| Lesson start ideas | Give a creative idea how to begin a lesson |
| Which subject | English as second |
| What age group | Adult courses |
| What topic | Present Perfect Tense |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Any other preferences |
Welcome to the Present Perfect Tense lesson where you will embark on an exciting journey of learning through music. Yes, you heard it right, music! We are sure that you love grooving to your favorite tunes but today, we challenge you to learn the Present Perfect Tense through an interactive musical experience.
Let's start by warming up our minds with a quick activity. Listen to the song "We Will Rock You" by Queen and complete the lyrics with the correct Present Perfect verb form.
We ____, we , we all night,
We , we , we ____ all right
Don't worry if you don't get all the answers right, we will be covering the Present Perfect Tense in detail next.
The Present Perfect Tense is used to talk about actions or events that happened at an unspecified time in the past, or that started in the past but continue up to the present. It is formed using a present tense auxiliary verb (have/has) and the past participle of the verb.
For example:
Now, let's put our learning into action. We have selected three popular songs for you to listen to. As you listen, fill in the gaps with the correct Present Perfect verb form.
I ____ , I _ ___ __,
I , for a million reasons we can't .
And I __ , yeah I ____._
_Love like ____, love like ____ lost,
Rent we'll __, we'll pay the price with ____ ____.
The ____ , but we're the ._
I can ____ ____, I can ____ _,
A ___ __, with the ____ .
I can ____ , I can ____ ,
With the ____ ____, any moment we can ____ back.
Congratulations, you just learned the Present Perfect Tense through music. What better way to learn a language than through the art of music? Now, take some time to review your answers, and don't forget to add any new words that you may have learned to your vocabulary notebook. Keep practicing, and soon you will be able to communicate fluently in English.