Abychom tento čas dobře pochopili, uděláme si nejprve srovnání s časem minulým prostým:

Hlavním rozdílem je to, že minulý čas mluví o minulosti, tedy o tom co se už kdysi stalo, zatímco předpřítomný čas vždy mluví spíše o přítomnosti.

Větou v předpřítomném čase vždy sdělujeme něco s platností v přítomnosti, něco, co je tady a teď.

1)    Instructions for the learners:

Have you ever seen these faces? Which country do you think they lead? All of them are the heads of states. (photos of presidents, the king of Spain and the queen of UK...)

2)    Instructions for the learners:

First of all I would like you to take a piece of paper and try to guess which country these people come from and support your  decision with arguments. Why do you think so?

(obrázky z prezentace (kroje, apod...) – India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, The Czech republic, Germany...)

3)    Then I will spread out on the floor 48 pieces of papers with the words written below the text which are somehow connected to the chosen names of states (France, Germany, Spain, The Czech republic, Egypt, Russia, England, Japan).

Instructions for the learners:

Now I would like you to stand up and come here. Work in pairs, each pair should choose 2 pieces of paper with the names of some countries. Then you have to decide which statements, names of people, types of food, names of towns and so on are typical for your “countries”. Each pair should find 12 pieces of papers, 6 to each country:

• France

Saint Tropez

Asterix and Obelix (Gerard Depardieu)

The Eiffel Tower

Sarkozy

Champagne

Ratatouille

• Germany

Schwarzwald cake

BMW

Friedrich Nietzsche

Berlin

Oktoberfest

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Spain

Tortilla

Corrida and toreador

Madrid

Flamenco dance

Miguel de Servantes

Olives

• The Czech republic

Beer

Carp with potato salad

Laurin & Klement

Socks in sandals

Miloš Zeman

Karel Hynek Mácha

SKODA cars

• Russia

Borscht

Pirozhok

Vladimir Putin

Dostojevskij

Matryoshka

Cyrilic alphabet

Stalingrad

• England

Ham and eggs

William Shakespeare

Lady Diana

Apple pie

Haloween´s pumpkin

Queen

• Japan

Geisha

Samuraj

Asia continent

Tokio

Sushi

Kimono

• Egypt

Cleopatra

Tutankhamun                                                                                

Pyramids

No grass, only sand

Hieroglyph                                                                            

Africa