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PRESENT PERFECT Believe It or Not

This document provides teaching notes for an activity that involves students making true or false statements about themselves using the present perfect tense. Students are divided into groups where one student at a time will make a statement from a sentence card and pick a true or false card without showing others. The other students must ask past simple questions to determine if the statement is true or false. The goal is for students to practice using and distinguishing between the past simple and present perfect tenses.

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PRESENT PERFECT Believe It or Not

This document provides teaching notes for an activity that involves students making true or false statements about themselves using the present perfect tense. Students are divided into groups where one student at a time will make a statement from a sentence card and pick a true or false card without showing others. The other students must ask past simple questions to determine if the statement is true or false. The goal is for students to practice using and distinguishing between the past simple and present perfect tenses.

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TEACHER'S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Believe it or not!

Activity Type Introduction


Reading, listening and In this amusing past simple vs. present perfect game, students
speaking activity, group make surprising true or false present perfect statements about
work themselves and their classmates determine whether they are lying
or telling the truth by asking past simple follow-up questions.

Language Focus Procedure


Past simple and present
Demonstrate the activity by writing a surprising or unbelievable
perfect
true or false statement on the board in the present perfect using
one of the introductory phrases from the cards, e.g. 'This may
seem hard to believe, but I've been to Tibet'.
Aim
To play a true or false Ask the students to determine whether the statement is true or
guessing game by false by asking you past simple follow-up questions, e.g. 'When
making present perfect did you go to Tibet?' 'What were the people like there?' Answer
statements and asking each question in turn. After a few questions, ask the students if
past simple follow-up they think the statement is true or false. Then, reveal the answer.
questions.
Next, divide the students into groups of four.

Give each group a set of sentence cards and true or false cards.
Preparation
Ask the students to shuffle each set of cards separately and place
Make one copy of the them face down on the table in two piles. Students will also need
cards for each group of a pen and paper for keeping score.
four and cut as indicated,
keeping the sentence One player goes first and picks up a sentence card from one pile
cards and true or false and a true or false card from the other, without showing anyone.
cards separate.
If the player picks up a true card, they make a true present perfect
statement about themselves from the prompt on the sentence
Level card. If the player picks up a false card, the student makes a false
statement, but pretends it's true.
Intermediate (B1)
The other group members then take it in turns to ask past simple
follow-up questions to the player to try to determine whether the
Time statement is true or false.
35 minutes After a few questions have been asked, each group member
decides if the player's statement is true or false.

The player then reveals the answer. Each group member who
guessed correctly, scores a point. The sentence card is then
discarded and the true or false card is placed back in the pile and
shuffled.

The turn then passes to the next player. The game continues until
all the cards have been used.

The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Believe it or not!

This may seem hard to believe, but You may not believe this, but I've
I've been to... never been to...

You'll find this hard to believe, but You won't believe this, but I've
I've already... worked...

As amazing as it sounds, I haven't


Believe it or not, I've woken up...
seen... yet.

You won't believe this, but I've just... Believe it or not, I've had...

You may not believe me, but I haven't


Would you believe, I've never had...
had... since...

This may sound unbelievable, but I know it's hard to believe, but I’ve
I've... never...

You'll never believe this, but I've You'll find this hard to believe, but
always liked... I've always been interested in...

This may seem hard to believe, but


You may not believe this, but I've...
I've never liked...

Believe it or not, I've always been


You won't believe this, but I've met...
good at...

You may not believe me, but I've Would you believe, I've never been
never tried... able to...

I know it's hard to believe, but I've As amazing as it sounds, I've never
seen... made...

You may not believe this, but I've You'll never believe this, but I've
walked... visited...

This may sound unbelievable, but I've This may seem hard to believe, but
ridden... I've taken...

You may not believe this, but I've This may seem hard to believe, but
gone... I've taken part in...

TRUE FALSE

TRUE FALSE

TRUE FALSE

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