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Pres Perf Diagnostic

Present Perfect Diagnostic Quiz: a tool to help you identify specific points that need review

• Quiz 1: beginning – intermediate
• Quiz 2: intermediate – advanced 

Up to Now

Up to Now: focusing on duration (Beg.–Int. ESL) 

• Past vs. Present Perfect
• Pres. Perf. Adverbs
• Common Mistakes
• Word Order
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice
   

The Tower of Pisa has been under restoration for ten years.

 Duration/ Repetition

Duration/ Repetition: indicating continuous vs. reoccurring activity (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Pres. Perf. Non v. Progressive
• Pres. Perf. Prog. Adverbs
• Pres. Perf. Prog. Adverb Use
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice
   

Engineers have been working to save the Tower of Pisa!

Permanent/Temp

Permanent/ Temporary: indicating long- or short-term activity (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Pres. Perf. Non v. Progressive
• Pres. Perf. Adverbs
• Common Mistakes
• Stative Verbs
• Practice

The Tower has stood in this location since 1350.

I have been standing in line to get into the Tower since 10:00 a.m.

Experience

Experience: referring to an activity or event in the unspecified past  (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Past vs. Present Perfect
• Experience
• Ever / Never
• Yes / No Responses
• Past v. Pres. Perf. Adverbs
• Double Negatives
• Emphasis Word Order
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1
• Practice 2

Have you ever visited Pisa?
I've never visited Pisa.
I haven't ever visited Pisa.

You haven't ever been to Pisa?
Yes, I haven't.  

 Ongoing

Ongoing: referring to an activity in progress (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Pres. Perf. Non v. Progressive
• Pres. Perf. Adverbs
• Practice

An art committee has photographed the entire Tower of Pisa.

They have been organizing 64,000 photographs.

Just / Recently

Just/ Recently: relating the past to the present time frame (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Past vs. Present Perfect
• Sentence Position
• Adverbs
• Common Mistakes
• Practice

The committee has recently made a Quicktime VR from the top of the tower.

 Already / Yet

Already/Yet: happening sooner or later than expected (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Pres. Perf. – Already / Yet
• Sentence Types
• Sentences Position
• Practice

They have already righted the tower by 14 centimeters.

They haven't straightened it yet. In fact, they don't plan to.

Implied Meanings

Implied Meanings:  using adverb clues to understanding meaning  (Int.–Adv. ESL)

• Pres. Perf. Prog. v. Nonprogressive
• Adverb Clues
• Practice

I have been working as a pilot.

I have worked as a pilot.

State of Mind

Present State-of-Mind: connecting the past to the present (Beg.–Adv. ESL)

• Past  Relates to Present
• Practice

I spilled my drink on the carpet. I cleaned it up afterwards.  (Done. Finished. I'm not thinking about it anymore.)

You have spilled your drink on the carpet.  (Because the spill remains, it is on my mind.)

Sentence Practice

Sentence Practice: matching verb tense and adverbs (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Past v. Pres. Perf. Adverbs
• Practice 1
• Practice 2

The weather has been cold since the end of November.

The weather was cold in November.

Paragraph Practice

Paragraph Practice: matching verb tense with adverbs (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• Tense–Adverb Overview
• Practice

Mary Morris applied for her passport last month because she will soon be leaving on a trip that she _____ about for many years.

PresPerf Context

Present Perfect in Context: identifying present perfect tense in context

• Identifying Pres. Perf. Use
• Practice

"When the tower was closed to the public a decade ago, officials said it would be open again in just a few years. The ambitious plan to stop the tower's increasing tilt has taken far longer than expected, but officials say it is succeeding."

For / Since

For/ Since: Indicating a quantity of time vs. a specific time (Beg.–Int. ESL)

• For v. Since
• Quantity of Time Expressions
• For– Additional Meanings
• Since – Meanings
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – multiple choice
   

We have been coming to this beach for fifteen years.

We have been coming to this beach since July, 1995.

Participles1

Past/ Participle Verb Forms: practice using irregular verb forms

awake, beat begin, bite, blow, bring, buy, choose, cost, dig, draw, drive, fall, feel, find, fly, get, go, hang, hear, hit, hold, hurt, know, lay,

Jaycee (spinned, span, spun?) _____the ball on his finger last night.

Participles2

Past/ Participle Verb Forms: practice using irregular verb forms

let, lie, lose, loosen, meet, put, read, ring, run, see, send, shake, shut, sit, slide, spend, stand, stick, swear, swim, teach, tell, throw, upset wear,

Jamie (let) _____the ball drop in yesterday's final play.

Reporting Source

Reporting Source: telling source or emotional impact (Int.–Adv. ESL)

• Source v. Duration – past vs. present perfect
• Emotional Responses
• Common Mistakes
• Practice– multiple choice

Where did you get those jeans?
Where have you been (for the past few hours)?

Wow! He did a backflip!
He has done lots of backflips in his career.