👩‍🏫 Teacher Guide

• Use this 12-minute lesson to clarify time clues with your students.

• Check the answers together after students finish all 12 practice items.

🎒 Learner Guide

• Read the 4 rule cards carefully before starting the exercises.

• Complete the 12 practice items using the hint clues in brackets.

Past Simple for Finished Time

Use this form when the time is finished and over. Never use have or has with a finished time word.

"The artist painted a bold stencil on the wall yesterday."

"My uncle painted the shop sign last spring."

Present Perfect for Open Time

Use have or has with a past action when no time is named or the time is still going on. It connects something before to right now.

"The town has built two new bridges so far this year."

"Look! Someone has sprayed a bold pattern on the brick surface!"

Asking About Experiences

Ask about any time in life with Have you. But change to the past action form as soon as you talk about an exact finished time.

"Have you tried the new bakery? Yes, I went there on Saturday."

"Have you seen that mural? Yes, I saw it last Saturday."

Two Different Word Forms

Many action words have two different forms, for example went and gone, or wrote and written. Use the second form with has or have, so never say has went or have wrote.

"He wrote a poem last night, and he has written another one today."

"They built a new wall last month, and artists have made five stencil designs on it so far."

❌ Incorrect Usage:

"They have painted the wall in 2019."

"Our class has went to the gallery."

"He have wrote three tags last night."

✅ Correct Usage:

"They painted the wall in 2019."

"Our class has gone to the gallery."

"He wrote three tags last night."

Item 1 Choose the correct sentence about the mural. (time)

____ a. He painted a bold pattern on the old gate yesterday. ____ b. He has painted a bold pattern on the old gate yesterday. ____ c. He is painting a bold pattern on the old gate yesterday.

Item 2 Choose the correct sentence about the graffiti wall. (so far)

____ a. The team cleaned three faded walls so far this week. ____ b. The team has cleaned three faded walls so far this week. ____ c. The team has clean three faded walls so far this week.

Item 3 Choose the correct sentence about the faded wall. (result)

____ a. Look! Someone has covered the faded wall with new paint! ____ b. Look! Someone has covered the faded wall with new paint yesterday! ____ c. Look! Someone has cover the faded wall with new paint!

The local group ____ (verb form...) (spray) a bright stencil on the surface so far this month.

When she was ten, Maya ____ (verb form...) (draw) her first marker picture on a wooden board.

Look at the corner! Someone ____ (verb form...) (paint) over the faded graffiti!

💬 "Hi Sam! I have seen a very bold mural on Main Street yesterday."

Corrected verb: ____ (Type correct verb...)

💬 "Hey! The team has went to the wall and finished two patterns so far."

Corrected verb form: ____ (Type correct verb...)

💬 "Hello! I bought a new marker last night and I have written three tags with it."

Corrected verb: ____ (Type correct verb...)