Introduce the concept of the present perfect tense by writing the following sentence on the board: “I have eaten breakfast this morning.” - Ask students to identify the tense of the verb “eaten” and explain the meaning of the present perfect tense (an action that started in the past and has a connection to the present). - Have students come up with other examples of sentences in the present perfect tense.

The first part of the Guided Discovery Worksheet (4 sample dialogues) is completed by the students in pairs. Then I ask students for their answers to make sure they did it correctly.

Students answer the questions from the worksheet about the 1st dialogue. The goal is to clarify the use of Present Perfect to denote an action taking place at some undefined point between the past and now.

The rest of the tasks in the Worksheet are completed to make sure they understand how to make statements, questions and negative questions in Present Perfect (they fill in the gaps in the 3d task for both the auxiliary verb (singular or plural) and the past participle). In the 4th and the 5th task students have to answer the questions clarifying in which types of sentences the typical Present Perfect markers (already, yet, just) are used and where they should be placed.

Students complete the gap fill exercise from the Exercise Worksheet one by one under my supervision to make sure they know how to properly use Present Perfect in statements, negatives and questions. This is the transition step to the free practice when they will have to make their own short dialoges.

Students make up their own dialogues based on the samples presented in the Guided Discovery Worksheet and present them to the class thereafter. Their classmates have to follow this production activity, find any mistakes and comment on them.