Present perfect for present relevance

Related language points

present perfect tense - general
present perfect with for / since
present perfect for unfinished time periods
present perfect continuous

worksheets (2)

book references (8)

Worksheets

Giving news squares

12 squares, each containing a present perfect sentence giving personal news (I have got married etc.) Some keywords are underlined. The reading student has to communicate this sentence without using the underlined words. First student to reconstruct the original sentence wins the round

Worksheet for recent events picture presentation

Students complete sentences from prompts. Must be used in conjunction with picture presentation 'Recent events'

Book references

Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate

Unit 6 News Page 56
Dialogue to correct + gapped dialogues for giving news. (Doesn't focus on present perfect tense)

Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate

Unit 6 Digital Page 57
Present perfect simple vs continuous Analysis of sentences from the Lara Croft listening (page 56).
Focuses on dynamic vs stative verbs, incomplete vs incomplete / ongoing actions.

New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate students' book

Module 7 Ambitions and dreams Pages 64 - 65
Short texts about people's careers. Contrasts present perfect with 'for' , and past simple; + throws in other uses of the present perfect

Play Games with English Book Two

Spot the difference 3 page 13 Page 13
Man tidying the kitchen. Two pics - before and after. 'He's done the ironing but he hasn't done the washing up yet.'

Spot the difference 5 page 48 Page 48
Present perfect passive. Two pictures of a house. Before and after renovation. Ss make sentences using present perfect passive, 'The front door has been mended'.

Developing Grammar in Context

7 The present perfect simple Pages 35 - 40

Reward Intermediate Resource Pack

11a and 11b Around the world in 10 minutes Page 11
Present perfect with 'still', 'yet' and 'already'

Reward Pre-Intermediate Resource Pack

22 What's happened? Page 22
Fourteen small picture card prompts for recent actions with present relevance: 'He's fallen off his bike' etc.