A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
BRIDGES TO UNDERSTANDING 8
Date: April 28, 2022

I. Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. learn to form the present tense and present perfect tense.
b. identify the present tense and present perfect tense
c. use the present tense and present perfect tense

II – Subject Matter: Forming the present tense and present perfect tense
References: Bridges to Understanding – The New Grade 8

Lesson 7 – L/G 20. Forming the present tense, and present perfect tense, 66

Materials: Laptop, PowerPoint Presentation, and worksheets

Value Integration: To learn and apply it on everyday conversation especially on news
and writing letters.

III. Procedure: Inductive Method

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. Preparatory Activities

1. Prayer
“Okay class, please stand and let us
pray. Let’s bow down our head and pray.”

2. Greetings

“Good morning, everyone” “Good morning, Teacher”

3. Checking of Attendance
“Yes, Teacher.”
“Are you all present?”

“Okay good!”

4. Review

“Let’s have a review about our past

lesson, last time we discussed about
Writing a letter, so let me ask you what
the five parts of a letter are?”
“The parts of a letter have five parts,
namely, heading, salutation, body,
complimentary close and signature.

“Good Job!”
“What is the purpose of writing a letter?” “The main purposes of letters were to
send information, news and greetings”

“Very good!”

B. Motivation

C. Presentation

“Okay, teacher”
“So for today’s class, we will tackle about
Forming the present tense and present
perfect tense, and I will show to you the
PowerPoint presentation that I made for
you to understand well.”

E. Discussion
“Forming the present tense and present
perfect tense”
“So, our discussion for today is all
about?”

“Very good!” Student 1: (raise hand) the simple

“Anyone in this class has an idea in our present tense is used to talk about
lesson?” routines. The present perfect tense is
used to talk about events that have just
completed.”

“Very good! The present perfect tense

refers to an action or state that either
occurred at an indefinite time in the past
(e.g., we have talked before) or began in
the past and continued to the present
time (e.g., he has grown impatient over
the last hour). This tense is formed by
have /has + the past participle.

“And now let’s take a look at this

presentation I prepared, to learn and
know about Forming the present tense
and present perfect tense.”

(SHOWING OF PRESENTATION)
---------------------- “The present tense makes your writing
simpler, more direct, and more forceful.”

“That’s the end of the presentation, and

now let me ask you, what do you think is “It allows the writer, to connect to the
the importance of Forming the present reader”
tense?”

The present perfect tense is used when

“Correct, how about the importance of
forming the present perfect tense?”
“Correct, any another answer?”
talking about experiences from the past, a
change or a situation that has happened
in the past but is continuing today. This
tense is an important part of English
grammar since it demonstrates that
actions or events in the past influence the
present situation.

“Correct”

“To review, the present tense is used to

express or state. It means that we can
use the present tense when an action is
happening right now, or when it happens
regularly” In customs and habitual actions
or conditions. “The Japanese still practice
the tea ceremony.” And in Permanent
truths or generalizations. Japan is one of
the countries in Asia. We can form a
present tense if the subject is plural or the
pronouns I, we, you, or they, use the
base form of the verb and add s or es to
it.”

“Next is present perfect tense is also

used to express or state. But it is an
action or condition that began in the past
and continues into the present.

Another example that I can give is

“I have gone to the store three times
today.”

“This sentence describes an action that

happened in the past, as it says that I
have made three trips to the store prior to
the current moment when I am saying this
sentence. At first look, this sentence
seems to suggest that the present perfect
tense does the same job as the simple
past tense: I went to the store three times
today. While simple past and present
perfect can sometimes be effectively
used interchangeably to get the same
meanings (as with our inefficient trips to
the store example), there can be slight
but important differences in these two
verb tenses. Look at the following two
sentences:
 Simple past
tense: She owned two
Dalmatians for 10 years.
 Present perfect “Yes, ma’am”
tense: She has owned two
Dalmatians for 10 years.

Do you notice the difference? The first

sentence states that she owned
Dalmatians for a period of 10 years in the
past, but she doesn’t own them now. The
action is finished and completed. The
second sentence, however, implies that
she still owns these dogs now. The action
is still happening in the present. That is
the key difference between these two
similar verb tenses.”

“In order to form the present perfect

tense, we use the
word have or has followed by the past
participle of the verb. For regular verbs,
the past participle is a form of the verb
that ends in -ed, -d, or -t. For example,
the past participle of cook is cooked and
so the present perfect tense would be,
have/has cooked. Some verbs use a – “Yes, ma’am”
t variant in the past participle and end in a
–t rather than -ed. For example, the past
participle of bend is bent, and the past
participle of sleep is slept.” “None, ma’am”

“Does anyone understand or follow the

topic I gave?”

“Does anyone have questions?”

E. Analysis

“Okay Class thank you for participating to “Present Tense”

our class discussion. And before I end
“Perfect Present Tense”
this class, I will give you a quiz”

“You have to identify the present tense

“Present Tense”
and perfect present tense used in the
following sentences that I will show to
you.” “Perfect Present Tense”
“Do we take a bath daily?”
“Present Tense”
“They have razed the house to the
ground.”

“He visits health resort places

during summer vacations.”

“The successful students have “Present tense”

received their prizes.” “Perfect Present tense”

“Tom always spends his holidays

at the beach.”

“Great!”

G. Generalization

“Now, class, remember that there are

different forms of tenses that a listener or
reader identifies to convey the meaning. “They go to their perspectives group”
Can you please recite the differences of
the two types of forming tenses?”
 “Very good!”

H. Application

Group Activity: Make a short story about

your vacation during summer or holidays.
Make sure to use the different forming of
tenses we discussed. You are given 30
minutes to compose a story.

Group 1 Group 2
Group 3 Group 4

IV. Evaluation

Direction: Encircle the correct verb or

verb phrase that will complete the
sentence. Consider the time element
indicated.

1. The emperor (builds, built, has built)

the imperial palace in 1421.

2. The imperial palace (stands, stood,

has stood) for untold wealth since 1421.

3. Even now, a palatial home (means,

meant, has meant) the family is old and
very wealthy.

4. The Yuan Chu family (seems, seemed,

has seemed) virtuous a hundred years
ago.

5. Even before the fourteenth century,

scientists already (know, knew, have
known) that the earth is round.

6. Today a poor family (does, did, has)

not care whether the country
industrializes or not.

7. The volcano (does not erupt, did not

erupt, has not erupted) for the past 500
years.

8. Children (are becoming, were

becoming, have become) more vocal
about their rights since the 1960s.

9. Widows and abandoned wives (are,

were, have been) identified as “single
parents” today.

10. After World War II, Hiroshima

(becomes, became, have become) the
symbol of destruction by an atomic bomb.
V. Assignment

Form groups of Four. In your group

prepare a conversation using all the
following time phrases on which to base
the use of the present tense and present
perfect tense of the verb. Talk about
science and technology, industrialization,
or information technology. Be ready to
present your conversations in class next
meeting.

1. since 1896 (or any other date or event)

2. in today's world

3. 400 years ago (or any other date or

event)

4. even before the World Trade Center

was bombed (or any other event)

5. for the past 10 years (or any other

length of time)

6. in the time of Einstein (or any other

past event)

7. during the revolution (or any other past

event)

8. in today's age of information

technology (or any other present-day
event)

9. after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo (or

any other Philippine calamity)

10. before I graduated from the sixth

grade.

Prepared by:

Sariego, Elaine Mae D.

Sarip, Noreen Seah B.
Punzalan, Devine D.
Fernandez, Cs
Mama, Jol-kier