The Present Perfect

2. • Have you ever washed your dad’s car?
• If so, have you charged for that?
• Has your dad always taken his car to the
same car wash?

3. http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=apJnxEIItXE

4. NEW CAR PAINT
The Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has showed a prototype of a self-
cleaning paint that means cars may no longer need washing. The new
nanotechnology paint has demonstrated to repel water, oil and other dirt the
environment can throw at a car. The engineers have gone far. The paint is called
Ultra-Ever Dry and uses a process that has been called nanopatterning.
This coats the surface of something with tiny bumps and grooves and has stopped
water and oil from sticking to it. Nissan said the paint has "responded well" to many
weather conditions, including cold, rain, sleet and snow. The carmaker added that the
engineers have been testing the paint in the near future to see how close they can
get to a product ready for market.
"We have committed to addressing everyday problems our customers face and will
have been always considering testing exciting, cutting-edge technology like this
incredible coating application.

5. In pairs
Speak about your opinion on this new car paint,
If you’d like to get it for your parents’ cars and why.
2 minutes

6. Committed
Strain
Dry
Sleet
Bumps
Groove
• A thin line cut into a surface.
• Almost frozen rain.
• An area that is raised because you
have hit it.
• Ready to work very hard.
• The opposite of wet.
• Too much force

7. • Is sleet a cold rain or a cold wind?
• What do we use to dry, a towel or a blanket?
• If you hit your head with a wall, would you get a bump?
• If you’re committed to study, do you study a lot or a little?

8. 1. The world cup had a lot of ………………………. volunteers.
2. We always ……………….. our hands after washing them.
3. The …………… of the car engine caused an accident.
4. The …………… last night made the night extremely cold.
5. My dad’s car has some ………… in the back.
6. Another car scratched my dad’s and made a ………… to it.
fill in the blanks with the correct
words from the vocabulary:

9. Present Perfect:
The new nanotechnology paint has demonstrated to repel water, oil
and other dirt the environment can throw at a car. The engineers
have gone far.
1. 2 important words are highlighted, are they verbs, nouns or adjectives?
2. In which tense is the verb have used, present or past?
3. The verb gone is in which tense, present, past or past participle?
4. And the verb demonstrated?
5. So, how is the form we are going to use to create the present perfect?
6. And what when are we going to use this structure?
7. And what does this structure mean? The engineers have gone far.

10. T explains the structure, meaning and form of the present perfect:
MEANING: We use the Present Perfect to say that an action
happened at an unspecified time before now. (a timeline is
drawn)
FORM : has/have + past participle
USE: to describe your experience, example: I have been to
France.
To talk about change, example: My English has improved this
year.
To talk about several different actions: example: We have had
three quizzes this week.

11. The main contractions are shown and practiced:
I’ve (I have), she’s (she has), they’ve (they have)
seen Harry potter.
Ss are asked to repeat the following verbs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojNZ7NstKbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saoVyDQA4hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VzSu5OPNs0

12. Ss fill in the blanks with the correct word from the options:
1. Have you .......... that report yet?
a)killed
b)terminated
c)ended
d)finished
2. Sorry, Simon, I ..........
a)didn't
b)haven't
c)wouldn't
d)not done
3. I've .......... very busy, you know.
a)been
b)seemed
c)projected
d)worked
4. I've .......... produce figures for the office
a)had to
b)must
c)supposed to
d)meant
5. I've .......... off ill as well.
a)been
b)seen
c)run
d)set

13. 6. Well I haven't exactly .......... either you know.
a)smoked
b)written
c)been
d)been sleeping
7. I've never .......... as much work on as at present.
a)presented
b)had
c)fed up with
d)stood in front of
8. I haven't .......... a weekend off for months.
a)had
b)represented
c)overcome
d)stood behind
9. It's as I've just ..........
a)shouted
b)called
c)told
d)said
10. I haven't .......... time to do it yet.
a)understood
b)stood for
c)seen
d)had

14. Now Ss are to complete with their own knowledge about
the present perfect. Copies are handed in:
1. A: Did you like the movie "Spiderman?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never)……………… …. that movie.
2. Sam (arrive) …………………..…. in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) …………………..…. each other
for over fifteen years. We still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ……………..…. ten
very creative short stories.
5. I (have, not) this much fun since I (be) ……………….…. a
kid.

15. 6. Things (change) …………………..…. a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we
first (start) ……………………..…. working here three years ago, the company
(have, only) ………………..…. six employees. Since then, we (expand)
………………………..…. to include more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I (tell) …………………..…. him to stay on the path while he was hiking,
but he (wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, you (miss) …………..…. the bus this morning. You (be)
……..…. late to work too many times.
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so
he (see, never) …………………………..…. the ocean. He should come with us
to Miami.
10. How sad! George (dream) ………………………..…. of going to California
before he died, but he didn't make it. He (see, never) ………..…. the
ocean.

16. Ss will play “Find someone who…”
They will write four questions using the present perfect,
for example: have you ever eaten sushi? Has your mom
bought a new tablet? Etc. Then they will go around the
classroom asking the other classmates. They will write the
name of the person that performs the action. Then, Ss will
share their answers with the rest of the class.

17. The e book mysteries of the nature is
assigned, it has several present perfect
expressions and 6 questions at the end