Present Perfect with For and Since- Speaking Lesson Plan 50

Target Language:
Present Perfect with For and Since

Context:
My hobbies

Teacher’s Instructions & Answers:
Included on the last pages

This is a 5 page speaking based lesson, with one page of homework, and teacher’s instructions with answers.

The target language is the present perfect with for and since.
It is a speaking based lesson plan.

It focuses on:

• Using the present perfect tense to describe an action that started in the past and still continues today.
  (I have studied English for 3 years. / She has used her iPhone since 2012.)
• Measuring time in the present perfect by using either “for” or “since”
• Asking questions in the present perfect with for and since to know how long an action has happened.
• Learning and memorizing some common verb’s past participle forms to use with present perfect sentences and questions.

It includes:

• One page grammar breakdown (Presentation).
• One Activity to practice speaking the target language (Semi-restricted speaking practice).
• Three Activities to produce the target language (Freer speaking practice).
• One page to be assigned for homework (Writing statements and a paragraph).
• One page of teacher’s instructions on how to execute the lesson in class and answers.

Tips:

• Show that “for” or “since” really communicate the same information (a length of time) but they do it in different ways. “For” counts a unit of time (minute, day, year) from today back into the past, whereas “since” uses a past moment to measure up until today.
  (I have lived here for 10 years/since 2005.)
• Model the pronunciation of contractions with have and has (I’ve/He’s/They’ve).

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