How to teach present perfect with the help of sports, an interesting topic for teenagers.

1. By: Katerine Amaya
Santiago Fonseca
Alejandra Pérez

2. For you, ninth graders, your physical life is very
important and this implies a fascination for sports
in general.
You will find the Perfect Present tense as a specific
subject, and the general theme is sports. At the end
of this class you will be able to learn vocabulary,
grammar, expressions of time, and strengthen your
reading, writing, and listening skills.

3. -Choose the correct answer
by clicking on the option you
want. If this answer is correct,
the whole sentence will
appear, if it is not correct, it
will simply disappear.

4. Choose the correct answer and
build other sentences in the Present
Perfect in your notebook.

5. Swimming
Cycling
Tennis
Football
Basketball
Surfing
Volleyball
Dancing
I have done surfing.

6. Chile
Ecuador
Tennis
Peru
Argentina
Barcelona
Colombia
Uruguay
He has won a medal in Barcelona

7. Six weeks
Four days
Four years
Seven months
Three days
Five years
Nine days
One year
I have played rugby for 4 years

8. Yes, I have No, I haven’t
Yes, I have played Tennis
Yes

9. Yes, I have No, I haven’t
No, I have not played basketball
No

10. Yes, I have No, I haven’t
Yes, I have played soccer
Yes

11. Observe the vocabulary in the
following images, and try to learn
these words with the use of present
perfect sentences.

12. Look at the different
sports in this charts, and
try to identify what sports
are usually played with a
ball, then, answer the
questions.

13. 1-We use this tense when we want
to talk about unfinished actions,
states or habits that started in the
past and continue to the present.
I have played cycling
since 2010.

14. It refers to an specific action in the past, and
it is important in the present.

15. 2- We use the Present Perfect to talk
about experiences. It is important if we
have done it in our lives or not. It is not
important when we dit it.
I have won the ice hokey
game for 3 years in a row
Have you ever played
boxing?

16. We form the Present Perfect tense
with Have/has + Past participle
Mark and his brother
have played football
for 3 years.

17. AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Here you can see some examples in the
affirmative form in Present perfect.
Katy has met a famous soccer
player.
We have been in the tennis
team since 2015.
I have played soccer in this
team.

18. NEGATIVE FORM
Here you can see some examples in the
negative form in Present perfect.
I have not played soccer in this
team
Katy has not met a famous
soccer player
We have not been in the tennis
team.

19. INTERROGATIVE FORM
Here you can see some examples in the
interrogative form in Present perfect.
Have you ever played soccer in
this team?
Have Katy ever met a famous
soccer player?
Have we ever been in the tennis
team?

21. We use 'since' with a
fixed time in the past
(2004, April 23rd, last
year).
The fixed time can be
another action, which is
in the past simple (since
I was at school, since I
arrived).
I've liked swimming since I
was a child.

22. We use 'for'
with a period of
time (2 hours,
three years, six
months).
We have practiced athletics
for 3 months.

23. Add –ed to the regular verbs
Consonant after a short, stressed vowel at the end of the word,
double the consonant.
Example: Stop- Stopped, Shop-Shopped
One –e at the end of the verb: Leave the –e and add –d
Example: Love- Loved, Save- saved
Verbs ending in –y preceded by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) add –ed
Example: Play-Played
Change the –y if there is a consonant before and add. –ed
Example: Study- Studied

24. In present perfect, we usually use the Past Participle of
the verbs… Met, Hidden, Got, Ridden, Gone…

27. Jamaican Usain Bolt is an Olympic legend who has been called “the
fastest man alive” for smashing world records and winning 9 gold medals
as a reigning champion at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Games.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (born August 21, 1986) is arguably the
fastest man in the world, winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing, China, and becoming the first man in Olympic history to
win both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt also has
won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in
London. He ran the men's 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic
record, making him the first man in history to set three world records in
Olympic competition. He made history again at the 2016 Summer Games
in Rio when he won gold in the 100-meter and 200-meter race and 4x100-
meter relay, completing a "triple-triple," earning three gold medals at three
consecutive Olympics for a total of 9 gold medals over the course of his
Olympic career.
Read the following text,
write notes, because you
have to answer some
questions.

28. Usain Bolt’s net worth is $34.2 million, Forbes magazine estimated in
June 2017, making him the 23rd highest-paid athlete in the world. Bolt
leveraged his status as the world’s fastest sprinter to secure more than
a dozen sponsors contributing to his earnings, including Mumm, XM,
Kinder, Advil and Sprint. His deal with Puma alone pays Bolt more than
$10 million every year.
Over the course of his career, Bolt has received numerous awards,
including the IAAF World Athlete of the Year (twice), Track & Field
Athlete of the Year and Laureus Sportsman of the Year. In this way,
Bolt's accomplishments have made him the first man in history to set
three world records in a single Olympic Games competition.

29. After reading the reading, answer the following
questions.
1. Usain Bolt's nickname is:
a)The fastest man alive
b)The human tiger
c) The thunder
d)The panther
2. How many gold medals did Bolt win in the
Beijing Olympic Games?
a)5
b)2
c)1
d)3
Yes, The letter A IS the answer.
Yes, The letter D is the answer.

30. After reading the reading, answer the following questions.
3. Bolt won two races, those were:
a)100 meters and 300 meters
b)200 meters and 90 meters
c)100 meters and 200 meters
d)300 meters and 200 meters
4. How many gold medals has Bolt won in total?
a)9
b)3
c)6
d)8
Yes, The letter C is the answer.
Yes, The letter A is the answer.

31. After reading the reading, answer the following
questions.
5. How much is the Bolt's net worth?
a)$20 million USD
b)$34.2 million USD
c)$30.5 million USD
d)$25.2 million USD
6. Bolt had been earning ____ every year with
Puma
a)10 millions
b)20 millions
c)15 millions
d)25 millions
Yes, The letter B IS the answer.
Yes, The letter A is the answer.

32. After reading the reading, answer the following
questions.
7. One of the prices that Bolt won was:
a)IAAF World
b)Athlete of the Year
c)He did not win a price
d)He just won the Athlete of the year price
Yes, The letter A and B are the
answers.

34. Create a story in the next chart, takin into account the following sports;
choose one or several to inspire you, be creative, and remember to use the
present perfect and everything learned so far, including vocabulary,
adverbs of frequency, and grammar.

36. Listen carefully to the audio that is on the right side of
your screen, and then answer the following questions.
The guest says that this event
is the first time that happens
in...
16 years
60 years
6 years
The guest said that this
situation seems to be.
Apocalyptic
Abrasive
Depressive

37. Listen carefully to the audio that is on the right side of
your screen, and then answer the following questions.
What have Italy
failed?
Against which team
did Italy tie?
Mention the 3
expressions that the
guest named to describe
the situation
How does the guest
define the expression
"scathing"?
Write your answers in the charts.

38. British Council. 2016. Present Perfect Tense. Recovered from:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/english-
grammar/verbs/present-tense/present-perfect
Anonymous. 2015. English Vocabulary-Sports. Recovered
from:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/sports.html
Pinterest. Sports pictures. Recovered from:
https://www.pinterest.es/pin/788270741001786860/?lp=true
Anonymous (2018). Usain Bolt Biography. In: The
Biography.com website. A&E Television Networks. Retrived from
https://www.biography.com/people/usain-bolt-20702091