What are you doing …… ?

Saturday

I’m going to the movies with my friends

Friday

Sunday

I’m having a bachelorette party because a

friend of mine is getting married

PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR FUTURE

ARRANGEMENTS

affirmative negative question

I I am having a

party this

weekend

I am not having a

party this

weekend

Am I having a

party this

weekend?

he, she, it He is having a

party this

weekend

He is not having a

party this

weekend

Is he having a

party this

weekend?

you, we,

they

You are having

a party this

weekend

You are not having

a party this

weekend

Are you having

a party this

weekend?

SITUATION

MAX Are you doing anything at the weekend? JOSH Well yes, I am actually. I’m playing tennis with

Frank. Why? MAX Well we’re trying to organize a picnic. Would you

like to come? JOSH Cool! I’d love to. But it depends when it is. MAX When are you playing tennis? JOSH Saturday morning. DAISY Shall we have the picnic Saturday lunchtime? MAX I’m sorry I can’t. I’m going shopping on

Saturday. What about Sunday? JOSH Well I’m playing football on Sunday afternoon

but not until 5:00 pm. So that would be fine.

INVITING

ACCEPTING INVITATIONS

SUGGESTIONS AND OFFERS

ACCEPTING APOLOGIES

APOLOGIES

Are you free on…?

What are you doing on…?

Would you like to come…?

How about …-ing?

Shall I / we …?

Why don’t we… ?

Thanks I’d love to.

I’m really sorry.

I’m so sorry. That’s OK.

Don’t worry. It’s not a problem

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action

happened at an unspecified time before now.

The exact time is not important.

ever, never, once,

many times,

several times,

before, so far,

already, yet,

yesterday, one year ago, last

week, when I was a child, when

I lived in Japan, at that

moment, that day, one day,

specific unspecific

PRESENT PERFECT FOR EXPERIENCES

You can use the Present Perfect to describe your

experience.

It is like saying, "I have the experience of..."

You can also use this tense to say that you have

never had a certain experience.

The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a

specific event.

I have been to Japan.

I’ve never been in Japan.

STRUCTURE

The present perfect is formed from the

present tense of the verb have and the past

participle of a verb:

I have eaten salmon sushi.

Subject Have

Has V. Past

Participle Complement

VERBS

1. Eat Ate Eaten

2. Drink Drank Drunk

3. Have Had Had

4. Go Went Gone

5. Do Did Done

6. Drive Drove Driven

7. Ride Rode Ridden

8. Take Took Taken

9. Be Was/Were Been

10. Hear Heard Heard

11. Speak Spoke Spoken

Simple Past Present Perfect

Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle

STRUCTURE

I / You /

We /

They

He / She /

It

Positive

I have

spoken.

He has

spoken.

Negative

I have not

spoken.

He has not

spoken.

Question

Have I

spoken?

Has he

spoken?

EXAMPLES

I have lost my key.

I have never been to Australia.

I have seen that movie twenty times.

I think I have met him once before.

There have been many earthquakes in

California.

People have traveled to the Moon.

People have not traveled to Mars.

Have you read the book yet?

CONVERSATION

1. Have you ever heard hip-hop music?

2. Have you ever visited Cancún?

3. Have you ever eaten rotten cheese?

4. Have you ever been in an awkward situation?

5. Have you ever found money on the street?

6. Have you ever watched a horror movie alone at

home?

7. Have you ever seen a ghost?

PP WITH FOR AND SINCE

EXAMPLES

PRACTICE

SONGS

Have you ever seen the rain?

Rolling in the deep

GAME

LET’S RECAP

What have you learned today?