A selection of English ESL present perfect and past simple printables

This worksheet demands students rewrite the sentences with the proper verb form and grammatical structure for the appropriate tense (Past Simple or Present Perfect).  The students should already have been taught the verb forms and the two grammatical tenses, this worksheet serves as extra practice to help with memorization.

A1/A2 Irregular Verb Forms Past Simple vs Present Perfect Practice

This worksheet demands students rewrite the sentences with the proper verb form and grammatical structure for the appropriate tense (Past Simple or Present Perfect). The students should already have been taught the verb forms and the two grammatical tenses, this worksheet serves as extra practice to help with memorization.

Practice - Irregular Verbs - Past Simple vs. Present Perfect

Sentence Completion Exercise:
Description: In this exercise, students are provided with incomplete sentences and are required to fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the present perfect tense of the given verbs. This exercise helps students practice forming sentences in the present perfect tense and reinforces their understanding of verb conjugation.

Description: In this exercise, students are given sentences in a different tense or form, and they are asked to rewrite them using the present perfect tense. This exercise helps students understand how to change sentences from other tenses/forms to the present perfect tense.

Multiple Choice Exercise:
Description: In this exercise, students are presented with multiple-choice questions where they have to choose the correct form of the present perfect tense to complete the sentences. This exercise challenges students to identify the appropriate form of the present perfect tense based on context.

True/False Exercise:
Description: In this exercise, students are given statements about past actions or experiences, and they have to determine whether each statement is true or false based on their understanding of the present perfect tense. This exercise encourages students to evaluate the accuracy of statements and reinforces their comprehension of the present perfect tense.

These exercises can be tailored to suit various proficiency levels and can be used in classroom settings or for self-study purposes to reinforce understanding and mastery of the present perfect tense.

Present Perfect exercise worksheet

Fully editable. Tasks are of varying degrees of difficulty. A grammar guide for the present perfect including: the uses; the form: time signal words; spelling rules for forming the past participle as well as 9 tasks. The tasks include a crossword (past participles); interrogatives; tasks with signal words such as 'for', 'since, 'already' and 'yet'. Parts 2 and 3 are linked to the song 'We Are The Champions'.

Present Perfect Simple - Grammar guide Part 1 of 3

Past Perfect Simple (also called Pluperfect) THE RULES. One page with simple explanation for students to quickly understand the use and the meaninig of this past tense.

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Past Perfect Simple - THE RULES (all on one page)

I have compiled the Complete Tense Structure for all the Tenses. Past, Present and Future. Each Tense is divided into The Simple, Continuous (Progressive), Perfect and Perfect Continuous. 

Each Tense statement is divided into 4 groups as well i.e. i) the positive statement, ii) the negative statement, iii) the positive question, iv) the negative question



Please note that  negative questions are rarely mentioned in most grammar books. 

EG. Don\'t you drive to work?



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The Tense Structure - Complete

An overview of Past, Present and Future, Simple, Continuous and Perfect tenses, with examples and timelines. Gives students and visual, general look at how English works. There is a thick black line around part of the tenses, as I consider them to be those necessary for proper communication and tend not to insist on the others! 



You'll remark that I haven't included the perfect continuous, which was on purpose because I find them confusing and complicated, as well as unnecessary, for the majority of learners!

Verb Tense Overview

This test is designed for weaker students or students with special needs. It includes the following tasks:

- Reading comprehension: T/F/NM + identifying the teen

- Teen issues: vocabulary gap-fill

- Shopping: completing a dialogue

- Clothes: labeling pictures + matching them with sentences 

- Writing: fashion and favourite clothes

- Past Simple: table filling

- Present Perfect: completing sentences

Key is included.

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A1 TEST - Teen issues + shopping for clothes (version B) – for students with special needs 

Both tenses are used to express that an action began in the past and is still going on or has just finished. In many cases, both forms are correct, but there is often a difference in meaning: We use the Present Perfect Simple mainly to express that an action is completed or to emphasise the result. We use the Present Perfect Progressive to emphasise the duration or continuous course of an action. 

the present perfect simple versus the present perfect progressive

The main objective is to create questions for some given answers. In this way, students will have to put into practice all their grammatical knowledges about question structure as wel l as a review of the grammatical form of present simple, past simple and present perfect

MAKE QUESTIONS FOR THESE ANSWERS

It s a grammar worksheet aiming to practice all forms of have with simple present ,simple past and present perfect (have had) . It is a fill in the blanks exercise but it can be used as a communicative by asking students to put an extra sentence .

HAVE ALL FORMS

This worksheet was created with  intermediate+ learners in mind, perhaps a mixed-ability group (hence an extra task for fast finishers). It could be used as the first part of a task-based lesson on tenses and storytelling. I chose this text, short, yet rich in typical features of an anecdote, to become a springboard for a further discussion of spoken English grammar, reviewing present and past tenses (including past perfect) and introducing reported speech.

A funny tense review story (reading comprehension and speaking)

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

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The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

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Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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