Welcome

to class! Today we'll talk about meeting and review the difference
between present perfect simple and past simple.

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

1. What was your last meeting about?

2. How do your colleagues handle

conflict during meetings?

3. What do you think of having meetings

without the webcam open?

4. Are you usually punctual to your

meetings? What about your
colleagues?

5. Have you ever participated in a

meeting where different languages
were spoken?
They’ve had many useless meetings this year
S -> Has/Have -> Main verb in the Past Participle -> C

They had a very useless meeting yesterday

S -> Main verb (Irregular or Regular) -> C
 Past Simple vs Past Participle

The Past Simple is a verb tense, but the past participle is a verb form used in the perfect
tenses.

1. Regular verbs usually remain the same in the Past Simple and Past Participle form:
- I worked yesterday -> I have worked a lot.
- He talked to his boss last night -> He’s talked to his boss this week.

2. Irregular verbs are often going to change once they’re in the Past Participle form:
- I ate so much yesterday -> I’ve eaten a lot!
- Did you do your homework? -> Have you done your homework?
- I wrote an email in English -> I’ve written an email in English.

Observe the difference uses in the following slide ->

 Past Simple vs Present Perfect

Present Perfect Simple Past Simple

Unfinished actions that started in the past and Finished actions:

continue to the present:
● I worked with Marcelo. (I don’t anymore)
● I've worked with Marcelo years (and I still do).

An important/finished action in someone's life (They’re An important/finished action in someone's life (when
still alive) the person is dead):

● My boss has been to London many times. ● My grandmother went to London many times.

A finished action with a result in the present: A finished action with no result in the present:

● I've lost my keys! ● I lost my keys yesterday. It was terrible!

With an unfinished period: With a finished period:

● I've seen John this week. ● I saw John last week.

 Complete the text by putting the verbs in the past simple or present perfect format:

The way we conduct meetings ______________________ (evolve) significantly. Technology

______________________ (introduce) the concept of online meetings, revolutionizing how we connect and
collaborate. This change ______________________ (bring) about notable differences between online meetings and
traditional in-person meetings.

For example, in 2019, we ______________________ (have) to go to our offices to talk to our clients, bosses and
colleagues. It _________________ (be) very difficult to stay hours in traffic or for people who
______________________ (take) public transportation to get to work. But now, the debate is different.

People ______________________ (spend) 2 years working from home, and this ______________________ (have) a
gigantic impact on their feelings about working in person or hybridly. There are many reasons why people want
to continue working from home, but most companies ______________________ (announce) that they will return full
time to working from the office.

What about you? __________________ (are) you more productive having online meetings during the pandemic?
 Vocabulary

Learn these words Learn these words

To call a meeting To deal with something
Training To feel
Research To leave
Summary Refresher course
Findings Shall we get started?
Customer service To run people through…
To gather information How shall I put it…?
Complaints To start from scratch
 Comprehension question
At the end of the video, you will have to answer the following questions:

Question 1: Question 2:

What is the meeting about? Why are customers leaving?

 Comprehension question
At the end of the video, you will have to answer the following questions:

Question 1: Question 2:

What is the meeting about? Why are customers leaving?

Correct the mistakes: 1. I has meet my colleagues yesterday.
2. She already has arrived at the meeting.
3. They have not came to the conference last
week.
4. We have holded a meeting yesterday.
5. He have seen the agenda for the meeting.
6. The boss has explained the project during the
meeting tomorrow.
7. I have not attend the meeting last night.
8. She have not talked to the client yet.
9. They has just arrived to the meeting room.
10. We has discussed about the proposal last
Friday.
 Write about the last
meeting you had in details
using both the past simple
tense and the present
perfect simple.