10b

Present perfect: affirmative

Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Oh no! The taxi driver
(drive) away and my mobile phone is in there!
(choose) a theme for their fancy dress party. Everyone has to dress up as a teacher from
2 They
school!
3 I cant believe it! Someone
(steal) my scooter!
(hit) a tree! I think hes OK though.
4 Look! That motorcyclist
(find) a really funny video on YouTube.
5 Look at this! I
(give) Suzie a lift to school. Can you pick her up later?
6 I
(take) her driving test four times. Shes a terrible driver!
7 My aunt
(speak) to Nina. Shes coming over to help us now.
8 We

Complete the sentences with just and the present perfect form of the verbs in the box.
break downfall offfinishget offlandleavepasswash
1

1 She
her horse.
2 The helicopter
.
3 The passengers
the ship.
4

4 The lorry
.
5They

the race.

6 The children
the car.

Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use just and a present perfect form.
1 A You look tired.
B
Yes, I am. I
2 A You look angry.
B
Yes, I am. My brother
3 A You look sad.
B
Yes, I am. My
4 A You look happy.
B
Yes, I am. My parents
5 A You look scared.
B
Yes, I am. I
6 A You look surprised.
B
Yes, I am. My sister

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10b

Present perfect: affirmative

Aims To review and practise the present perfect affirmative

Time 10 minutes
Materials 1 handout for each student
Give each student a handout and tell them to complete
taskA. Check answers as a class.
Answer Key
1 has driven
4 has hit
7 has taken

2 ve chosen
5 ve found
8 ve spoken

3 has stolen
6 ve given

Tell students to complete task B. Check answers as a class.

Answer Key
1 s just fallen off
3 have just got off
5 ve just finished

2 has just landed

4 has just broken down
6 have just washed

Tell students to complete task C. Monitor the activity, helping

students out with ideas and language as necessary.
suggested Answers
1 ve just worked for eight hours.
2 has just broken my MP3 player.
3 cat has just killed a bird.
4 have just given me 100.
5 ve just seen a huge spider.
6 has just got engaged.

Divide the class into pairs and tell students to take turns to

be A/B and read the mini-dialogues from task C. To extend

the activity, you could encourage students to respond using
some expressions of interest and sympathy from lesson 7F,
e.g. Poor you! What a shame! Really? Wow! Cool!
Get some pairs to present a mini-dialogue to the class.

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