🌍 How Many Worlds Have You Lived In? Present Perfect Simple
B1 Grammar Lesson 03 introduces the Present Perfect Simple — the tense that bridges past and present. Built around 'The List I Keep' magazine feature with five teens from Morocco, Portugal, Japan, Brazil, and Austria. Covers the form, three uses (experience / duration / recent past), 16 common irregular past participles, the been/gone distinction, for vs since with a quick test, the five adverbs (just, already, yet, ever, never) with positions, and the biggest B1 trap: when 'killer' time markers (yesterday, last X, in 2019, ago) force Past Simple instead. Reading colour-coded in three categories. Includes 6 flashcards, 8 practice MCQs, partner speaking with model dialogue, 80–100 word writing task with live counter, and 10-question quiz with progress bar and localStorage.
Lesson Plan
- 4 'life so far' questions priming all three uses of the tense
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Form: have/has + past participle (regular: -ed, irregular: special form)
- Use 1 — Life experience (sometime in your life, no specific time): Have you ever…? / I have visited…
- Use 2 — Duration (started in past, continues now): I have lived here for / since…
- Use 3 — Recent past with present effect (just / already / yet): I have just finished…
- for + length of time (5 years, ages) vs since + starting point (Monday, 2018, I was 7)
- Adverb positions: just/already/ever/never before main verb; yet at end of negatives/questions
- been to (visited and back) vs gone to (still there)
- Past Simple killers: yesterday, last week, in 2019, ago, when I was X — these block Present Perfect
