gym
6. They have been walking in the park
7. I have been writing a letter to my grandma
8. You have been reading that book for a long time

This activity can also be used as a more tactile activity:

Scrambled Sentences (Materials: word cards, grid) (Preparation:  Warning, this one is prep heavy.  You have to create the sentences, then cut them up and scramble them for each pair of students--15 minutes to create worksheet, and possibly another 20 for cutting)

Students are put into pairs and given a grid, and a set of word cards that have been cut up and scrambled.  They must arrange the words into sentences.  They glue the word cards onto the grid to make sentences using the target grammar, and are given one point for each correct sentence.


I


have played

soccer

for 8 years


played

basketball 

yesterday

He


has lived

in Paris

since he was 8

He


lived

in London

when he was 8

We


have studied

English

since 2008

We


studied

science

in 2008


watched

TV

last night

I


have  watched

that movie

before

They


have eaten

pizza

before

They


ate

pizza

last night

She


has drunk

coffee

for 10 years

She


drank

coffee

this morning