Problem update
Listen for the action, evidence now and response.
TF30 · B1 Grammar · 30 min
Present Perfect for Present Results
Connect an earlier action to evidence or a consequence that matters now, then choose the next practical response.
Why this lesson matters · เหตุผลที่เรียนบทนี้
For learners: You can describe completed past events. Now learn to foreground a result that matters now, explain its evidence or consequence and help the listener choose the next practical action.
For teachers: The route begins with the result-now versus finished-time contrast, builds have/has plus participles, requires reasoned choices and repairs, maps action to consequence and response, transfers through American and British input, then scores an independent update and focused retry.
สำหรับผู้เรียน: คุณบอกเหตุการณ์อดีตที่จบแล้วได้แล้ว ขั้นนี้จะช่วยเน้นผลที่ยังสำคัญตอนนี้ อธิบายหลักฐานหรือผลกระทบ และช่วยให้ผู้ฟังเลือกการตอบสนองที่เหมาะสม
สำหรับครู: ลำดับเริ่มจากเปรียบเทียบผลที่สำคัญตอนนี้กับเวลาอดีตที่จบแล้ว สร้างรูป have/has กับ past participle ฝึกเลือกพร้อมเหตุผลและแก้ข้อผิด วางแผนเหตุ–ผล–การตอบสนอง ถ่ายโอนผ่านเสียง American และ British แล้วประเมินการรายงานจริงพร้อมลองแก้เฉพาะจุด
Your Goal
Report four relevant present results with have/has + past participle, explain the evidence or consequence and agree on one practical next action.
คำอธิบายภาษาไทย
ใช้ Present Perfect บอกสิ่งที่เกิดก่อนหน้าเมื่อผลหรือหลักฐานยังสำคัญตอนนี้ อธิบายว่าผลนั้นกระทบสถานการณ์อย่างไร แล้วตกลงว่าจะทำอะไรต่อ โดยไม่ยึดติดกับเวลาที่จบไปแล้ว
Why this lesson matters
Real updates often begin with the situation now: a machine is unavailable, a task is ready or a plan must change. Present Perfect lets you name the earlier action while keeping that current result in focus.
ภาษาไทย: การรายงานสถานการณ์จริงมักเริ่มจากผลที่เห็นตอนนี้ เช่น เครื่องใช้ไม่ได้ งานเสร็จแล้ว หรือแผนต้องเปลี่ยน แล้วจึงบอกเหตุที่เกิดก่อนหน้าด้วย Present Perfect
PROGRESS FOCUS What improves today?
MEAN · MeaningKeep the present result central and separate it from a finished past-time report.
FORM · FormControl have/has, common past participles, negatives and evidence questions.
USE · Real useGive a connected update, answer an evidence question and choose a next action.
Your 30-minute route
1 · 4 minStart from the result now
2 · 4 minBuild have/has + participle
3 · 5 minChoose the viewpoint and repair
4 · 5 minMap action, result and response
5 · 5 minListen, update and answer
6 · 7 minPerform, score and retry
Teacher Lesson Plan
Begin with “What is the situation now?” before asking for a tense. Accept Present Perfect only when the earlier action is connected to a relevant present result; switch to Past Simple when the speaker gives a finished past time.
| Stage | Teacher move | Evidence to collect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Meaning | Contrast a current-result update with a finished-time report. | Six viewpoint decisions |
| 2 · Form | Build affirmative, negative and question patterns from subjects and participles. | Six accurate forms |
| 3 · Decide | Require both a meaning reason and a form repair. | Five choices + two repairs |
| 4 · Plan | Map action → result → consequence → response. | One four-part update map |
| 5 · Check | Use the audio as input, then make the listener ask for evidence. | Listening map + first update |
| 6 · Perform | Score the first attempt, target one weakness and allow a focused retry. | Independent result-focused update |
Stage 1 · Start from the result now
Choose the viewpoint from what the listener needs: a relevant situation now or a finished event in the past.
STUDENT TASK
RESULT NOW
The printer has jammed.
The problem matters now. The printer is unavailable, so a response is needed.
Listener question → What is the situation now?FINISHED TIME
The printer jammed yesterday.
The speaker places the event in a finished past time. The report is about when it happened.
Listener question → When did it happen?- Read six short situations.
- Choose result now or finished time.
- Say the evidence the listener can see or the finished time the speaker gives.
- Turn two result-now situations into complete updates with a consequence.
Result-focused update: The printer has jammed, so we cannot print the handouts yet.
Finish evidenceSix viewpoint decisions and two result-focused updates.
Teacher Help · Stage 1
Do not explain Present Perfect as “recent past” only. Point to the result now. If a learner adds yesterday, last night or at 9:00, ask whether the message should become a finished Past Simple report.
Stage 2 · Build the result pattern
Control the helping verb and participle while keeping the current consequence visible.
STUDENT TASK
| Job | Form | Example with a result now |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmative | I/you/we/they have + participle | We have finished the report, so it is ready to send. |
| Affirmative | he/she/it has + participle | The printer has jammed, so this one is unavailable. |
| Negative | have not / has not + participle | Mina has not received the file, so she cannot check it. |
| Evidence question | Have/Has + subject + participle? | Have you checked the paper tray? |
The short rule
subject + have/has + past participle → relevant result now
Use the participle, not the Past Simple form: broken, not broke; sent, not send; forgotten, not forgot.
