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Unit 5
Two weeks ago, Mrs Ellan, the Grade 5 class teacher, asked her pupils to help make the
environment cleaner and safer to live in. Today, she asks them what they have done. Read
some of the answers and observe the use of verbs in the Present Perfect Tense.
Activity 7: Present Perfect Tense
I have planted a garden and I have
grown vegetables and owers.
I have put a big dustbin in my yard. I
have told my family members to use it.
• The Present Perfect Tense is used for an action that
started in the past and still continues.
• The Present Perfect Tense is also used for an action
that is still important in the present.
Next to my house there is a river. My
friends and I have cleaned that river.
We have asked people to stop throwing
rubbish in it.
I have made a poster and my father has
stuck it on the wall. It says: Keep your
environment clean!