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ESL Lesson Plan: Present Perfect: News

Present Perfect: News

Lesson Overview

This excellent ESL grammar Breaking News lesson will teach your students when to use the present perfect tense. Students learn more about reporting news and which tenses to use. The present perfect tense is a tricky topic. Which is why it is great to show students the many ways it can be used.

This Breaking News lesson is perfect for intermediate…

This excellent ESL grammar Breaking News lesson will teach your students when to use the present perfect tense. Students learn more about reporting news and which tenses to use. The present perfect tense is a tricky topic. Which is why it is great to show students the many ways it can be used.

This Breaking News lesson is perfect for intermediate students who want to practice the present perfect tense. The lesson starts with a short theory introduction distinguishing when to use the present perfect tense and when to use the past simple tense when reporting / talking about news. 

Activity Layout

  1. Theory. 
  2. Breaking news. 
  3. Create headlines. 
  4. Create headlines: Part 2. 
  5. Picture round, 
  6. Grammar comprehension. 

Homework

  1. Grammar comprehension. 

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