The Present is Perfect: Present Perfect Tense

Summary
An introductory lesson on past participles and the use of the present perfect tense. Students are required to change underlined verbs to the present perfect tense.

Objectives
• to reinforce knowledge about past participles, with emphasis on the present perfect tense;

• to show students how to change verbs in sentences to the present perfect tense;

• to assess students? ability to use helping verbs to form the present perfect tense.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Verbs show us the action or state of being in a sentence.
Each verb also has three main parts. They are the

? present
? past
? past participle.

Although it might sound confusing, it?s really very simple. Participles help show tense or act as adjectives. Let?s concentrate on participles to help show tense.

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