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    PAST SIMPLE Vs PRESENT PERFECT

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    The document summarizes the structure, time expressions, and use of the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. 1) The past simple uses regular verbs with the "-ed" ending or irregular verbs from the second column, along with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." 2) The present perfect uses "have/has + past participle" and indicates an action that began in the past but continues to the present, with time expressions like "never," "already," or "since 2014." 3) The past simple is used for completed past actions, while the present perfect talks about past actions relevant to the present or continuing from the past.

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    The document summarizes the structure, time expressions, and use of the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. 1) The past simple uses regular verbs with the "-ed" ending or irregular verbs from the second column, along with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." 2) The present perfect uses "have/has + past participle" and indicates an action that began in the past but continues to the present, with time expressions like "never," "already," or "since 2014." 3) The past simple is used for completed past actions, while the present perfect talks about past actions relevant to the present or continuing from the past.

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    The document summarizes the structure, time expressions, and use of the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. 1) The past simple uses regular verbs with the "-ed" ending or irregular verbs from the second column, along with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." 2) The present perfect uses "have/has + past participle" and indicates an action that began in the past but continues to the present, with time expressions like "never," "already," or "since 2014." 3) The past simple is used for completed past actions, while the present perfect talks about past actions relevant to the present or continuing from the past.

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    PAST SIMPLE Vs PRESENT PERFECT

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    The document summarizes the structure, time expressions, and use of the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. 1) The past simple uses regular verbs with the "-ed" ending or irregular verbs from the second column, along with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." 2) The present perfect uses "have/has + past participle" and indicates an action that began in the past but continues to the present, with time expressions like "never," "already," or "since 2014." 3) The past simple is used for completed past actions, while the present perfect talks about past actions relevant to the present or continuing from the past.

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    Past Simple

    - STRUCTURE:

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

    SUBJECT + VERB SUBJECT + DIDN’T + VERB DID + SUBJECT + VERB?


    (base form) (base form)

    REGULAR VERBS I didn’t play football yesterday. Did you play football last week?
    +ed
    I played football yesterday. Emma didn’t write a letter last SHORT ANSWER:
    week. Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
    IRREGULAR VERBS
    2nd column
    Emma wrote a letter last week.

    - TIME EXPRESSIONS:

    • Expressions with ago (a year ago)


    • Expressions with last (last week, last month…)
    • In the past, yesterday…

    Present Perfect
    - STRUCTURE:

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

    SUBJ. + HAVE/HAS + P.P.* SUBJ. + HAVEN’T/HASN’T + HAVE/HAS + SUBJ.+ P.P.?


    P.P.

    I have played/thought I haven’t played/thought Have I played/thought?

    You have played/thought You haven’t played/thought Have you played/thought?

    He/she/it has played/thought He/she/it hasn’t played/ Has he/she/it played/thought?

    We have played/thought thought Have we played/thought?

    You have played/thought We haven’t played/thought Have you played/thought?

    They have played/thought You haven’t played/thought Have they played/thought?

    They haven’t played/thought

    *P.P. = PAST PARTICIPLE (irregular verbs -> 3rd column / regular Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
    verbs -> +ed)
    Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.

    TIME EXPRESSIONS:

    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

    NEVER EVER EVER


    (between have/has and p.p.) (between have/has and p.p.) (between have/has and p.p)
    I have never done it. I haven’t ever watched that film. Have you ever travelled abroad?

    ALREADY YET (at the end of the sentence) YET (at the end of the sentence)
    (between have/has and p.p.) I haven’t finished my task yet. Have you finished yet?
    We’ve already finished.

    FOR (followed by a period of time)


    My sister has worked in this office for ten years.

    SINCE (followed by a precise moment in time)


    My sister has worked in this office since 2011.

    RECENTLY (at the end of the sentence)


    Have you talked to Lisa recently?

    - USE (comparison):

    Past Simple Present Perfect


    To express completed actions in the past. To talk about actions that started in the past
    I worked for Greenpeace from 2003 to and continue in the present.
    2014. I have worked for Greenpeace since 2014.
    For something that happened in the past
    but is important at the time of speaking.
    I can’t get in the house. I’ve lost my keys.

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