Presentation of our project work

What is the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect Tenses Participants: Karagoz Omarova Elena Tikhonova

Kostanay State Pedagogical University

Challenges

At the end of the project students will know how to use Past Simple and Present Perfect tenses correctly. They will develop their grammar accuracy.

Plan of the project

Level of students: Pre-Intermideate

Aim: students will understand difference between

Objectives

-students will develop 4 basic skills;

-students will develop problem-solving skill;

-students will design a leaflet, Kahoot and collage as the end-mind product;

-students will be able to apply their knowledge in their study and real life situations.

How to form the teams?

Use different types of stickers or colored stars or dots. Put the stickers on your students as they enter the classroom. For example, if you want five groups with five people per group, you would select five different types of stickers to put on five sets of students. Instead of using stickers, use squares or strips of colored paper in a bag and have students reach inside the bag. Students holding the same colors would form the groups.

How to develop speaking skill?

Before going to class, make sure you download and cut up the Present Perfect vs Past Simple question cards and that you have taught the two structures so students are familiar with the form and the usage of both the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

Divide the class into pairs or small groups and place the topic cards face down in front for them.

Have one student answer the first Present Perfect question, and then the other students in the group ask the follow up questions in the Past Simple.

How to develop reading skill?

Students read the text about computers and have to fill in the gaps with verbs in Past Simple or Present Perfect forms

Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology (change)  ….  a great deal. The first computers (be)  …  simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have, not)  …  much memory and they (be, not)  …  very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often (pay) …  thousands of dollars for machines which actually (do) … very little. Most computers (be) … separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games.  Times (change) …. Computers (become) … powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create) … a large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's games (become) …  faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer users (get, also) … on the Internet and (begin) … communicating with other computer users around the world. We (start) … to create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the past (evolve) … into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.

How to develop listening skill?

Students listen to the dialogue of two people: husband and wife. She has broken his car and lost money. The task is to fill in the gaps with missing phrases.

- Honey, we have to talk. - What 's happened ? Why are you crying? - I 've broken  your car. - You 've broken  what? My car? - Yes, I'm so sorry. I don't know how this happened. - I do. You  have  always  been  such a bad driver! You  have  never  learnt  how to park a car. And now my car is broken. Thank you! Thank you very much! - I told you, I am sorry. What else do I need to say? - I see that it's not all. Any other problems, darling? - I 've lost  my credit card and now the ten thousand dollars I've saved for our holiday  have disappeared . - Why  haven't  you  called  the bank and  got  your card blocked? - I  have . But, it... it 's been  too late. - Ok, I don't know what to say. I'm leaving now. We'll talk when I come back. - Where are you going? - It's none of your business. I'll be late tonight. Bye.

How to develop writing skill?

Students see the following sentences. Some of them are right and some of them are wrong. They should correct and rewrite them.

• Have you ever been to Thailand?
• I’ve had sausages for lunch at half past one?
• She’s enjoyed herself at the party last night.
• I’ve read that book but I didn’t like it much.
• Tom has left school one year ago.
• My cousins have lived in Dublin since they’ve been children.
• We have worked here for a year and a half.
• My parents lived in Britain for a couple of years.
• James has made a cake yesterday.
• I’ve washed the car. It looks great now.

KAHOOT

How to develop problem-solving skill?

Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form. Use Present Perfect or Past Simple .

I am happy because my mother (buy) me a new computer game.

I am happy because my mother has bought me a new computer game.

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What game she (buy) you? –

She (buy) me a Star Wars game.

What game did she buy you? – She bought me

a Star Wars game.

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I (break) the window!

I have broken the window!

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How did you break it? –

I played football.

How you (break) it? –

I (play) football.

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Children, come here!

I have made a cake.

Children, come here!

I (make) a cake.

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What cake you (make)? –

What cake did you make ? –

I (make) a strawberry cake.

I made a strawberry cake.

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Have you ever been to America? – Yes, I have .

You ever (be) to America? –

Yes, I … .

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When were you there? –

I went to America 2 years

ago.

When you (be) there? –

I (go) to America 2 years ago.

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What you (see) in America? –

I (see) the Statue of Liberty.

What did you see in

America? – I saw the Statue of Liberty.

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Have you ever played baseball? – Yes, I have .

You ever (play) baseball? – Yes, I … .

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When you (play) it? – My American friend (visit) me last summer and we (play) together.

When did you play it? – My American friend visited me last summer and we played together.

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Help! A cat (to frighten)

my horse.

Help! A cat has frightened

my horse.

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I’m sorry, sir. He is a circus cat. Yesterday we (teach) him to jump up on a horse.

I’m sorry, sir. He is a circus cat. Yesterday we taught him to jump up on a horse.

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The water (to turn) black.

The water has turned

black.

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We put something special

in it to make it turn black.

We (put) something special in it to make it turn black.

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You ever (take) a picture

of a monster with four

eyes?

Have you ever taken

a picture of a monster

with four eyes?

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You know, yes. I (take) this picture on my summer holidays. Don’t be afraid, it’s a spider.

You know, yes. I took this picture on my summer holidays. Don’t be afraid, it’s a spider.

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