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    This document provides information about the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It defines when to use each tense and provides examples. The past simple is used to describe finished actions or situations in the past. The present perfect is used for actions that started in the past and continue in the present, or have an effect in the present. It also discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

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    This document provides information about the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It defines when to use each tense and provides examples. The past simple is used to describe finished actions or situations in the past. The present perfect is used for actions that started in the past and continue in the present, or have an effect in the present. It also discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

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    This document provides information about the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It defines when to use each tense and provides examples. The past simple is used to describe finished actions or situations in the past. The present perfect is used for actions that started in the past and continue in the present, or have an effect in the present. It also discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

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    This document provides information about the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It defines when to use each tense and provides examples. The past simple is used to describe finished actions or situations in the past. The present perfect is used for actions that started in the past and continue in the present, or have an effect in the present. It also discusses the difference between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

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    PRESENT

    PERFECT AND
    PAST SIMPLE
    + Subject + verb in the past

    - Subject + didn't + infinitive

    ? Did + subject + infinitive?

    To describe finished actions /


    LET'S REMEMBER situations in the past
    I applied for a job yesterday.

    PAST SIMPLE
    To say one thing happened after
    another
    I went to London when I finished high

    school.
    LET'S REMEMBER
    Yesterday

    PAST SIMPLE
    Yesterday, I went to the cinema.

    Last week
    KEY WORDS AND I went to New York last week.

    EXPRESSIONS
    Last month
    I met her last month.

    One week ago


    I did my last exam one week ago.

    One year ago


    I travelled to Dublin one year ago.
    + Subject + verb in the past

    - Subject + didn't + infinitive

    ? Did + subject + infinitive?

    LET'S HAVE THIS USE To describe finished actions /


    IN MIND situations in the past
    I applied for a job yesterday.

    PAST SIMPLE
    + Subject + have/has + past participle

    PRESENT - Subject + haven't/hasn't + past participle

    PERFECT
    ? Have/Has + subject + past participle?

    An experience in sb's lifetime, without saying the


    exact time
    I have lived in London.

    Actions that started in the past and have an


    effect in the present
    He hasn't studied for the exam (so he's

    crying now).

    Actions that started in the past and continue in


    the present
    We have lived here for 10 years.
    Ever
    Have you ever been to Africa?

    PRESENT Never

    PERFECT I have never been to Africa.

    Just

    KEY WORDS AND She has just finished her work.

    EXPRESSIONS Already
    They have already arrived.

    Yet *only in negative and interrogative

    I haven't finished yet. Have you finished

    yet?

    This is the first time


    This is the first time I have visited you.
    + Subject + have/has + past participle

    PRESENT - Subject + haven't/hasn't + past participle

    PERFECT
    ? Have/Has + subject + past participle?

    LET'S HAVE THIS


    USE IN MIND

    Actions that started in the past and continue in


    the present
    We have lived here for 10 years.
    PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT PERFECT

    PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

    To describe finished actions / Actions that started in the past


    situations in the past and continue in the present

    Yesterday, I ate pizza. Today, I have worked hard.

    The time has finished The time hasn't finished


    BUT THERE ARE TWO
    TYPES OF PRESENT
    PERFECT...

    PRESENT PRESENT
    PERFECT PERFECT
    SIMPLE CONTINUOUS
    We have done it. We have been doing it all day.
    PRESENT PERFECT
    SIMPLE
    + Subject + have/has + past participle

    - Subject + haven't/hasn't + past participle

    ? Have/Has + subject + past participle?

    Emphasis on the action


    I have lived in Spain.

    Emphasis on the completion/result of the action


    He has washed the dishes.
    PRESENT PERFECT
    CONTINUOUS
    + Subject + have/has been + verb -ing

    - Subject + haven't/hasn't been + verb -ing

    ? Have/Has + subject + been + verb -ing?

    Emphasis on the process or duration


    I have been living in Spain for 15 years.
    PRESENT
    PERFECT AND
    PAST SIMPLE

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