Present Perfect ESL ELA ELL Pre Intermediate Lesson Plan

- Grades
- Grades 7–12, Adult Education, High School, Not Grade Specific, Middle School
- Pages
- 29
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Grammar
- Topic
- present perfect, perfect tense
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
- Answer key
- Included
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What's inside this resource
Present Perfect Pre Intermediate ESL ELA and ELL Lesson Plan This pre-intermediate English grammar lesson plan focuses on building students' understanding and use of the present perfect tense. Educators can implement this resource in whole group, small group, or individual settings to reinforce this key grammar concept. Students will learn the forms and functions of the present perfect through clear explanations and examples. The exercises assess comprehension and help students put their new grammar knowledge into practice through fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and sentence completion questions. This lesson saves teachers prep time while ensuring students gain a solid grasp of using the present perfect accurately in speech and writing. As students complete the focused practice questions independently or collaboratively, teachers can monitor progress and provide support.
This lesson plan includes:
Cover page
Flash cards
A warm-up activity
Main use
Construction details
Rules, along with any exceptions
Illustrative examples
Two closed exercises
One open exercise
Revision exercise
Writing exercises
Chatterbox, a recurring feature in our course books encouraging conversation
Activity, such as a game, quiz, puzzle, etc., to conclude the class
The lesson plan is available in PDF with 29 ready to print pages and one digital access file. A part of it is on Google Apps. The answer key is also included for reference.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Form present perfect statements, negatives and questions correctly
- Choose between ever, never, for, since, how long, yet and just in context
- Use the present perfect in spoken role-play and discussion
Teaching tips
- The answer key covers the written exercises only; the interview role-play, Chatterbox and improvisation tasks are open-ended speaking practice.
Skills covered
- Past participles — filling in irregular participles and completing mini-dialogues
- Speaking with the present perfect — interviewer and interviewee role-play and improvised scenes such as a fully booked hotel
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Present perfect
- Past participles
- Irregular verbs
- Time expressions
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