Past simple
We use the past simple for action that started and finished in the past.
Example: Last year we provided evening classes for fifty children.
Present perfect
We use the present perfect for an action that happened sometime before now. That exact time is not important.
Example: We've asked people to donate books and clothes to the children.
REMEMBER!
- We often use specific time expressions ( e.g: yesterday, last month, two years ago) with the past simple
-We often use ever, never, so far, several times, etc. with the present simple.
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Past simple | Present perfect |
| Positive |
S +V-ed ( PI) |
He/She/It + has +V (PII) I/We/You/They + have +V(PII) |
| Negative |
S+ did not + V |
He/She/It + has not + V(PII) I/We/You/They + have not + V(PII) |
| Question |
Did + S + V ? |
Has + he/she/it + V(PII) ? Have + I/we/you/they + V(PII) ? |
Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form:
They (clean) the beach one week ago.
They (collect) hundreds of books so far.
I (collect) stamps when I was a child.
She (fly) to Da Nang many times but last year she (go) there by train.
you ever (see) a real lion? No, but I (see) a real elephant when we went to the zoo last month.
Choose the best answer
________
- Have you done
- Do you do
- Are you doing
Yes, I _______
- doing
- do
- have done
Dickens ________
- wrote
- has written
- writes
Choose the best answer.
1. Her mother
- has written
- writes
- wrote
2. I think I
- met
- meet
- have met
3. Oh, yes! Now I remember I
- have met
- meet
- met
Find the wrong parts in these sentences and correct them:
Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child?
I've bought a new car last week.
When have you been yesterday evening?