Perfect Tenses ESL Lesson Plans
Perfect tenses, taught level by level from A1 to C1. Each plan is a complete 60-minute lesson with its own handouts and answer key.
One topic, every level
These plans take perfect tenses from the first encounter at A1 through to C1, where the same forms are used for effect rather than for basic meaning. Each is written on the framework that suits the stage learners are at, so the method changes as the level does.
Every plan stands on its own: take the one that matches your class and teach it tomorrow. Read down the list to see how the topic develops if you teach the same learners over a year.
Perfect Tenses plans
Present Perfect for Experiences (A1)
Grammar: Present Perfect for Experiences (Have you ever ...?).
Present Perfect vs Past Simple (A2)
Grammar: Present Perfect vs Past Simple (just, already, yet).
Present Perfect Continuous (B1)
Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous (for and since).
Future Perfect and Future Continuous (B2)
Grammar: Future Perfect and Future Continuous.
Perfect Infinitives and Perfect Gerunds (C1)
Grammar: Perfect Infinitives and Perfect Gerunds (to have done / having done).
Present Perfect (B1)
Present perfect for life experience: ever and never, questions and short answers, and the contrast with the past simple.
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Present Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Past Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Future Forms lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
All ESL lesson plans
Every plan, by level.
ESL worksheets
Printable, with answer keys.