Unit 04 For a better tomorrow Unit 4

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Unit - 4 Activity - 15 Competency level - 8. 5 Uses perfect tense appropriately. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English First lets see the tenses in English language. Present tense. Simple present tense. Present continuous tense. Present perfect continuous tense. Past tense. Simple past tense. Past continuous tense. Past perfect continuous tense.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Future tense. Simple future tense. Future continuous tense. Future perfect continuous tense.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Present perfect tense. S + has + verb past participle +object have stem past Past participle eat drink Sing write Read Play ate drank sang wrote read played eaten drunk sung written read Played

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English We use present perfect tense 1. To indicate completed action in the immediate past. e. g. : • He has just opened the door. • They have just cleaned the room.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English We use present perfect tense 2. To express past actions - time is not given and not definite; e. g. • Have you read “Madol Doowa”? • Wathsala has been to Japan.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English We use present perfect tense 3. To describe past events when we think more of their effect in the present than of the action itself. e. g. • Evin has eaten all the biscuit. (i. e. there aren’t any left for you) • I have finished my work. (Now I’m free)

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English We use present perfect tense 4. To denote an action began in the past and continuing up to the present moment. e. g. • He has been ill for two days. • I have known him for a long time.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Time line Past Future Now

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Question 1 Select the correct answer for the blank. 1. Children ……. (has/have) arranged the class. 2. Romesh ……. . (has /have) brought the register. 3. (Has/Have) they finished the work?

Question 1 - Answers. Select the correct answer for the blank. 1. Children ……. (has/have) arranged the class. 2. Romesh ……. . (has /have) brought the register. 3. (Has/Have) they finished the work?

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Now lets see the negative , interrogative and negative interrogative of present perfect. Singular • He has opened the door. • He has not opened the door. • Has he opened the door? • Hasn’t he opened the door?

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Plural Grade 11 - English • They have cleaned the room. • Have they cleaned the room? • They have not cleaned the room. • Haven’t they cleaned the room?

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Present perfect continuous tense. S + has + been + verb present participle +object have e. g. He has been cleaning the classroom. They have been playing for six hours.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and is still continuing. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Time line Past Future Now I have been living in Ratnapura for 20 years

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English You can also use the Present Perfect Continuous WITHOUT a duration Recently, I have been feeling really tired. Have you been exercising lately? A: Why are your clothes wet? B: I have been watering the garden.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Remember Grade 11 - English Thilak has been having his car for two years. Not Correct Thilak has had his car for two years. Correct

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Question - 2 Fill in the blanks. 1. We …………. (wait) here for half an hour. Still the bus didn’t come. 2. ………………. (smoke) ? I feel the smell of smoke. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Answers. Grade 11 - English 1. We have been waiting (wait) here for half an hour. Still the bus didn’t come. 2. Have you been smoking (smoke) ? I feel the smell of smoke.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Now lets see past perfect and past perfect continuous. S + had + verb past participle +object He had written the essay. He had been writing the essay. S + had + been + verb present participle +object

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Lets see the occasions we use past perfect. The past perfect describes an action completed before a certain moment in the past. When I came to the class, the children had cleaned the class.

before past Time line Grade 11 - English Past point Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Past Future Now Children had cleaned the classroom.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Some more examples. When I reached the station, the train had left. I had written the essay before he arrived. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Now lets see past perfect continuous. S + had been + verb present participle +object They had been cleaning the classroom.

The past perfect continuous is used for an action that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time.

before past Time line Grade 11 - English Past point Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Past Future Now Children had been cleaning the classroom.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English Some more examples. He had been sleeping for 6 hours. She had been writing the essay. He had been working in an office.

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Question - 3 Fill in the blanks. The past perfect continuous is used for an …………. that began before a ……………. in the ……. . . . and continued up to that time. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Answers The past perfect continuous is used for an action that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. Grade 11 - English

Unit 04 - For a better tomorrow. n a Th . u o y k Grade 11 - English