- Build four affirmative updates from subject, action and result cards.
- Change one update to a negative.
- Ask one evidence question.
- Underline have/has and circle the participle.
Finish evidenceSix controlled forms connected to clear present results.
Teacher Help · Stage 2
Keep a small participle bank visible: done, finished, sent, lost, broken, changed, forgotten and received. Correct have/has first, then the participle. Do not overload the stage with every irregular verb.
Stage 3 · Choose the viewpoint and repair
A strong choice explains both why the result matters now and why the form fits.
STUDENT TASK
| Situation | Your choice | Reason to say |
|---|---|---|
| I ___ my key. I cannot open the door. | have lost / lost | present result? |
| I ___ my key on Monday, but I replaced it. | have lost / lost | finished time? |
| The schedule ___, so check the new time. | has changed / changed | current consequence? |
| She ___ the file at 10:15. | has sent / sent | specified past time? |
| ___ anyone ___ the printer tray? | Has / checked; Did / check | evidence needed now? |
Check the choices and reasons
1 have lost — the missing key creates a problem now. 2 lost — Monday is a finished time and the problem is resolved. 3 has changed — the new schedule matters now. 4 sent — 10:15 places the action in a finished past time. 5 Has anyone checked — the speaker needs present evidence before deciding what to do.
Repair: “The printer has broke.” → “The printer has broken, so we need another one.”
- Choose all five forms and give a meaning reason.
- Repair two incorrect have/has or participle forms.
- Add one present consequence to each repaired sentence.
Finish evidenceFive reasoned choices and two complete repairs.
Teacher Help · Stage 3
If both forms sound possible, ask what the speaker wants to foreground. Keep the same event but change the context: “I lost it yesterday” versus “I’ve lost it, so I cannot get in.”
Stage 4 · Map action, result and response
A useful update gives the listener enough evidence to choose what happens next.
STUDENT TASK
1 · Earlier actionWhat has happened?
2 · Result nowWhat evidence, problem or new possibility exists?
3 · ResponseWhat can or should happen next?
| Situation | Result-now update | Possible response |
|---|---|---|
| Printer | The printer has jammed, so we cannot print here. | Use the second printer and report the problem. |
| Travel | The platform has changed, so our train leaves from Gate 4. | Move now and message the group. |
| Study | We have finished the first draft, so it is ready for feedback. | Send it to the tutor today. |
| Home | I have forgotten my key, so I cannot get inside. | Call my housemate. |
- Choose one situation or create a realistic one.
- Write four notes only: action · evidence · consequence · response.
- Build four Present Perfect forms across the update.
- Check that every form connects to something relevant now.
Finish evidenceOne four-part update map with a practical response.
Teacher Help · Stage 4
Reject disconnected sentence lists. Ask the learner to use so, which means or because of that to make the consequence audible. Planning notes should remain short so Stage 6 is spoken, not read.
Stage 5 · Listen, update and answer
Recover the earlier action, present result and next response, then give your own first update.
STUDENT TASK
American English
British English
Project update
Listen for progress, its current consequence and the next step.
- Listen once for the situation and once for three details: action · result · response.
- Retell one update in two connected sentences.
- Give your planned update to a partner.
- Your partner asks: “What evidence do we have?” and “What should we do now?”
- Answer both questions without changing the intended viewpoint.
Useful response frame“We have ___, so ___ now. The evidence is ___. I think we should ___.”
Finish evidenceOne listening map, one first update and two evidence/action answers.
Teacher Help · Stage 5
Audio never starts automatically. Use one accent first, then the second for transfer. If the learner repeats only the action, ask “Why does that matter now?” before correcting grammar.
Stage 6 · Final Practice: update, decide and retry
Give an independent result-focused update and improve one specific weakness.
FINAL PRACTICE
Plan → update → answer → decide → retry
- Plan six notes only: situation · result 1 · result 2 · evidence · consequence · response.
- Give a connected 60–90 second update.
- Use at least four accurate Present Perfect forms and two clear present consequences.
- Your partner asks one evidence question and one finished-time check.
- Answer both questions and agree on one practical next action.
- After one feedback target, retry only the weakest result–consequence connection.
Planning example: printer problem · has jammed · have checked tray · paper trapped · handouts unavailable · use second printer / report fault.
Score the first independent performance
MEAN · MeaningThe listener understands which earlier actions create relevant results now and which detail belongs to a finished past time.
FORM · FormThe learner controls have/has, common participles, negatives and evidence questions.
USE · Real useThe update explains evidence and consequences, answers both questions and leads to one practical decision.
0 · Not yetThe result-now viewpoint is unclear, or form problems prevent the listener from acting on the update.
1 · With supportThe update becomes clear after a prompt, model or focused correction.
2 · IndependentThe meaning, form and real-world response are clear without a prompt.
Result: 0–2 Rebuild · 3–4 Developing · 5–6 B1 mastery evidence.
Finish evidenceFirst result-focused update + two listener answers + one agreed action + one focused retry.
Teacher Help · Stage 6
Score the first independent attempt across MEAN, FORM and USE. Give one target such as “make the result now explicit”, “repair have/has + participle” or “connect the consequence to the response”. Keep the original score and record whether the focused retry improves that target.
Grammar you can use
You can now connect earlier actions to relevant results, explain the evidence and consequence and help a listener choose the next action. Use the Dynamic Learning Graph below for the next step.
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