Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple Past Tense

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Unit 3

• Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and
  Simple Past Tense

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Reading Comprehension and Opinion Questionspg 19.

• What do you like about some websites?
• What do you dislike about other websites?
• What do you think should be on a personal web
  page?

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• What is the purpose of Jason Barricellis
  website?
• What is the title of the website?
• Who is Joy?
• What does Jason call such activities as rock
  climbing and white-water rafting?
• What kind of person is Jason?
• Do you know anyone like Jason? Explain.

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Notice the contrast in the tenses

• Present perfect present perfect continuous
• Things started in the past and continue to
  present and may continue to future.
• Simple Past
• Things happened and completed in the pastnot
  connected to the present.

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Again, a clear contrast

• Present Perfect
• things happened at unspecified time in past
• Simple Past
• Things happened at specific time in past.

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Another contrast

• Present perfect
• A time period is unfinished.
• Simple past
• A time period is finished.

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Time of day as example of time period.

• Morning time period. asking about breakfast
• Use the Present perfect until noon. (morning not
  finished)
• Have you eaten breakfast?
• Use Simple past after noon. (Morning finished)
• Did you eat breakfast this morning?

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Additional Contrast

• Present Perfect
• An activity or state is finished.
• Present Perfect Continuous
• An activity is unfinished.

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Unit 3 pages 24-27
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Unit 4

• Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive

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Comprehension/Opinion Questions-pg. 28

• Why is Oprah the Queen of Talk?
• When did she start speaking in public?
• Where did she start speaking in public?
• When did she get her first talk show?
• What did she decide to do in 1994?
• Do you think talk shows are entertaining,
  educational, or both? Explain.

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Past perfect

• Past perfect describes an event that happened
  before another past event.
• (There are two events. Both are in the past.)
• When Oprah was twelve years old, she had already
  decided that she wanted to be paid to talk.
• First eventher decision
• Second eventher 12th birthday

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January 1, 2000

• Write sentences about yourself with this date.
  Use examples with actions that are completed.
• By January 1, 2000, I had moved back to the
  United States.
• (Note 1)

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Past perfect continuous

• Now make true past perfect continuous sentences
  related to past perfect sentences you created.
• Focus on the process, not the end result.
• I had been working in Mexico before I started
  working at IVC.
• (Note 2)

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Order of events

• Past perfect or past perfect progressive is the
  earlier event.
• Simple past tense is the later event.
• Example I had been driving back to El Centro
  when I saw the Perseid meteor shower.
• Earlier event driving
• Later event saw the meteors
• (Note 3)

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Emphasis on first event

• My computer has Windows 98 and there will be no
  more updates from Microsoft for it.
• I had already decided to get a new computer.
• First event my decision emphasized
• Later event no updates for Windows 98
• (Note 4)

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Clear relationship between 2 past events

• After I received my masters degree, I got a
  teaching job.
• As soon as I received my masters degree, I got a
  teaching job.
• Before I got a teaching job, I received my
  masters degree.
• Note 5

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• Time expression used with past perfect and past
  perfect continuous.
• Note 6

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Drawing conclusions based on evidence.

• Use past perfect continuous
• Cecilia got lost going to Los Angeles. She had
  been driving on the wrong freeway.
• (Note 7)

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• Unit 4 Pgs 33-40